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(Message started by: RC_Cola on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:27pm)

Title: Cycle Duration
Post by RC_Cola on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:27pm
Can some of you tell me how long a cycle lasts for you?
I am now going on my eighth week.  

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Ghost on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:39pm
Before I went CHronic my cycle would last approx 3 months your are just getting to the good part where you are getting annoid but tired at the same time stay strong and fight its heading down hill I hope. stay strong and dont ever let the beast win! :'(

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by nani on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:39pm
The duration varies, from sufferer to sufferer. I'm not a good "average" for sure, but I can say I've had episodes as short as 1 week and as long as 5 years and 3 months (chronic).  :-/  
pf wishes, nani

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Rock_Lobster on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:46pm
Not chronic.  2-3 months.  Longest was 4 months.  

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by E-Double on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:50pm
Before turning chronic ( March will be 2 yrs), I never had a cycle last longer than 1 month two times per yr.

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by RC_Cola on Feb 22nd, 2006, 12:51pm
I was diagnosed with CH in 1997.  Last cycle I had was about 2 years ago.  I don't remember the previous ones lasting this long.  I am also under a lot of stress right now, which I know doesn't help.  

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Guiseppi on Feb 22nd, 2006, 1:23pm
26 plus years, 8 to 12 weeks each cycle, twice a year. I ocasionally skip a cycle but have never had a short or a long cycle! Good luck.

Guiseppi

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by chewy on Feb 22nd, 2006, 2:10pm
Over the course of 30 years my cycles have ranged from 5 weeks to 9 months.

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by rbmb on Feb 22nd, 2006, 2:17pm
It seems like in the past couple of years my cycles have become farther apart, but they last longer. Last cycle was 3 months long and ended about 6 months ago.
                           Rich

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by RC_Cola on Feb 22nd, 2006, 8:29pm
Thank you to all who responded.  At least I have some idea of what lies ahead.  Hopefully this will end soon.
Again Thanks!

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Dragnlance on Feb 22nd, 2006, 10:11pm
Dont mean to be a downer.. born chronic, so 42 years and counting on this cycle...  :-/

Hoping that I can look forward to as many years pain free in the future.  ;;D

Dragnlance

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by pfunk on Feb 22nd, 2006, 10:51pm
Seems that my average cycle has lasted about 6months with maybe a 3-6 month layoff between.  As I have gotten older, they seem to have not come as often( Idid get a year and a half break last time).  The big difference I have noticed is that in this current cycle I am getting more hits per day.  Hoping that maybe the duration of the cycle is not quite as long this time.  
Hope you find some relief.  Stay strong and keep fighting this beast.  Much luv and PF wishes.

Pfunk

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Bob P on Feb 23rd, 2006, 9:43am
For the first 20 years I'd get hit 4-6 weeks every 8-9 months.

At age 40 the remissions got longer (2 years) and after each subsequent cycle even longer (last one was over 3 years) but the cycles also got longer.  Last cycle was 20 weeks.

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Melissa on Feb 23rd, 2006, 9:52am
about 6 weeks long, every 18 months or so

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by imnotbub on Feb 23rd, 2006, 10:33am
One cycle was three days, others 7 weeks, all two years apart

Title: Re: Cycle Duration
Post by Jasmyn on Feb 23rd, 2006, 11:56am
Hi, RC.

My episodes are becoming longer and longer with the passing of each year.

The last one, I thought I became chronic, as it lasted more than 15 months.

CH is not predictable, so don't worry too much, it won't help in any case.

Hang in there.



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