Re: What About This Info-Two?

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:01:33 -0700, "Waterspider" <nospam@xxxxxxx>, in
message ID <12vcfic3qaa0c4a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in the newsgroup
sci.med.diseases.hepatitis wrote:

Paul, we've shared some similar experiences. I know what it's like to do the
hep c deathwatch at the hospital bedside. I know what it's like to lose
friends to liver failure. Sometimes it makes me feel lucky (because I'm
still here, I'm healthy) and sometimes it breaks my heart. Like you, that
hep c connection is a strong part of my life and I'm unable or unwilling to
walk away from it. I am not a religious person, which I think you already
know, but I seem compelled to spend time doing what I can to help anyone
newly diagnosed, coping with the disease, undergoing treatment, perhaps
trying to carry on after failed treatment. This all goes back to when I was
newly diagnosed, a basket-case and a physical wreck, and a couple of good
folks, strangers, came out of the woodwork to offer support, advice and help
in all kinds of ways. Some were in my community, some were friends of
friends in other towns, some were on these newsgroups. It still blows me
away that they helped me so much, and I think I'll always be here for anyone
who wants to listen to what I have to say. Payback. Goes around, comes
around. I do enjoy life again, being healthy and without the anxiety of
simply having the disease, but I feel good about being able to give
something back. Still, it sucks when someone dies, when someone fails
treatment, when someone is so thick-headed and scared that they won't even
try treatment. But at least I know that I'm doing something, maybe not much,
but at least I'm not walking away from it all. In other words, if we're as
alike as I suspect, you're stuck! Might as well resign yourself to the fact
that you're a person willing to share whatever wisdom gained throughout this
long strange trip. Whaddya got to lose?

I guess I am stuck but the pain is still raw.
I'm going away for a few days break in a minute. Maybe that's what I
really need. Just feeling a little worn out by life at the moment. It
passes.
I do give plenty of help on hep-c away from the internet too. I use
an addiction self help group so meet plenty along the way with hep-c.
I find it amazing that there are still people out there (here in the
UK) who have had LFTs done by a GP, got a "normal" result and it gets
left at that. If I had listened to such nonsense, I would probably
still be "normal" with a deteriorating liver. I tell these people, go
back to your GP, ask to be referred to a liver specialist/gastro to
arrange a biopsy. DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. If they insist on
saying no - get a second opinion (most doctors hate that and will
relent).
Anyway, off now for a three/four day break.
Catch ya soon.

.

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