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17602.1   Options for this story The life of a Hepper in a nutshell.................. Having Liver disease means that many things change. Just because you can't see the changes doesn't mean they aren't real. Most people don't understand much about this disability/disease and its effects, and of those that think they know many are actually misinformed. In the spirit of informing those who wish to understand... ... These are the things that I would like you to understand about me before you judge me... I am scared. I don't know what the future holds for me. Will I end up in a wheelchair, die or will I be one of the lucky ones. If you find me being quiet and reflective, please don't think I am upset with you. I am trying to sort out my fears. I am angry. Liver Disease has taken so much away from me. I can no longer do many of things I enjoy doing. I sometimes have difficulty just completing simple tasks. If I appear angry please understand it i...

 

 

   It's not about taxes its about out of control spending of the United States Government .. Who's money is it .. isn't it the peoples money, the tax payers ? Please Uncle Sam tell the people how much money you sent to other countries ... Please tell me how much money the gourmet cooks make at the white house ? Can you please tell the tax payers it cost them over  a million dollars a day to run just one battleship at war ? Can you please tell the people this war will cost the tax payers for the next fifty years ....Tell me how many people are waiting on Social Security ? How many died waiting ? and why are so many lawyers sucking up money off the social security system   Why because your denying about 80 percent of them ..Instead of paying the people their social security ..now you have lawyers filling their pockets with the working people's money ? Why do so many foreign people get all the  help they need as soon as they cross our border .Can you tell me Mr S...

 

17123.1   This last few weeks I have learned alot about myself and each of us as we begin to understand the ties that bind us also free us.   I have been finding family members and getting to know them, that are genetically tied to me. Now whats interesting as the stories come out, when we skip a few generations back, we all have these stories.   Many of us come from unique and interesting beginnings. What we have in common is that we survived. As it goes on we are surviving now, most of us here, with hep c and other issues as well. These things bring us closer to each other and help us understand our humanness. We share , love, worry, and hope together.    We laugh and pray, each in our own way but with the unity of our ever growing families. The weather, the times, the violence, a texting driver....our fates each bound, by random acts of viruses, storms and unpredictability. All this as we wait for test results and a better cure for this that haunts ...

 

17089.1    Great Saturday morning "OOB" Family   Well it can be great if you try hard enough,  happiness is what you make it.  It doesn't follow us around, we must seek out the people that lift our spirits.  Friends want the best for us, but sometimes their perception of happy means a totally different thing than what we are looking for.  Acceptance is huge in today's worldly scheme.  Getting knocked down in life with any chronic illness can be detrimental to our self esteem, it's easy to get caught up in, because let's face it, none of us were prepared for long term battles and dealing with the stigma attached to this blood born virus.  When it is revealed, it can be crippling to our lives, unless we find ways to reinvent ourselves and keep going strong.  Every fiber of our being is rearranged in chaotic distress when diagnosed with a transmittable virus,  that is to be expected, but when family and fri...

 

17026.1   Good Day all people who visit here.... I was awake this morning and somewhat humbled by confusion, distraction and a severe sense of calamity.....take a breath or two I told myself but still the anxiety loomed. Couldn't figure out what was so unsettling but as the day passed I came down from the jitteriness slowly by just placing one foot in front of the other and going to work. In all of my life I have, like so many, come to live with my triumphs and despair often without many resources but still managing to get a grip and plow forward. As Heppers we all have to do this one day or another in order to cope. The initial shock, the stigma, whatever we think our Karma must be for this viral acquisition we have been labelled and questioned. Told it can infect our friends and families by unknowing souls, doubted ourselves and our doctors, had to do treatment without one person in our close relationships really understanding just exactly how it feels. The ups and downs and w...

Good morning my friends, The snow has fallen, leaving crystal white peaks above our little valley. It was a wet snow that was reminiscent of spring and yet still reminding us that we have a little further to go to get to that glorious time that warms the heart and soul like nothing else can. Spring just naturally creates a feeling of hope and a desire to live in the bountiful splendor that is summer. It causes us to cast away the cold thoughts and feelings that can appear in the winter and replace them with wonderful thoughts of life and fulfillment. These are thoughts that grow within us as we progress on through our journey of life. These are thoughts and feelings that have the power to propel us onward even as we pick up those loose pieces of our lives that can somehow become scattered through the trials that we must face. But were it not for the seasons that exist both on our planet and within our lives, then things would probably get pretty boring for those minds of ours th...

 

 

 

 

16881.1   Welcome all who come here. To our little haven where we rejoice, cry, whine, and vent. Where we pray, hope, amuse and inform. This is what we are made of, all of us individuals with a common bond, Hep C, in ourselves or a friend or family member. I remember when I first found eons ago that this was what was wrong. I researched and posted here and there and learned and grew to find out what I was dealing with. Treated again and again to no avail but found the strength and confidence in myself here at OOB to persevere.  There are so many out there who never learn or have the support we have here. The honesty and uniqueness I see here is why I call this home. There isn't anywhere else where people understand or just let you be your funky, silly, frightened and anxious self with unconditional love.  Your family and friends don't want to hear it anymore, they don't understand. You look great I hear all the time. Inside I hurt. Doesn't help to explain there is no...

 

 Won't you be my Valentine?  Will you carry me when I feel weak, will you care about me and others that have contracted a virus through no fault of our own. Will you spread the hope and love so others will take notice and be tested.  Will you pray for all of us going through battle, we are the same as you except for the chemo and problems associated with the hep c virus You should not be afraid of us, because we contracted an illness, we will not give it to you  We are more careful when having teeth cleaned or any procedures where blood is present, everyone in the USA and Canada is aware of how easy it is to spread any virus and we are double careful around our families as well  Hug a Hepper We are full of love and compassion for you and the world . Click this link to talk to us... 16849.1    Good Morning Sweet "OOB Family  It's time to get all of our plans laid out for the week, make a list of things to do that will m...

 

As with all our warriors here  we cant give up on ourselves  whether you are a victim of a violent crime or  Hep C or cancer or whatever the struggle be,  what we learn here with all our prayers and caring for one another is Never give up.  I know I have said it before but it is always good to have another reminder as I did yesterday what staying strong is all about.  Admitting your weakness is a strength!  Admitting your down helps you find that strength whether through friends or here or with a therapist. Hold onto your heart  and find that strength within you  and answers will come, help will come, a good joke will come, and the caring souls at OOB will be there to help hold you up. I feel it everyday  and hold out hope that all do. We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.   Eleanor Roosevel...