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Posted on February 3, 2013 by asknod

ASKNOD shares a photo of member Buckwheat sent in from his Superbowl Party.

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GOING UP? SIXTH FLOOR! SUICIDES AND MURDER

Posted on February 3, 2013 by asknod

I don’t mean that to be humorous. Everything is going up. The delay times in our adjudications. The time to get in to VAMC for a mental health evaluation. The price of gas. And so on. What shouldn’t be, is. … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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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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CONJUNCTION JUNCTION, WHAT’S YOUR FUNCTION?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by asknod

Remember back about 35 years ago hearing that on TV Saturday morning? Sandwiched in somewhere between Bugs Bunny and Wally Gator was a public service announcement attempting to teach children how to speak and understand their language. Hopefully some of … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the June 9, 1999 House of Representatives hearing (Part 2)

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Laura

Hearing:  VA OUTREACH TO VETERANS AT RISK FOR HEPATITIS C INFECTION Bernie Sander is late.  No matter. He asks important questions which the VA doctors  respond to with some candor. Mr. Sanders. Having come–just one question and again I apologize … Continue reading →

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