Monthly Archives: November 2012

INTERFERON–ONE SIZE FITS ALL

Posted on November 25, 2012 by asknod

Exciting new cancer drug  March 31st, 1980… But wait, exciting new cancer AIDS drug in 1992?   Hold the presses. We have a winner. It kills humans er, HCV in 30 to 40% of cases  investigated. Whooo-hoooo! It works, sort … Continue reading →

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VA FY 2013 Budget mysteries

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Laura

I’ve spent too much time looking in the VA budget for the line item for grant payments to VSOs without success.  The VSOs serve under the VA’s Office of General Counsel as accredited partners and have read-only access to CAPRI … Continue reading →

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ILP–NOD ON GREENHOUSE

Posted on November 25, 2012 by asknod

WIN OR DIE True to my word on putting up a copy of my Greenhouse NOD, at fifteen pages this one is a  veritable Gutenberg bible. For those of you who are filing for the ILP or have lost, this will give … Continue reading →

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PREPARATION FOR APRIL FOOLS

Posted on November 24, 2012 by asknod

As most know, my birthday is six minutes before April Fools Day and finding something politically appropriate (read not racist or designed to marginalize )  nowadays is becoming exceedingly hard. Thus I was overjoyed to plagiarize this from my Facialpage. Rebecca … Continue reading →

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STARDUST RADIO SUNDAY–1900 HRS EDT

Posted on November 24, 2012 by asknod

Same Bat time Same Bat channel Richard asked me to slot in for this in early November. I have been itching to talk about the Independent Living Program. This is the cat’s pajamas at the vA and they refuse to … Continue reading →

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CAVC KNOWLEDGE–5–JMRs

Posted on November 24, 2012 by asknod

Sadly, some of this knowledge I am preparing to discuss seems to be on a “need to know” basis much like classified info. You’ll never hear it from VSOs which is peculiar. After all, they profess to have their ear … Continue reading →

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Military Veterans and Hepatitis C

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Laura

HCV advocacy group writer Terry Baker provides a 6-page chapter (22) about veterans in the book, Hepatitis C Choices (4th Ed.); it reiterates information discussed here with supporting charts and footnotes.   A major flaw in the chapter is its failure to … Continue reading →

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SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!-HAMER’S BAAAAAAACK.

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

Jim Nabors had a way with those words that keeps coming back again and again. Member Dan writes me with the disturbing news that vA is sniffing around his 17 year old rating and measuring him for a Texas necktie party. What … Continue reading →

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WHO IS THAT?

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

Okay. Who is it coming in on the search engines with “Alien abduction of hepatitis children”? Or “eating feces”? There are several other bizarre things that search engines bring here. I posted several about alien abduction being a leading risk factor … Continue reading →

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VET SUES VA AND WINS OVER HCV

Posted on November 23, 2012 by asknod

How many times have you been told that HCV is not a “robust” virus? That it cannot be transmitted via sex or jetguns? That it’s highly improbable that any Veterans ever picked up this bug in service in spite of … Continue reading →

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