Living

People who have never had liver disease just can’t know the amount of physical pain that accompanies inflammation and fatigue. After getting the diagnosis, it all finally made sense. Following...

AHHHHH, my legs hurt!!! I have been experiencing pain in my legs for the past ten years. It started as a dull ache back when I first was diagnosed with...

We all remember hearing that chicken soup could cure the common cold. In recent years, new research is proving what grandma knew all along: it’s just good for you. When...

We are all getting older, or at least that is my hope for you and me, just not prematurely so. The opposite of aging is not in the plan for...

With the holiday season upon us, many give gifts, and not always exclusively the ones we can purchase from a store or online. I am not suggesting that we should...

The most common side effect of hepatitis C treatment is fatigue. When I underwent treatment, I referred to it as "battle fatigue." Energy levels often fluctuate throughout treatment and recovery...

The unexpected gift on Christmas. Many fighting hepatitis C can relate to the dream of one day being CURED of this disease... and to go on with your life and...

As a person living with hepatitis C, are you more vulnerable? Like so many words, "vulnerability" has the potential to have many meanings for different people. In the context of...

How does living with a chronic condition like hepatitis C impact dating? Hear from four Health Union contributors: Marisa Lauren Troy, who lives with inflammatory bowel disease; Alisha Bridges, who...

Even today, 4 years post-curing my hep C, I am fighting fatigue and muscle & joint pain daily. Sure, I was one of those who had this notion that once I...

No one expects to be diagnosed with a chronic illness amidst of everyday life; Life that includes working, family, friends, activities, appointments, etc. We all struggle from time to time as...

Even though the risk of giving hepatitis C to your children at birth are low, if you are pregnant with hep C, your medical provider should know so they can...

When someone is diagnosed with hepatitis C, it affects more than the patient, it affects those we love as well. Diagnosis is the starting point of the journey, but one...

When dealing with hepatitis C and treatment, we can easily get distracted from seeing anything else. Dealing with hepatitis C, treatment or liver-related conditions, can make a person feel out...

There are dates and times every patient remembers about their diagnosis with hepatitis C, going through treatment, and details of their journey. I remember sitting in my doctor’s office shortly...

It has come to my attention, in talking to people who are mostly like me (aging hep C survivors), that things may not be going as well as we hoped...

Sometimes, it is hard to find the positive in our day-to-day life... The things that give us joy and help us to feel better. Some days are better than others...

It’s natural to have questions concerning hepatitis C. Here are common questions (and answers!) of those newly diagnosed with hepatitis C. No. There is not a vaccine for hepatitis C...

Where illness and our finances intersect is beyond the all-too-familiar discussion around the cost of hep C drug therapies. This is not to say that the cost of treatment has...

Even after my partner and I were sexually active, I didn’t want to discuss my  health. I had been denied the current treatment of interferon shots and Ribavirin. Then, the...