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Re: how long we have been around this newsgroup

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"SF" <SF@example.nl> wrote in message 
news:a7a8e$5656402d$54681258$11489@news.ziggo.nl...
> "Thip"  schreef in bericht news:dbml04Flv1pU1@mid.individual.net...
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> "SF" <SF@example.nl> wrote in message
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> I showed up in '02.  I remember cmhDavid (who passed), Elmo, Waterspider,
> Cody....brain fog is hitting me because I know there are more.  Remember
> Mom?  Geb.  Dez Perado.  Hoofprints, of course.  Lu Tze (also gone, I
> believe).  Russ.  Cactus Jammies.  Oh, my, so many memories.  I joined the
> group immediately after I was dx'd because I thought I was going to die.
> It's almost dead, but I belong to a very active group on Facebook too.
> Matter of fact, I found Cody there!
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> I can hardly remember people anymore that I spend time with when I was 
> young, so I applaud you for remembering so many on social media. I'm not 
> facebook, I'm on google+ and twitter but I never talk about hcv. I think 
> the stigma is too big for that. There was a time this newsgroup wasn't 
> available for me and I had to wait till it became available again. Then it 
> was suddenly very empty. Another usenet group that I was in for years and 
> years about pets used to be so busy till the trolls completely ruined it. 
> Now noone ever visits anymore.
>
> SF
>

I started FB because my family was scattered and it was a great way to stay 
in touch.  Then it grew and grew and so did my involvement.  Google has 
pretty much killed Usenet anyway, and FB is the best way to stay in touch 
with multiple people near and far.

This is the second time in two days people have told me they don't talk 
about hep c because of the stigma.  What stigma?  Are you dirty?  I'm not. 
When I was dx'd everyone, including my doctor, told me not to tell anyone. 
I didn't for a few days and then I got mad.  Why should I keep it a secret? 
I hadn't done anything wrong.  So, thanks to ash-c and the Internet, I 
educated myself and started talking.  I taught co-workers all about hep c 
and what it's like to have it.  I taught staff at the prison where I worked. 
I taught groups of inmates.  I still haven't shut up.  I figure the 
so-called "stigma" (a label I refuse to wear) will remain as long as we keep 
silent.  The more people we educate, the more we bring it into the light, 
the less impact it has. 

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how long we have been around this newsgroup "SF" <SF@example.nl> - 2015-11-23 23:53 +0100
  Re: how long we have been around this newsgroup "Thip" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-11-25 15:46 -0500
    Re: how long we have been around this newsgroup "SF" <SF@example.nl> - 2015-11-26 00:11 +0100
      Re: how long we have been around this newsgroup "Thip" <me@privacy.net> - 2015-11-26 09:19 -0500

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