Saw the gastro doc yesterday

I'm anemic. No surprise there. When the girl took my blood pressure my heart rate was around 120. "What'd you do? Power-walk here?" Uh, no. I mosied from the parking lot to the elevator and sat in the waiting room for 10 minutes before I mosied in here. My hemaglobin level is 9. Normal is 14. The doc says it's like being down 3 pints of blood.

That explains the fatigue. Dead tired. Yet, I haven't been sleeping well. The doc prescribed a light dose of Elavil. I took one tiny white tab at 8:00 PM and was groggy by 10:00. I actually slept last night, but the trouble is, I slept today too. About three hours on the couch. Tough to work like that.

Encouraging news as well. My liver enzymes are back to normal -- I didn't get the numbers. But I know they were trending that way from the last test. The doc raised the possibility that this might might be a 24-week course. I have Genotype 4 which is recommended for 48 weeks, but it's a comparatively new genotype and they may be following the more aggressive protocol as a fail-safe. I have mixed emotions. If I stop after 24 weeks and relapse, I'd be facing another 48 weeks. Not something I would look forward to. I'm leaving the whole matter on the back burner. I haven't made it through the fifth week yet!