Update on Mark

Last month I told y'all (with Marks Permission) about Mark having Hepatitis C with some liver damage. He'd been accepted in a treatment study group at the Liver Institute in Dallas, which we were thrilled about, but before it started he was bumped to a later starting date because of one of his test results. He was able to start the treatment yesterday. He has started the medication which consists of one shot a week of Pegasys, which he gives to himself, and three tablets of Copegus twice a day. He will be going to the institute every two weeks to be checked.
The most common side effects are pretty severe, and he's already suffering them. Flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, muscle aches, joint pain and headaches. All of which started last night after having his first shot yesterday. Mark has never been a whiner (I know ladies, he's a man...but I'm telling you, he's not a complainer when he's sick), but he feels bad. There is also upset stomach, nausea, taste changes, rashes, hair loss, dizziness and trouble sleeping. These are the most common side effects. Poor babe. I'm not even going into the most serious side effects, we're believing we'll not have to deal with them.
Right now, it's the fever (body aches, chills) and the headaches that's bothering him the most. And, he's really tired. So...he stays on this same cycle of medication for 48 weeks and then he'll be re-evaluated.
We found out Mark had Hepatitis C right after we got married and tried to donate blood together. He hadn't known. It's believed that he must have contracted it when he was born and had to have a complete blood transfusion in 1960. So, considering how long he's had it, he is extremely healthy.