My transplant took place in January. Today is my first visit to Connect, but it was at my wife's urging that I finally signed on; she's been following the group all along.

Lately I tested positive for CMV, and was prescribed Valcyte. Since then, I've been itchy in addition to the tiredness and other typical symptoms of the illness. The virus has now been undetected for two weeks, and the Valcyte was stopped. Symptoms persist, and Wifey noted that others had problems like mine. Maybe I'd feel less worry knowing that I wasn't dealing with a unique problem, she said, and suggested I look in. So here I am.

I see a lot of people have the same CMV symptoms, and others, that I deal with. I empathize with all of you, and wish I had some suggestions. I don't. But I did see that citrus question and, it being the first thing I researched after leaving the hospital, I decided to comment on that first.

I'll be lurking. Best wishes, all.

--bob