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1513 days ago
I was diagnosed with HCV just after Christmas 2003. Was too late for any treatment, and my only option was a transplant, but I did not know that yet until the end of April 2004, when I decided to go back to Italy, where I did have faster medical treatment. Yes, I am one of the luckiest person around, I had a transplant in October last year. I had lots of time, when not in hospitals for tests or recovering from hepatic coma, to observe and admire a group, made by transplanted people. Well, the strength and the example they were setting left a big mark on me, and on my return I wanted to do something to show some gratitude to the donor, and, why not, try to set a local support group. But I did not know what to do to start, a group is more than one person. A couple of day after my return in the Isle of Man, as I was reading the Examiner, I noticed this article about HCV, written by this lady, which I did not know. She is so brave I thought, that I had to get in touch ...
