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 2015 is a brand   NEW YEAR  The best is yet to come, healing the world of hepatitis c.  We made it to 2015   I'm amazed  how fast time is moving now that so many people are  clearing the virus, it is nothing short of a miracle, and I am so  happy for all of my dearest friends and loved ones, that they will  not have to go through the more difficult treatments anymore.  Celebrate Freedom With Love and Blessings For Your New Year Kat annd "OOB" 
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 So today tried to maneuver through the health insurance process. It is tough with all the changes that I have encountered through the last year. Most importantly we as Heppers have been trying to navigate through the changes in our ability to fight this virus, all the new drugs, the many ways some have won and the struggles the tough who keep fighting have had to overcome. We are a very diverse group, some have won, having a preferable set of DNA, some have lost and keep trying. We have to keep fighting, for the newest drugs, the costs, and the right to live. I have had the privilege of being a Lab rat, don't give up, please, as we are all intertwined in a new world of hope. I want you all to win, I want to win, but more than that I want our stories, our history told, so that research continues until the last hepper succeeds, we want you to live to see your grandkids smile, to reverse the transgressions our disease placed on your families, or your friendships. I hope for all of...

Welcome Home "Chuck"

  Good morning OOB, I hope all is well with you. I was just thinking about beginnings. We have so many of them in our lifetimes and in a way these are very precious moments, though some may not seem so at the time, such as when we receive a diagnosis for hep C. There’s so much confusion on those first days when we wonder what might happen to us. Those days before we seek out the support of others when we’re left alone with our own thoughts and our own fears, always wondering what might happen next and not sure how to find those answers. This is a beginning like no other, for though there’s fear. Though there’s confusion and yes even sadness, it is in this beginning that we decide to fight. It’s in this beginning that we set a course like no other. It is in this beginning that we decide that we will take our lives back and that we know we’ll never take losing as an answer! So we strike out on a new path, seeking the answers that will propel us onward to the finish lin...