# Cross your fingers for me people.(Warning, Hep.C related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778 "2000-08-25T23:49:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/41 "2000-08-28T03:18:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* > **I swear, I have gotten more support here than from my RL family !** Maybe here there are more people who can relate to your problem. Families are often too small and with too much in common to deal effectively with anything outside their experience. Here you have several thousand sets of experience with something to offer. On the other hand, we might just like you better. 😉 Get **Lion** to jab you. It’s unladylike to shoot yourself up. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/42 "2000-08-28T03:29:03Z")
Sending you positive energy and I am going to lite a candle for health. I am so sad to think that you are having to go through all this. You are such a brave person. ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/43 "2000-08-28T03:31:14Z")
Awww, hon. My prayers and best wishes go out to you during this time, and always. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. Who knows how many lives you might save by talking about it? All the best. If there’s anything I can do, just holler, I’m right up the road from you (well, almost, San Antonio’s not _that_ far). {{{{{{{{Ayesha}}}}}}}} {{{{{{{{LIONsob&son}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/44 "2000-08-28T03:35:21Z")
I am psychically drawing off any pain from the shots. Good luck, Ayesha! ~~Baloo ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/45 "2000-08-28T03:43:09Z")
Oh you poor thing. I hope you get better soon, by best wishes and hopeful prayers go out to you. My cousin is going through the same thing, he’s absolutely miserable that they prohibited all forms of alcohol, but at least it’s good for him. I hope you get better soon. Love ya lots. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/46 "2000-08-28T05:18:02Z")
I’m praying for you, hon. You have already showed great courage, resilience, and a marvelous attitude. I may have been the anti-cheerleader in high school (think Janeane Garafalo), but for you, I’ll borrow the perky blond sister’s pom-poms: Ayesha! Ayesha! Rah Rah Rah! Ayesha, Ayesha, Rah Rah Rah! (What, you’re looking for a _creative_ cheer from the one who had a monochromatic wardrobe in her high school years?) ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/47 "2000-08-28T05:26:21Z")
All righty then, I am about to eat something, take the second 3 pills and go for it ! I can never ever tell you all how much your words mean to me ! Thank you . Oh and dropzone, that LIONsob can’t even bear to watch me poke me, there is no way I’m trusting him to do it. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/48 "2000-08-28T06:15:06Z")
I hope that went smoothly. So LionSOB never gets to poke you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/49 "2000-08-28T06:22:39Z")
My prayers for you! {{{{{{Lioness!}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/50 "2000-08-28T06:46:01Z")
It only hurts for a minute. It’s like a bee sting. Not even a bee sting. More like a mosquito bite. 🙂 Ayesha, my best thoughts are with you. Good luck with all that is to come your way. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/51 "2000-08-28T06:52:07Z")
OK, first shot is over with, and the last three of todays 6 anti-viral pills are taken . I admit, I stalled. And I cried. I so didn’t want to have to do this again y’all ! Don’t worry, after a couple of weeks it won’t bother me anymore. That’s how it was last time. I am rewarding myself with a strawberry shortcake and posting now. When I’m done I will go to bed and wait for the ride through side effect hell to begin. I had some mild problems with the pills today. Let’s hope they stay mild. I’ll check in when I can , probally be a while maybe not till tomorrow night, unless I need to whine and LIOn is sleeping then. Again, I can’t thank all of you enough. Deb ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/52 "2000-08-28T08:47:40Z")
Whoo-hoo! Way to go, Aye! I hope your symptoms are mild and you feel like yourself again soon! ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/53 "2000-08-28T23:01:42Z")
I’m checking in to let y’all know that I lived through the first night. Actually, I just got out of bed ! And I’m still tired. I will post more later tonight, or maybe tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/54 "2000-08-28T23:08:17Z")
Hang in. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778/55 "2000-08-28T23:45:11Z")
I think this will by my first message board hug… but you deserve it. {{{Ayesha}}} Thoughts and prayers! I’m sorry you have to go through this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-your-fingers-for-me-people-warning-hep-c-related/30778.md?page=2)