Living Without HepC

I’ve had a busy few days at the end of last week, attending lunchtime seminar events at the BBC as well as working my usual evening shifts. So the opportunity for two lazy days, yesterday and today, has been good - and I have rested up and done very little.

Carol and I have finalised our plans to be in Brighton for the FaceIt Campaign Exhibition on Aug 12 & 13 and spend the weekend there. Looking forward to the event and meeting up with old and new ‘HepC’ friends and partners – and visiting the seaside, of course.

I was invited to the lunchtime events at the BBC to be available to talk with staff about blogging and the power of blogging communities. I had a number of conversations with staff who were interested to hear how blogging can be helpful to those with or interested in HepC. I am looking forward to meeting more BBC staff at the third and final event tomorrow.

I have also been collecting signatures for the ELPA petition. You can read more about the petition at the HepC Action site and download copies of it there. Fittingly, the petition will be handed in to the European Parliament on October 1st, International Hepatitis C Awareness Day.

I recently mentioned being asked to take part in another LiveChat at the Hepatitis C Trust. We have arranged this will take place on Monday August 8 (next week) between 2 and 4 pm. So I look forward to online discussions about living with HepC and the treatment then. Further information about the LiveChat can be found at The Hepatitis C Trust website – and I believe questions can be submitted in advance if you can’t get to the PC at that time. A copy of the Discussion will be posted up afterwards.

Looking back over the past week or so I realise that my roller-coaster emotionality seems to have settled down. No riba-rage ranting or nor any weeping. I guess it truly has been “letting go, healing and integrating” as I said in a post last Friday, referring to my experiences last Wednesday and Thursday. I feel less introspective, more in touch with the positives and more engaged with life around me.

Overall, I am feeling better about the prospect of the next few weeks and recognising that an ‘ending’ process is now about to take place while I start the countdown to Week 48. Nine injections to go.