Just diagnosed- terrified and alone.

[DayLyn]

I was just recently diagnosed - March 2006.  1a.  In BC, Canada.

I've finally gotten the courage to post, but have been reading posts here for weeks.

I feel alone in this - the stigma is great, and many people are ignorant or uneducated, or both.

I'm being screened for treatment next Tues.

My question was - Pegasys or Peginteron?  Any opinions or suggestions would be welcome.

[Kalio1]

Hope you keep visiting here, it can really help. As to the people who judge you...bear in mind at least one out of every 10 of them has Hep C too they just dont know it yet. Hold your head up high and remember you dont need OR want judgemental, self righeous people as friends! There are lots of people with Hep C that were infected when they received blood products prior to 1992. People were infected thru vaccination guns and in many other settings, the general public is totally uneducated about it. Its bad enough to find out you have it, you dont need any more stress! Glad you joined us here.

[DayLyn]

You are right!  I have spent the last 15 years teaching my children that what other people think doesn't matter.  I guess I have to take my own advice....

I can guess that everyone here has probably felt this way (alone, afraid and emotional) atleast once.  It's nice to know that I'm not alone.

You all are a godsend.

I liken it to being all alone on a little tiny raft in the middle of a huge ocean with nothing in site, and then realizing that there are thousands of other people rowing toward you.....

:)

[DayLyn]

I just wanted to say - I read your news yesterday, and added you to my prayers last night.

Today, you are on my post, with kind words and compassion for me - what character you have.  There are few people that I have met thus far in life that will measure up to a guy like you.

You are a phenomenal person - and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to talk with you.

Best of luck to you - with such a positive attitude, I can't help but know deep within, that good things will come back to you.

[Tater-ToT]

LMAO.... Thanks for that vivid mental...
I invisioned Rosanne in that movie when she played that character with the hairy mole on her face.... Gack!
:0

[Snookmiester]

You are definately sick my man, sick I tell you!!! LOL

[Forseegood]

Glad you mentioned the happy chats and goofyness as well as everything else....I thought they were going to go the way of the platypus...if they go, I'd go, this place would be far, far too serious an informational site that I could go get elsewhere anyway....I like the fact that we can mix it up here a little bit...makes it entertaining, like the inimitable Mary Poppin says...a spoonful of sugar will make the medicine go down...with qualifications of course, we need a little control and discretion along with everything else...

And I could never understand why some people think this type of banter would somehow eclipse the straight hep c info, this place is screaming with hep c info and always will be...hope youre well...