HEPATITIS "C" SUPPORT GROUP

| View | Add FavoritePLEASE READ THIS: TOP FRIENDS, COMMENTS, PICTURES & POSTINGS. JUST SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS & KNOWS & NO ONE GETS THEIR FEELINGS HURT. I CHANGE THE TOP FRIENDS AROUND FREQUENTLY SO THAT EVERYONE IS THERE EVENTUALLY. WEBPAGES ARE SLOWER TO LOAD THE MORE PICTURES & COMMENTS THERE ARE ON THEM SO I PERIODICALLY DELETE SOME TO KEEP THE PAGE LOADING FASTER. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. IF NOT THOSE ON DIAL UP WILL NEVER SEE THE PAGE. I DELETE & DON"T WANT ANY SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE PICTURES OR LANGUAGE OR ADVERTISEMENTS FOR ANYONE TRYING TO SELL ANYTHING. OUR MISSION IS TO HELP THOSE WITH HEP "C"... MySpace CustomizerCLICK HERE TO GO TO HEPATITIS "C" SUPPORT GROUP'S MAIN WEBSITE A BIG HEART FELT THANKS GO OUT TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME FRIENDS OF THIS SITE & HELP SPREAD THE MESSAGE. I HOPE EVERYONE THAT READS THIS WILL DO THE SAME. THE MORE SITES THAT BECOME FRIENDS OF THIS SITE THE MORE THE MESSAGE WILL GET OUT. WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN EDUCATE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THE MORE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT & UNDERSTAND THIS DISEASE THE MORE PRESSURE WILL BE PUT ON THE MEDICAL PROFESSION & THE GOVERMENT TO FIND A CURE & A VACCINE. DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT HITS YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE TO PAY ATTENTION. WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW. IN NO WAY DOES BECOMING A FRIEND OF THIS SITE MEAN YOU HAVE HEPATITIS "C" ONLY THAT YOU ARE HUMAN ENOUGH TO CARE ABOUT THOSE OF US THAT DO & WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. IT TOOK ME ( "15" ) YEARS & ( "5" ) DIFFERENT DOCTORS TO FINALLY FIND OUT I HAD HEPATITIS "C". THAT'S WHY I GO BY ( DRSLETMEDOWN ) THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID ( DOCTOR'S LET ME DOWN ). IF I HAD ONLY KNOWN SOONER I COULD HAVE MADE LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED PROTECT MY LIVER. MAINLY STOPPING DRINKING ALCOHOL. DRINKING ALCOHOL WITH HEP "C" IS LIKE THROWING GASOLINE ON A FIRE & MAKES THE DISEASE PROGRESS FASTER. PLEASE HELP ME GET THIS INFORMATION OUT BY MAKING OTHERS AWARE OF THIS SITE & BECOMING A ( "FRIEND") OF THIS SITE. UNITED WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. HEP "C" IS "NOT" A DEATH SENTENCE BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS DISEASE & KNOW THE RISKS & HOW IT IS SPREAD & HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES & OTHERS FROM BECOMING INFECTED. AS A PERSON WITH "C" THAT HAS LIKELY HAD IT FOR MORE THAN "20" YEARS IT REALLY BOTHERS ME AS TO WHY THERE IS NOT MORE PUBLICITY ABOUT HEP “C” ? WHY THE DOCTOR’S, THE NEWS MEDIA & NOT TO MENTION THE GOVERMENT DON’T DO MORE TO EDUCATE THE NON HEP "C" PUBLIC ABOUT THIS DISEASE ? EVERYONE ON THE PLANET KNOWS ABOUT AIDS, AND THERE ARE ( "5" ) MILLION AMERICANS WITH HEP "C" & OF COURSE THAT’S NOT THE REAL NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED. THINK ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RUNNING AROUND WITH IT THAT DON’T HAVE A CLUE ? THAT’S A SCARY THOUGHT. WHAT ARE THE REAL NUMBERS ? & WHAT ARE ALL THE WAYS TO GET IT ? CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO CATCH HEP "C" OTHER THAN IV DRUG USE. ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM THE RISK IS SMALL IT CAN BE TRANSMITTED SEXUALLY. I NEVER DID IV DRUGS & FIT NO AT RISK GROUPS. 40% OF THE PEOPLE WITH HEP "C" DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHERE THEY GOT IT. I WILL FOREVER BE CONVINCED THERE ARE OTHER UNKNOWNS OUT THERE THAT WE ALL SHARE & HAVE IN COMMON. BOOSTER SHOTS WE GOT AS CHILDREN & VACCINES WE HAD THAT WERE MADE WITH BLOOD PRODUCTS, MILITARY AIR GUN INJECTIONS & THE LIST GOES ON & ON. I DON’T KNOW OR CLAIM TO KNOW ANY OF THIS AS FACT & I AM NOT TRYING TO WORRY OR ALARM ANYONE. I ONLY WISH I HAD KNOW SOONER. ( BUT WHY ? ) IS THIS DISEASE BEING KEPT SO QUIET ? WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF THE TRUTH ? THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT’S KEEPING ALL THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, NEWS MEDIA & GOVERMENT AGENCIES QUIET ? DON’T YOU THINK IT’S TIME WE ALL FORCED THE ISSUE & GET THE TRUTH OUT ? I HAVE WRITTEN POLITICIANS & KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON OUR SENATOR FROM TEXAS HAS RESPONDED TO ME & IS A BIG PART ALONG WITH TED KENNEDY PUSHING THE NEW HEP "C" BILL. THAT’S A GREAT THING BUT WE NEED SOOOOOOOOO MUCH MORE. I’M OPEN TO ANY & ALL SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO GET THE TRUTH OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC & I NEED YOUR HELP. BEFORE I LEAVE THIS PLANET I WANT TO SEE & HEAR THE TRUTH BEING TOLD TO THE MASSES ABOUT THIS DISEASE & TAKE AWAY THE STIGMA THAT IT IS AN IV DRUG USERS DISEASE. IT IS MUCH, MUCH MORE THAT THAT. PEOPLE WITH HEP "C" ARE NOT LEPPERS & DO NOT POSE A DANGER TO ANYONE. IT TAKES BLOOD TO BLOOD CONTACT TO BECOME INFECTED. I WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF HEP "C" AS THERE ARE ABOUT AIDS. WE OWE IT TO ALL THE GENERATIONS TO COME TO AT LEAST GET THE TRUTHFUL FACTS & INFORMATION OUT. I WAS THINKING COULD IT BE SINCE ONLY 1 IN 4 PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE & KNOWING THE COST OF LAB WORK JUST TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE IT NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF TREATING AROUND $30,000.00 A YEAR THAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE BURDEN IT WOULD PUT ON THE SYSTEM IF PEOPLE REALLY KNEW THE FACTS ? THINK ABOUT WHAT THE EXPENSE WOULD BE IF PEOPLE STARTED WANTING & DEMANDING TO BE TESTED ? NOT ONLY TO THE HIGH & MIGHTY INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT WANT TO CONTROL WHAT OUR DOCTORS CAN & CAN’T DO BUT TO ALL THE HOSPITALS & HEALTH DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED ? AND WHAT ABOUT TATTOO PARLORS, NAIL SALONS, HAIR SALONS, DENTISTS ? IF PEOPLE REALLY KNEW & UNDERSTOOD ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF TRANSMISSION IT MIGHT HURT THE ECONOMY RIGHT? YES I KNOW THERE ARE GOOD CLEAN DENTISTS, NAIL SALONS, TATTOO PARLORS, HAIR SALONS ETC. & IN NO WAY AM I TRYING TO SAY THEY ARE THE MAIN OR ONLY CULPRIT. IT’S BEEN PROVEN HAT THE HEP "C" VIRUS CAN LIVE IN THE VIRUSIDE THAT BLUE LIQUID THAT HAIR SALONS PUT THEIR COMBS, SCISSORS, BRUSHES, RAZORS ETC. IN TO STERILIZE THEM SO WE KNOW THAT’S A MEANS OF TRANSMISSION. ANYTHING THAT COULD KNICK SOMEONE & GET BLOOD ON IT & KNICK YOU IS A RISK. SCISSORS, RAZORS, NAIL CLIPPERS ETC. THERE IS NO CURE ONLY TREATMENT. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT & JUST AN OPINION OF SOMEONE WITH HEP "C" THAT TRULY WANTS TO HELP OTHERS. I HOPE YOU WILL USE THE LINKS ON THIS SITE & EDUCATE YOURSELF & OTHERS ABOUT THIS DISEASE.