"…there is so much need to warn people about this silent killer. Make sure they get tested and get the right treatment at the right time.
The experience of being diagnosed and the effects of the treatment have a deep effect on our emotions and no one but another hepper can get it.
No one should go through this alone."
"The best way to survive Hep C is to know that you have got it."
"It will be one year on that day that I got married to someone else with Hep C. I wanted to show everyone … there was no stigma to having this virus. We are not the disease."
"I feel like the hardest thing is the not knowing and waiting."
"I think I would have made it a lot easier on myself if I had told a lot more of my friends the real reason why I was so ill... I think a lot of my stress was hiding it from people ."
"When I got diagnosed last year I was appalled, paranoid and worried about having Hep C. Now that I have started treatment, I have suddenly found the courage 'to come out as a Hepper' ...I felt the only way forward was to claim what I was going through and tell people about it. "
"…think couple of years ago I was on the way to destruction, done me a favour in a weird way made me think about a lot …. I wont ever drink or do the substances like I used to now after going through all this …. still cant wait to kill the little buggers though."
"The hardest thing to live with is doubt: "Is that me, the Hep, old age, or is something else wrong with me?” "I was diagnosed with Hep C genotype 3C over 6 months ago after volunteering to give blood. I’m glad I did but being informed I was infected as you may appreciate came as a shock. Then came the guilt, feeling of being completely alone and constantly trying to work out how I became infected. It's really is lovely to be able to talk about this...I wish I'd found this great community months ago! " Comments from those affected by hepatitis C courtesy of the HepC nomads forum.