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dormant hepititis c
just how long can this lie dormant-even stretching it to any possibility of infection on any list it was almost 40 yrs ago-is that possible? do i need to search for another means of contact? could I have gotten this from a cheating spouse since I have been faithful for this entire time-
I have a boyfriend that is 61 and is dialysis, plus he has hep c that is dormaint is the hep c contagious since it is dormaint
I agree....I am glad that I found out that I have this disease. Hopefully it was caught early enough to treat. Plus, it makes me stop and smell the roses, and it's made me grateful for all the blessings that I do have in my life. Pam
Good point about nail salons. I remember getting cut with cuticles sizzors in one. I think they stuck the sizzors in a jar of alcohol. I can't remember, but it is pretty scary. Actually, I think they are supposed to put the items in a machine after, but who knows if they do.
The important thing is NOT where or how you got it but that you do know that you have it and therefore can begin to treat it to kill it!
I think we all go through an initial stage of when exactly did I get this? Who gave it to me? What was the way? But then we realize it doesn't matter ONE whit HOW...it's the lucky day we find OUT we have it that matters.
Lucky you say? Yup. I have a friend who died on Friday - he'd been down a very long long road with this but never really took care of it and finally succumbed to liver cancer as a result of having it for well over 30 years and not doing a thing but continuing to party.
I think I am LUCKY because I found out I have it - it's NOT a fast acting killing disease and there IS a cure for it unlike a lot of other "cancers or tumors or diseases etc".
If we have to get something..........at least we have something we CAN beat! :)
I think we all go through an initial stage of when exactly did I get this? Who gave it to me? What was the way? But then we realize it doesn't matter ONE whit HOW...it's the lucky day we find OUT we have it that matters.
Lucky you say? Yup. I have a friend who died on Friday - he'd been down a very long long road with this but never really took care of it and finally succumbed to liver cancer as a result of having it for well over 30 years and not doing a thing but continuing to party.
I think I am LUCKY because I found out I have it - it's NOT a fast acting killing disease and there IS a cure for it unlike a lot of other "cancers or tumors or diseases etc".
If we have to get something..........at least we have something we CAN beat! :)
Your right on all them ways to get it. And since so many of us have it 25 plus years things were not as sterile as they are now.
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