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Personal stories
Most of the following personal stories are taken from The Hep Review magazine. We are happy for them to be distributed on or reprinted in other publications, conditional (where relevant), on credit being given to The Hep Review (Edition #).
2010 Treatment, life, hep C and me - 2MB PDF (12 hep related personal stories)
ED69 Paul's story: twenty five years on and twenty weeks to go - 380KB PDFED69 Elaine's story: dog walks and letterbox drops - 420KB PDF
ED68 Jim's story: light on the other side - 180KB PDFED67 Newt's story: three little pills - 215KB PDF
ED67 Juz's story: from childhood self medication to adult health management part 3 - 250KB PDF
ED66 Juz's story: from childhood self medication to adult health management part 2 - 200KB PDF
ED65 Juz's story: from childhood self medication to adult health management part 1 - 350KB PDF
ED64 The Miner's story: shiftwork and hep C treatment can mix - 190KB PDF
ED63 Flo's story: a journey through hep C and treatment - 250KB PDF
ED62 Floyd's story - The bite of the monkey - 240KB PDF
ED61 Simon's story - Surviving treatment unscathed - 290KB PDF
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This page last updated 27 May 2010
