Daryl Luster

The amount of alcohol we consume can impact our general wellness and good health. In combination with a virus like hepatitis C, the damage can be much greater than either...

How much or how little control do we have over own healthcare? Is it really in our own hands? Do hepatitis C studies include the impact of nonscientific variables, such...

Hepatitis C can affect people of any age and any walk of life, people as uniquely different as we can imagine. The phase or stage of hep C dictates the...

Healthcare is not functioning well, and although COVID is being blamed, the pandemic is not necessarily the root cause. There were existing failings that unquestionably were worsened by the extraordinary...

Generally, we can all agree that our physical health and well-being affect our mental health, and hep C is no exception. Living with a chronic condition like hep C can...

It may appear to be a cliché to some when we say “you are not alone” in the context of dealing with difficult health or other challenges. We are few...

As someone that long ago relinquished my claim of being young, I thought I would share my older person's thoughts on hep C and youth. It is not my intention...

My comments are my own. I want to thank this community for continuing to support people who have lived and lived experience. That support reaches across a long list of...

Follow-up monitoring after successful hep C treatment is hit-and-miss for most people I have talked to, whether they were treated 6 months ago or six years more. Having had a...

There is an ongoing argument of sorts in my mind about what are the forces at play when things go well or badly, and this can also be applied to...

Did you experience waiting for access to hep C care and treatment after diagnosis? Perhaps it was your choice not to treat at the time, even if it was offered...

Being diagnosed with a disease is not generally a good thing, but there are some things one can point to which are positive. If you are experiencing symptoms without an...

For some of us, wondering what's next is a never-ending quest for answers and solutions, ways to improve on this and that, and all sorts of things. Sound like you?...

Have you thought about getting tested for hep C? You may be wondering if you should seek out testing based on guidelines. Have you been tested, perhaps years ago, but...

With a hep C diagnosis, we all have questions, and this is normal, or at least common, depending on our views of what normal is. I had questions, and as...

Is your pain part of your hep C, or do you suspect/know it is? Did you have pain that went away once you were treated successfully, or has it persisted...

What can we do? Who are we? We can eliminate hep C on a personal level and, more broadly, as a global effort to reach the World Health Organization's goal...

One of the best gifts we can give, as a friend or as a perfect stranger, is to listen. To listen without bias or judgment, with compassion and empathy, is...

Life is full of choices and decisions we make or don’t make. Not everything is as simple as a choice depending on how we handle these things. Some choices are...

In my work as a peer navigator, I am frequently asked about the side effects of treatment for hep C. It is not something anyone can answer with absolute certainty...