i read alot of articles online that are related to hepC and sometimes they really hit home with me, but for some reason today, one of them has really stopped me in my tracks. it was this statement that did it:
" On a world-wide basis, there are an estimated 180 million people who are chronically infected with HCV, with an estimated three to four million individuals newly infected each year. The prevalence of Hepatitis C infection is estimated to be four times that of HIV around the world."
wow. now that is starting to put it into perspective isnt it?
i remember when the 1 in 12 campaign was running, i told a friend and they wouldn't believe me - saying that would mean like every person in america was infected....well if they shipped us all off to a tropical island to do treatment then maybe that is how big it would need to be!
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
hot fingered
i still feel like everything is wrong and i'm falling apart, ugh!
it was raining today as i left the flat and as i was wearing all black but with pink cowboy boots i decided not to run back upstairs (as that would be too exhausting) so i decided i'd buy a cheap umbrella on the way to work. so i did. £3 thank you very much. its fab and sturdy got me to work dry...
...then i'm poppin' out to a meeting and as i open the brolly my index finger got caught on the locking mechanism thingy and sliced open, ouch! and blood. lotsa bright orange blood - my blood seems to be gettin brighter (obviously to match my tazmanian devil nail polish, lol). so i slap a bandaid on once i get where i'm going.
by the time i got home tonight its hot hot hot and big big big and sore sore sore. i can't believe how quickly my finger has become infected!
i'm punk.
i don't get ouchies!
but thanks to tx i guess i'm not too punk. and the only thing i know to draw out infection is soaking in epsom salts and i've got none. so have used the trusty lavender oil as usual and hoping that helps. i seem to remember my louisiana grandma sayin' a raw potatoe slice would draw out infection - anyone done this?
and now my left nipple is oki, but the right one is still sore and crusty.
like i've said before - i just wish that my body would settle into a routine i could get used to!
it was raining today as i left the flat and as i was wearing all black but with pink cowboy boots i decided not to run back upstairs (as that would be too exhausting) so i decided i'd buy a cheap umbrella on the way to work. so i did. £3 thank you very much. its fab and sturdy got me to work dry...
...then i'm poppin' out to a meeting and as i open the brolly my index finger got caught on the locking mechanism thingy and sliced open, ouch! and blood. lotsa bright orange blood - my blood seems to be gettin brighter (obviously to match my tazmanian devil nail polish, lol). so i slap a bandaid on once i get where i'm going.
by the time i got home tonight its hot hot hot and big big big and sore sore sore. i can't believe how quickly my finger has become infected!
i'm punk.
i don't get ouchies!
but thanks to tx i guess i'm not too punk. and the only thing i know to draw out infection is soaking in epsom salts and i've got none. so have used the trusty lavender oil as usual and hoping that helps. i seem to remember my louisiana grandma sayin' a raw potatoe slice would draw out infection - anyone done this?
and now my left nipple is oki, but the right one is still sore and crusty.
like i've said before - i just wish that my body would settle into a routine i could get used to!
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