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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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THE LITTLE YELLOW BOOK

Posted on January 31, 2013 by asknod

Remember your shot record book? That yellow compendium of all the inoculations and TB tine tests you had. The indignity and pain from the dreaded jetguns recorded and immortalized for posterity is there in the book. Some of you may … Continue reading →

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DESPONDEX

Posted on January 31, 2013 by asknod

My VA doctor opted to put me on Despondex  Monday. Apparently I was waaaay too cheerful and ebullient. I had no idea. Why didn’t anyone tell me? Cupcake was unwilling to point this out for fear I would simply brush it off … Continue reading →

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AO IN VIETNAM–2012

Posted on January 30, 2013 by asknod

 Member John sends me this link to a CNN site showing children even now suffering the ignominious effects of AO. Vets are being hornswoggled by VA into thinking this is a chemical that was rarely ingested and, if so, is not well enough … Continue reading →

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