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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" 

 

 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

  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 line. W

What time is it Buffalo Bob? Why it's Howdy Doody time.   Good day citizens, as always I hope this finds you well.  Another late evening on Friday.   Not having to work Saturdays gives me a little breathing room, not under the "get some rest gun".  Stupid old me, in the summer I tell myself I have all winter to sleep,  come winter I realize I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead. I don't mean that depressively, you have to understand its Catholic gallows humor.  I was raised this way-slap my Mom and Dad, sometimes being the beta model is a bitch.You just finally deal with it and move on, in spirit they are always there. So much unsaid and so truly understood.  Its true, the older I get, the smarter I remember them.  I didn't lead a good life for a while, but my boys are doing quite well,   didn't entirely F**k that up, lol. Gotta bring this around, I'm just meandering. Don't know about you but I&

18376.1    Great Monday morning to you all,   And so it goes...  here is a little note to say how proud I am  of every single one of you for being here,  sharing stories of everlasting love and desire  to help others that may never have known how  tx can be a learning experience and a more  pleasant experience being around people that care  how you feel.  We are miles apart  but our hearts beat with the the same rhythmic passion,  our lives were in jeopardy when we first arrived,  and thanks to many many people before us,  we listened and followed some of the best teachers available.  Most of us survived, some lost their lives,  and some still suffer today with serious issues,  I think our home is a comfort zone to many,  and we are grateful you are here reading,  that shows us that in fact we are still needed.  The messages being read everyday ebb and flow  and that is ok as long as we are able to be here for you.  We are WARRIORS  and we realize you are lo

Good morning Saturday by : Greg 18372.1  Dear Friends, if you're reading this you've made it another week. Some days living life is a job in itself, but I think I'm preaching to the choir. I see that Miles shut down, a shame. There was a time any hour of the day one could find safe haven. He and Kat are right, delphi isn't that much fun anymore, but i do love Friday evening chat. Never going to be a part of my life I would give up willingly. I wouldn't wish what many of us went thru on anyone, but there is a certain sadness I feel because many will never experience the human condition we had to endure. We walked thru hell and helped others as we went. or We realized our lives were forever changed, did whatever we could to make this torture test into a personal quest. The countless hours spent wandering the halls of Delphi, waiting for that one person who needs someone to be there.its absolutely amazing the condition some people were in, yet the wish and will

Being Grateful For Life  Is Key to Happiness

Dry Eyes... erase my tears with your perverse chemistry\\\\\\take me back to when I could cry rivers for something real, a lost puppy, a kitten I couldn't keep, a love I couldn't save the heart song to keep them,  I want to cry real tears!!  I am angry and want to shout off the mountains, bring me home, I SAID BRING me home, where I can be just a girl...  a regular girl, small viruses don't exist there....neither does cancer or mean people. all those things will go into the sealed box of never look back and shut up  and stop running my life  You will go into this box, be locked and no key will ever let you out! No the fairies sang no, no, no, hush wee little thing you aren't ever going to be that simple, nor are your friends.  You have looked into the eyes of darkness, you have known the ones who have the sword and fight hard the dragon, no you little one will grow strong as a warrior child, and you will fight away the tears, you will love and be loved,

Good morning dear friends. As usual I hope the sunrise finds you well. Some mornings I struggle, depression does that, but I've learned by finally combining therapy with meds I do have some control. Of course with that comes the choice. Do I succumb to the suffocating but familiar darkness, or do I take action?. Find distractions, head them off at the pass, make sure I'm not adding fuel to the fire. Therapy was a good thing, silly to wait so long, I've been there before and know it helps. Why do we resist? What I do know is the tools to change the day lay at hand. Those tools got me thru rehab and tx. Just misplaced them and needed a little help finding them. I can't say I turn every frown upside down-damn, that saying annoys me, but with a little conscious effort the visits are shorter and the darkness can now be felt passing thru and not moving in.I hope by now everyone realizes I'm not that enamored with myself, its just somebody, somewhere may feel as hel

Hi to all reading this, I hope it gives you a sense of balance in your life. "We all need a check up from the neck up !" By; Lou Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So what will matter? How will the value of your day

  Once upon a time, beautiful lessons learned and shared  Upon entering "The Program" I had some kind of idea as to what it'd be like, though I really didn't think it would be an agenda taking priority over every aspect of my life. The amends I would have an opportunity to make were not to get something back, rather they were mandatory if I was ever to achieve a lasting peace within myself. It was in effect a way to say farewell to a lifestyle that was no longer appropriate, satisfying or conducive to my 'Recovery'. Of course, having completed an exhaustive inventory, and getting a good look at the behaviors involved, how could I possibly return to those old ways. Relationships were of a high priority. It wasn't about saying "I'm Sorry". Lord knows I've heard myself say it thousands of times. It was about owning the wrongs I've done, and turning away from and correcting the behaviors that were at the center, the

 Hello to all the supporters for  The Red Cross in Kentucky  "Wrapped In Red Gala"  I have a story to tell you,   I know your focus is  on disaster relief  and for that we are all grateful. I'd like to know where our disaster relief is? Tom & Lisa Austin Brown-Forman Corporation The Gheens Foundation Marshall & Mimi Heuser The Humana Foundation Metro United Way Norton Healthcare Bill & Jill Howard LG&E Dan & Mary Rivers Sam Swope Auto Group Thorntons Inc. UPS  I am Kathi Kerr, I live in Kentucky.  I will show up to your event this March 15th,  dressed in my blood soaked wedding  gown, is that ok?  I thought it would be a good way  to shed light on the forgotten victims  of Hepatitis C,  from the tainted blood supply,  in 1984 I had a transfusion  in Fort Lauderdale -Hollywood  Memorial hospital.  Infected with the Hepatitis C Virus,  I was 29 years old, and had no idea  what hep