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ello, Mitch (et al), <br> <br>I was diagnosed

with Hep C in Dec., just before my wedding--cute, huh?

I have a great guy, however, with GREAT

insurance--I was even more grateful for that fact shen I found

out what Osco was charging the insurance for a

month's supply---$4,356! Good Lord.<br><br>I, too, was

diagnosed with Hep B when I was a teen--back in the Stone

Age. It was in '68, I believe, and my boyfriend was a

carrier. I was a hippie back then, and it never occured to

us that we might end up with a disease for our

needle use. We were so naive---! <br><br>Now, it seems

that my 21-yr.old daughter may have gotten it when I

was pregnant with her, and she has 3 little boys to

think of. The dr. is going to test the boys, too. I

just cried, and felt so guilty. <br><br>It has never

occured to my husband to feel apprehensive about being

with me--we had already been living together for over

a year when we married, and he feels that if he had

already been exposed for that long, that condoms and such

aren't going to make much difference now. (We met on

AOL--I'm 45, and he's 33, and the best thing that ever

happened to me!) <br><br>I'm on the combo therapy, too,

and the days when I do my injections and capsules are

pretty much a write-off (fatugue, nausea, etc.).<br>Has

anyone else experienced a reaction to the sun on the

injection sites? Mine show an egg-sized bright red area,

and look really funky. <br>The med that the dr. gave

me for my nausea has a bad interaction with my psych

meds, so it's a toss-up as to whether I want to throw

up, or risk coma and death. I also have the weirdest

appe- tite--sometimes, I'm starving (and then throw up

whatever I eat), and other times food looks so

gross---!<br><br>If anyone is in Arizona, I'm in the Phoenix area,

and welcome any communication. I'm disabled, also,

with manic-depression and high anxiety, and spend most

of my time at home, taking care of my husband, my

teen-age son, and, of course, myself.<br>Somedays, that

alone is almost more than I can do.<br><br>Glad to be

on board!<br><br>Kathi