From a friend that is a Nursing student-
"Well, now you know what you're going to die from!"
She was smiling! I was blown away. Didn't even comment. And I comment!
What a skank.
Saddest comment- from my son, my only child-
"Do I have it too?"
Talk about shame. I felt my heart break in two.
Best gesture of goodwill-
from a friend-
"How'd you get it?"
while standing in front of her door, which she did not open and invite me in.
What a skanky gesture.
Funniest comment-
This one goes to my husband-
"I'm the drinker of the family and you're the one with hepatitis!"
We laughed our a$$es off!

skank it off Derrick, this too shall pass.

I had the skankea for a couple weeks in the beginning. then it was gone and I could eat my fat like the little pig/bear I am.

Ask about the sore/pimples/lesions when you're at the dr. I have one on my arm, and a new one brewing in the corner of my eye....in case my name should come up.

Yeah I showed the first one to my team and will discuss with my Hep here shortly. They both look perty good now and most would not even notice. It just skanks is all.

Skanks for the memories!

If you eat something that I cooked you are more likely to catch a hair in your mouth than HCV. In fact, I am pretty sure you will get a hair in your mouth.

How would you like your skank, Sir?
Bloody.

Old pirate saying-
Walk the Skank!

Not quite a skank?
Skank Nugget.

Skank Sauce!
Makes your skank tasty!

Excuse me, my skankiness was showing. ;) Back to worse comments!

Now I'm nauseous - after reading this! Yuck! I am going to take the ancient one for a walk in the windy heat. She usually has a stinky poo or two for me to pick up along the way. It will be refreshing after sittin here in Skankytown for so long! Love you guys

I feel more skanky now. :-D Nausea is gone now just a bit of a headskank. Met my Hepatologist who spent an hour with me. Little bit of a sluggish responder to Peg/Riba but all my counts and my physical exam look good and things are headed in the right direction. She thinks I'm a good skank... er...uh patient. Anyway, it was a good visit. Going to nap in 1.5 hours from now.

Sometimes you just wanna slap people....

not laughing, crap like that makes me mad. sorry she said that to you.

LOL you all are ALL so funny. These things will surely toughen us up. My doctor refused to take a dodgy mole of my arm because she 'wasn't comfortable with my having hep c" despite my saying it was an epidemic and you don't really know what people have got.

An afterhours doctor wanted to know if I was a prostitute after asking me how I got my hepatits C BUT I was in there for an inner ear imbalance ???? bizzare

The ones that say things can be shocking but I feel worse about the ones that hide their fear become awkward and just pull away. I have never actually heard any direct family member say the word 'hepatitis C" to me.

I used to be completely oblivious to the fact that other people, particularly Medical Personale, were freaked out and biased, against Heppers.
But now, looking back, when I had one of my sons (a normal birth), my husband had to catch the babyor he would have hit the floor. Because when I pushed him out, a gush of blood came with...and the nurses went running for cover~
I also get bothered, when I mention going thru Tx, the only question they ask, is, 'is it contagious?"
Well, lets see...I've been smoking on the same joint as you, for the last 15 yrs, so...yeah, it's totally contagious, and you have it now also..nawt.
Why dont they just google if Hep C is contagious?

I've heard, "Well, you were quite promiscuous when you were younger".................OMG..................I too have had people not eat/drink after me...........Ya really have to use judgement when disclosing it, because people are so ignorant. Of course, it's fun to get back at them though. I have said, "Don't eat that; my hands were near it" just to see their reaction. Remember, they walk among us!