" HEP C OUT OF BOUNDS.ORG"

 

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 our dreams and other ill

 

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 friends keep to themselves, we feel