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Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.

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depressed?

gkringler
gkringler
Personnal observation. I thought I was tired, lethargic, etc. due to Hep C and liver slowly failing. But, after I got the call about the next treatment and probable cure. I am up as heck. It's like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I feel 100 times better. Which leads me to wonder how much of what I was feeling was depression, and how much physical problems.

So, I urge you to think about it. I now believe I was a lot more depressed than I thought. Maybe you are in the same boat.

Like I said, it's just me, but maybe it's the same for you and you haven't realized it yet either.

Good Luck and God Bless
Trissa01
Trissa01
Nice post. Its hard to know the difference. Ever see the commercial "depression hurts"?
Depression manifests in physical symptoms The stress of depression actually makes your physical health worse & exacerbate symptoms.
ClayB
ClayB
I battled depression years ago and I recognize the signs. When I was first diagnosed I kept it to myself except for my girlfriend and immediate family. Keeping it all bottled up was eating me up. I felt the depression set in. I didn't want to tell anyone because regardless of how I actually got it, I thought they would look at me as dirty.
I finally old myself I was not going to let this virus control me or how I live my life. I stood before my church and told my story. I told everyone at work. I told all my friends. I tell total strangers. We often ask why me lord? I know why me. Because somebody has to stand up and be an advocate for awareness. Since opening up I have learned of people already in my life that had it and beat it. Some have joined my advocacy bandwagon here in Kentucky.
In a nutshell, it is simply my opinion, but you cannot keep it all bottled up. You don't have to be an advocate but you need to open up to those around you, if you haven't already. If they shun you, good riddance, they were not a friend to begin with and you don't need people like that in your life.