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From: Thomas Wagner on 9 Jun 2008 16:26 From the HCV Advocate Newsletter: An endless waiting game By Lindsey Cole William Catt's life seems like an endless struggle, filled with ups and downs, with no one there to help. At the age of 17 he was taken to what was then Humber Memorial Hospital in Toronto for an operation to help him cope with crones disease. It was 1976 and there was no screening test for donated blood. Mr. Catt needed two pints of blood during the operation. Little did he know the blood that was being filtered into his body was tainted. He had no idea that years later he would be diagnosed with hepatitis C and would be stuck in limbo waiting for money which he says is rightfully his. [...] For now he continues to go to Toronto for B-12 shots as well as hepatitis A and B vaccinations. He continues to take upwards of 60 pills a day. He continues to wait. �Everyone seems to want to back out on me,� he says. �There is no medication in the world that can cure Hep C. I'll live day by day. I just want to get this over with.� Full text at: http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2008/NewsRev-260.html#_An_endless_waiting Thomas -- To reach me, complete my last name in the address.
From: greyhackles on 9 Jun 2008 22:02 On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:26:19 -0400, Thomas Wagner <tomw(a)capecod.com> wrote: >From the HCV Advocate Newsletter: > >An endless waiting game >By Lindsey Cole > >William Catt's life seems like an endless struggle, filled with ups and >downs, with no one there to help. > >At the age of 17 he was taken to what was then Humber Memorial Hospital >in Toronto for an operation to help him cope with crones disease. It was >1976 and there was no screening test for donated blood. > >Mr. Catt needed two pints of blood during the operation. > >Little did he know the blood that was being filtered into his body was >tainted. He had no idea that years later he would be diagnosed with >hepatitis C and would be stuck in limbo waiting for money which he says >is rightfully his. > >[...] > >For now he continues to go to Toronto for B-12 shots as well as >hepatitis A and B vaccinations. > >He continues to take upwards of 60 pills a day. > >He continues to wait. > >�Everyone seems to want to back out on me,� he says. > >�There is no medication in the world that can cure Hep C. I'll live day >by day. I just want to get this over with.� > >Full text at: >http://www.hcvadvocate.org/news/newsRev/2008/NewsRev-260.html#_An_endless_waiting > >Thomas I guess the "news" format of hcvadvocate doesn't allow comments to be added, but that last statement is unfathomable on such a site... Cheers /greyhackles
From: TX-012 on 9 Jun 2008 23:02 On Jun 9, 1:26 pm, Thomas Wagner <t...(a)capecod.com> wrote: > From the HCV Advocate Newsletter: > > An endless waiting game > By Lindsey Cole > > William Catt's life seems like an endless struggle, filled with ups and > downs, with no one there to help. > > At the age of 17 he was taken to what was then Humber Memorial Hospital > in Toronto for an operation to help him cope with crones disease. It was > 1976 and there was no screening test for donated blood. > > Mr. Catt needed two pints of blood during the operation. > > Little did he know the blood that was being filtered into his body was > tainted. He had no idea that years later he would be diagnosed with > hepatitis C and would be stuck in limbo waiting for money which he says > is rightfully his. > > [...] > > For now he continues to go to Toronto for B-12 shots as well as > hepatitis A and B vaccinations. > > He continues to take upwards of 60 pills a day. > > He continues to wait. > > Everyone seems to want to back out on me, he says. > > There is no medication in the world that can cure Hep C. Or stupidity. Or one of the two.
From: Russian on 10 Jun 2008 01:04 Thomas Wagner wrote: > From the HCV Advocate Newsletter: > > An endless waiting game > By Lindsey Cole > [snip] > For now he continues to go to Toronto for B-12 shots as well as > hepatitis A and B vaccinations. > > He continues to take upwards of 60 pills a day. Responding to the quoted article, couldn't decide between: Sarcastic Response #1 Sheesh... 60 pills a day! His kidneys are sure to fail way before he has liver problems! Sarcastic Response #2 Why, I hear tell that they got them "Toronto"-style B-12 shots and them thar hepatitis A and B vaccinahookie-things comin' to Kansas City any day now! Sarcastic Response #3 Sure there's no cure today, but someday, with your kind donations, science will develop a weekly pegylated-interferon injection and a daily interferon-booster that can cure some of the poor bastards who now must play the waiting game. --- Seriously, though, I just don't get the "Toronto" thing. Is there some great hardship implied in visiting Toronto? The sentence is written as though it says, "he has to ride a donkey to Nepal for his B-12 shots" !?
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