Monthly Archives: February 2013

TANGO MIKE MIKE

Posted on February 3, 2013 by asknod

This is a moving story and I wish to thank Tom for it. You guys and gals provide me with about 80% of the content that we use to help others. The humor helps because HCV is a brain bender … Continue reading →

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Can you kill HCV on equipment by boiling or burning? NO, CDC warns inmates.

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Laura

HCV to pot of boiling water or hot flame: Bring it on. You can’t stop me. Here’s the flyer:  http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/HCV/PDFs/HepCIncarcerationFactSheet.pdf CDC Publication No. 21-1306 entitled Hepatitis C and Incarceration,  page 2, states: Why doesn’t cleaning kill the Hepatitis C virus? Bleaching, … Continue reading →

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It’s official: Hepatitis C (HCV) is a listed STD on CDC website

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Laura

When I visit various websites for laypersons researching Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), formerly called venereal diseases (VDs), HBV is often listed but not HCV.  The general public does not know that HCV is also classified as a STD or Sexually … Continue reading →

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SUPERBOWL PROSE

Posted on February 2, 2013 by asknod

I apologize. Sometimes someone leaves the gate open and I escape the reservation… T’was early on Superbowl  and throughout the casa, Dust buffalos roamed freely beneath all the sofas The tortillas were crisp and the cheese was shredded In hopes … Continue reading →

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SLANTING THE NEWS

Posted on February 2, 2013 by asknod

By now we are all too familiar with VA justice and their misguided attempts at analyzing our evidence with an eye towards a fair and balanced reading. Member Robert, who awaits  his winning Lotto ticket, sends in this snippet of … Continue reading →

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What if HCV is your only service-connected STD?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Laura

HCV is called a lot of things.  We know that Hepatitis C is classified as a communicable disease.   It is transmitted when the blood of an infected person enters the blood-stream of another person. We know that mother-to-child transmission … Continue reading →

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VA CELEBRATION OF GROUNDHOG DAY MOVED

Posted on February 1, 2013 by asknod

The Punxster   As Groundhog day falls on a Saturday this year, VA has opted to declare Monday, February 4th, as an Agency holiday. In keeping with the mantra of issuing the same denials over and over again year-in and … Continue reading →

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VA LOTTO WINNER #33

Posted on February 1, 2013 by asknod

It is with great pleasure we announce the entrance of Hepsick, my old friend Mark, through the gates of Eden. Mark started on this odyssey back in 2008 before I got sick and went into the hospital. Mark had it made … Continue reading →

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