did you see my post about oprah.com a few days back? I posted on her support board, and I contacted montel and maury, the magazine idea is fantastic, maybe we should try to write an article and get it published officially? I'm pretty good at writing, I'd love to contribute, and I really want to get this out there. I am not silent, I don't care who knows I have this disease, f'em if they can't handle it! I'll drive down the dam street with a micro phone on my car if that's what it's gonna take to wake up this nation!

magazines are a good idea and good for you linda lou:) i do the same. shout it LOUD i say, cos ppl need to be aware of whats happening on their own doorstep. after all, god forbid, it could be one of them next. i write too. i support this idea all the way.

okay, this may be too far out there: what if we make a bumper sticker, everyone with a computer/printer can make and print their own. We could say something like

HEPATITIS C
THE SILENT KILLER
GET TESTED TODAY
THE LIFE YOU SAVE
COULD BE YOUR OWN

ya know, something corny like that teehee teehee

How about a DS bumper sticker contest? Tatt and Tasmoe are organizing the cookoff. JB and company are doing the quilt. Does anyone write music? We need a really good song and a really catchy bumber sticker. May is just around the corner. We have enough talent on this board alone to start a Hep C revolution.

my entry for a bumper sticker: Been tested for hep c?

I'm very arty and talented with Photoshop. I can help there.

I would love to purchase a bumper sticker developed by one of our own. Johanna shared with us on the quilt telechat that there are four cases of HCV for every HIV/AIDS case. Unless we take our talent and words to the public we will continue to be treated as second rate, hiding in the closet. Would love to see some of your designs!

TSuzy,
How about "GOT HEP C"?
Or "Hepatitis will Unite Us".
I'm just kidding. Your bumper sticker idea sounds better. There are plenty of good songs out there that might fit the cause.
Neutron

I've always thought Candles In The Rain should be *our song* Of course the *youngsters* don't know the song! LOL
~~~~~~
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

~~~~~~
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the night
Oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
We all had caught the same disease
And we all sang the songs of peace

Some came to sing, some came to pray
Some came to keep the dark away
So raise candles high 'cause if you don't
We could stay black against the sky
Oh oh raise them higher again
And if you do we could stay dry against the rain

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown

Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white birds smile
At the ones who stand and frown.....


Hepatitis
Get Vaccinated for A and B
Get Tested for C!

C it, Treat it, Beat it!

Don't take your organs to Heaven with you, Heaven knows we need them here.

Sign your donor cards and YES WE CAN BE DONORS - even with Hep C! They only use our organs on other Hep C positive patients.

LOL! Love your stickers Neutron!

PSPAM....would you sing for us.

what was that movie years ago? The one about a Clinton conspiracy....they said first we need a good song and got Willy Nelson to write them a song using a soldier with some kind of bogus injury I think....help me out someone. Wonder if Willy is available....bet LAperson could find out for us. He's the best person in the music industry that i sorta know....How bout it LAperson....we need a reallly good hep c song that will get the nation thinkin...PSPAM...maybe I'm young, LOL! will download the song on Limewire....

I'd LOVE to sing for you Suzy but I don't have much of a voice anymore! LOL I was in a band back in the 60's though along with my exhusband. Your kidding about Willie Nelson.. right? Willie is DEFINITELY in *our* corner and has already done a great PSA for Hepatitis C. You can check it out at: http://helpwithhepc.org/homepage.html His bass players wife, Julia, treated and cleared her Hep C and is a wonderful advocate for us. I am sure that at some point Willie will also write a song about Hep C. I have been in touch with Gary S Paxton too (Monster Mash, Alley Oop, Sweet Pea, etc. etc.) who has written a song about Hep C (he also has cirrhosis) and I have a copy of it but I don't think he has cut it yet. I don't think I can post it here without his permission and I haven't talked to him in awhile. *Reminder to self to call him and find out how he is doing*. He has a site at http://www.garyspaxton.net/ If you read his testimony he talks about his Hep C. He's gone from rock and roll to gospel.

I have Candles in the Rain on my hard drive. If you email me at figment@nettally.com I will send it to you. That is almost as good as singing it for you :-)

Peace!

The only fictional Clinton movie I remember is called "Primary Colors".
I don't remember Willie in it but there were other bogus moments.
But let's not go there, LOL, I have to remain "neutral". (Because of my job)
Since there are a lot of uninsured people with HCV, would Universal Health Care be off topic? I certainly do not want to get in trouble here.

Hepatitis C?
One in a thousand get this killer disease,
Its sneaky and sly, cos obliviously,
It silently works behind the scenes,
So get tested today, before its too late,
You dont want Hep C on your plate!

just an idea:)

Great! Except it should be one in FIFTY get this disease :-)

is it really that many?????? wow! british liver trust advertise 1 in 1000..... anyway, it was just an idea

thanks for correcting me Pam. have a good day:)