Re: Thanks, everyone...but time to stop

[Guest guest]

Hey all..I have been a member for 3 years now, and I dont say much

usually..just read. To all of you having a rough time..you will survive..I

have..it will happen. I am on my 3rd (yes third) year of drug treatment. Why

do I say we all can survive? I have lost everything to this disease...my

home, my career as a great ICU nurse, financial security, and my health.

BUT..what have I gained?....new insights, new hopes, new faces in my lfe.

Embrace these bad times as hard as it seems as much as you have embraced the

good times. When you think there isnt a way..there will be. I was able to

stay on treatment with NO health insurance because of the drug company's

program. I was able to stay in my home which was 100 years old and the most

onderful acheivements in my life DESPITE NO income for over a year. How? It

just happens. God will provide somehow..even if it is allowing us to meet

others in our lives whose paths we may never have crossed had we not been

ill. I have met some beautiful people I never would have met had I not been

sick. A family, and then her extended family as well. Had I not been ill

and unemployed for that time..it would not have happened. As a matter of

fact..it was she who found the drug program that I was ultimatley eligible

for so as to continue treatment, not I. You can make it..I believe that.

[Guest guest]

Hey all..I have been a member for 3 years now, and I dont say much

usually..just read. To all of you having a rough time..you will survive..I

have..it will happen. I am on my 3rd (yes third) year of drug treatment. Why

do I say we all can survive? I have lost everything to this disease...my

home, my career as a great ICU nurse, financial security, and my health.

BUT..what have I gained?....new insights, new hopes, new faces in my lfe.

Embrace these bad times as hard as it seems as much as you have embraced the

good times. When you think there isnt a way..there will be. I was able to

stay on treatment with NO health insurance because of the drug company's

program. I was able to stay in my home which was 100 years old and the most

onderful acheivements in my life DESPITE NO income for over a year. How? It

just happens. God will provide somehow..even if it is allowing us to meet

others in our lives whose paths we may never have crossed had we not been

ill. I have met some beautiful people I never would have met had I not been

sick. A family, and then her extended family as well. Had I not been ill

and unemployed for that time..it would not have happened. As a matter of

fact..it was she who found the drug program that I was ultimatley eligible

for so as to continue treatment, not I. You can make it..I believe that.

[Guest guest]

on 03/25/02 15:21, Tatezi at tatezi1@... wrote:

I am sure there are other members who are aggravated by the mail they are

receiving that has nothing to do with why they joined this list.

Hi Folks,

I'm not aggravated. I learn from all the things discussed on the list. What

a privilege to see so intimately how others with my disease cope.

Healing does not mean that I survive.

Love, Uddhava

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/25/2002 4:41:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,

dhava@... writes:

> Hi Folks,

>

> I'm not aggravated. I learn from all the things discussed on the list. What

> a privilege to see so intimately how others with my disease cope.

>

> Healing does not mean that I survive.

>

Also, most of us have walked in your shoes-job-wise. It never hurts to hear

from a survivor. So I don't think anyone will be to aggravated. At any

rate, you know we're here if you need us and this let's everyone on the list

know that if they have a problem, we'll all put our heads together and do

something about it.

LOL,

Anne

[Guest guest]

Thanks for writing this....I am about to go on the old combo treatment

and yes, I will survive it. Three years of treatment....wow.

Carol

PSchm12958@... wrote:

> Hey all..I have been a member for 3 years now, and I dont say much

> usually..just read. To all of you having a rough time..you will

> survive..I

> have..it will happen. I am on my 3rd (yes third) year of drug

> treatment. Why

> do I say we all can survive? I have lost everything to this

> disease...my

> home, my career as a great ICU nurse, financial security, and my

> health.

> BUT..what have I gained?....new insights, new hopes, new faces in my

> lfe.

> Embrace these bad times as hard as it seems as much as you have

> embraced the

> good times. When you think there isnt a way..there will be. I was able

> to

> stay on treatment with NO health insurance because of the drug

> company's

> program. I was able to stay in my home which was 100 years old and

> the most

> onderful acheivements in my life DESPITE NO income for over a year.

> How? It

> just happens. God will provide somehow..even if it is allowing us to

> meet

> others in our lives whose paths we may never have crossed had we not

> been

> ill. I have met some beautiful people I never would have met had I

> not been

> sick. A family, and then her extended family as well. Had I not been

> ill

> and unemployed for that time..it would not have happened. As a matter

> of

> fact..it was she who found the drug program that I was ultimatley

> eligible

> for so as to continue treatment, not I. You can make it..I believe

> that.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great words of encouragement

Hep C has changed my life so much that I think of the " C " as meaning CHANGE.

Big hugs to you,

alley

Grand Prairie, Tx

[Guest guest]

Great words of encouragement

Hep C has changed my life so much that I think of the " C " as meaning CHANGE.

Big hugs to you,

alley

Grand Prairie, Tx

[Guest guest]

> on 03/25/02 15:21, Tatezi at tatezi1@... wrote:

> I am sure there are other members who are aggravated by the mail

> they are

> receiving that has nothing to do with why they joined this list.

Maybe - sometimes. But we are NOT " HCV " . We are people who have HCV.

And support of the whole person is needed, not just support of HCV

issues. We can't separate one from the other.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Claudine...

claudine intexas wrote:

> Maybe - sometimes. But we are NOT " HCV " . We are people who have HCV.

> And support of the whole person is needed, not just support of HCV

> issues. We can't separate one from the other.

>

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