Re: Singer Freddy Fender Has HCV - Needs Transplants

[Guest guest]

They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

--- claudine intexas <claudineintexas@...>

wrote:

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> SINGER FREDDY FENDER HAS HCV - NEEDS TRANSPLANTS

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> Comments

> CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) - Grammy

> Award-winning

> country singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and

> needs

> liver and kidney transplants, a spokesman said

> Monday.

>

>

> Fender, whose hits include ``Before the Next

> Teardrop

> Falls'' and ``Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,'' was

> diagnosed with the disease and resulting kidney

> failure Wednesday, said publicist Kirt Webster.

>

> ``His liver is only working at 10 percent,'' Webster

> said. ''His liver is so damaged he has also

> experienced kidney problems.''

>

> Fender, 63, a native of San Benito, Texas, has begun

> dialysis treatments while he begins what is, on

> average, a two-year wait for a new liver. For

> medical

> reasons, he must have the liver transplant before

> getting another kidney, Webster said.

>

> ``He says he's lived a great life and we're very

> hopeful they'll find a match,'' Webster said.

>

> Hepatitis C, which kills about 10,000 people in the

> United States annually, can be contracted through

> direct contact with the blood of infected persons

> like

> sharing needles or transfusion with infected blood

> (before 1990). It is transmitted sexually in rare

> instances.

>

> Webster said Fender, whose real name is Baldemar

> Huerta, would continue performing while awaiting the

> transplants.

>

> Reuters/Variety REUTERS

>

>

>

http://dailynews./h/nm/20001120/en/people-fender_1.html

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>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

--- claudine intexas <claudineintexas@...>

wrote:

>

>

> SINGER FREDDY FENDER HAS HCV - NEEDS TRANSPLANTS

>

>

> Comments

> CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) - Grammy

> Award-winning

> country singer Freddy Fender has hepatitis C and

> needs

> liver and kidney transplants, a spokesman said

> Monday.

>

>

> Fender, whose hits include ``Before the Next

> Teardrop

> Falls'' and ``Wasted Days and Wasted Nights,'' was

> diagnosed with the disease and resulting kidney

> failure Wednesday, said publicist Kirt Webster.

>

> ``His liver is only working at 10 percent,'' Webster

> said. ''His liver is so damaged he has also

> experienced kidney problems.''

>

> Fender, 63, a native of San Benito, Texas, has begun

> dialysis treatments while he begins what is, on

> average, a two-year wait for a new liver. For

> medical

> reasons, he must have the liver transplant before

> getting another kidney, Webster said.

>

> ``He says he's lived a great life and we're very

> hopeful they'll find a match,'' Webster said.

>

> Hepatitis C, which kills about 10,000 people in the

> United States annually, can be contracted through

> direct contact with the blood of infected persons

> like

> sharing needles or transfusion with infected blood

> (before 1990). It is transmitted sexually in rare

> instances.

>

> Webster said Fender, whose real name is Baldemar

> Huerta, would continue performing while awaiting the

> transplants.

>

> Reuters/Variety REUTERS

>

>

>

http://dailynews./h/nm/20001120/en/people-fender_1.html

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

The test for hep c antibodies was available and used somewhat before 1990.

Not everyone used them tho. I donated blood in 87 and found out in 88 and it

was given as HCV and HBV.

alley/

[Guest guest]

The test for hep c antibodies was available and used somewhat before 1990.

Not everyone used them tho. I donated blood in 87 and found out in 88 and it

was given as HCV and HBV.

alley/

[Guest guest]

You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

before July 1992?

Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got all

their facts right before releasing a story?

--- Constance Dickson

<constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

before July 1992?

Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got all

their facts right before releasing a story?

--- Constance Dickson

<constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

before July 1992?

Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got all

their facts right before releasing a story?

--- Constance Dickson

<constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

before July 1992?

Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got all

their facts right before releasing a story?

--- Constance Dickson

<constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yes it is Claudine,

I was just reading in Roche's site. They, also had

transfusions as being culprits before 1990. So I

guess, whats a reporter to report but wrong data, when

the supposedly " EXPERTS " give it out.

Maybe we all need to collaborate and make a real and

factual report....Take Care, Connie

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

--- claudine intexas <claudineintexas@...>

wrote:

> You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

> before July 1992?

>

> Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got

> all

> their facts right before releasing a story?

>

> --- Constance Dickson

> <constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> > They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> > 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Yes it is Claudine,

I was just reading in Roche's site. They, also had

transfusions as being culprits before 1990. So I

guess, whats a reporter to report but wrong data, when

the supposedly " EXPERTS " give it out.

Maybe we all need to collaborate and make a real and

factual report....Take Care, Connie

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

--- claudine intexas <claudineintexas@...>

wrote:

> You're right Connie. Isn't it blood transfusions

> before July 1992?

>

> Wouldn't it be nice if just ONCE some reporter got

> all

> their facts right before releasing a story?

>

> --- Constance Dickson

> <constance_clearwater_florida@...> wrote:

> > They are wrong about the transfusions. I got mine

> > 11/91 from blood transfusions.....Connie

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>