St.Jerome in the wilderness

Am I the Lion or the Tamer?
Am I the Tamer Lion or the less tame Lion?

6 weeks into 48 weeks of treatment, thats one eigtht!

Yes the goons, they were listened to on radio by my parents and 2 eldest brothers before television in new zealand, the beatles, or me. The NZBC; New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation played them more or less continually in an ever-shifting weekly slot for years, later joined by (not replaced by! this was Soviet era NZ) the radio show of the hitch-hikers guide to the universe (the funniest format it was ever presented in - the books are good but all the movie & TV show are poo). One Christmas when we were still a family of 4 with me as the youngest... or was there a baby? someone was given a book of the goon show scripts, it may have been one of the best gifts ever, I still remember a line: Eccles! how dare you get up after I've tucked you in and beaten you unconscious for the night?

Oh well, I should have kept up with my cohort professionally. I work with children who reminisce about transformers and turtles. Never heard of Gilligan most of them! Or at least I will work with them on tuesday when I go back to work for two four-day weeks.

Stayed up all yesterday with no naps, aiming to do the same today. Feeling better but thats partly because my last injection was six days ago, sadly this means that my next one is tomorrow so I'm concerned how that will be (2 down, 46 to go). Generally the side effects get worse over the first 10 weeks and you start to perk up after then (about the time your hair starts falling out). They gave me a box of condoms because any babies I make while I'm on this stuff have a high chance of birth defects, funny in its way - I'd need a prosthetic implant to raise a smile. My skin is drying out and getting rashy, the nurse recommended a really good soothing lotion that works well, the receipt from the chemist added insult - "Hand relief $12.50" - ha! not even!

Other things have been fun, got my kid's wee half brother staying for a week, was able to introduce a new generation the the joys of 'the Goodies', does anyone remember the goodies? or am I just too old? I'm reading the Mole People, its a slightly overblown and thickly padded study of the communities that live in the tunnels below New York city.

Still here.

My New Medicines

Me and my virus (hep C) have got on pretty well ever since meeting on the pointy end of a bad decision in the 80's but when I did the math recently it turned out I can more or less double my life expectancy by giving it a spot of medication.

So now I give myself:
Weekly jabs to muzzle the virus,
Twice daily pills to boost my immune system,

Mild painkillers several times daily for body aches,
Sleeping pill at night for restlessness,

Anti depressants in the morning to prevent those pesky crying jags in the supermarket.

Unfortunately none of the above mentioned prevented me sending an email intended for a colleague about a client TO the client. Work is being good. I'm on leave.