new to the group

[Guest guest]

Hi June..

I'm in Ottawa. I've been to Vancouver once. I have a relative in

, BC. I've always wanted to go to Calgary.

Yes our winters can be quite cold!!

God bless..

[Guest guest]

Hi June..

I'm in Ottawa. I've been to Vancouver once. I have a relative in

, BC. I've always wanted to go to Calgary.

Yes our winters can be quite cold!!

God bless..

[Guest guest]

Holly,

Where are you located?

Holly wrote:

I am looking for some guidance on setting up services for my son. He is

about to turn 3 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. After

receiving the diagnosis, the doctors indicated that I needed to begin

intense intervention, but they did not provide much guidance. I was hoping

someone might provide me with some suggestions.

Also, I am scheduled to go to his first ARD meeting in the near future and

it was recommended to me to have an advocate attend my son’s ARD meeting

with me. Could some one please let me know how to locate an advocate in my

area?

I appreciate any help and insight that you can provide.

Thanks,

Holly

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I am located north of the Houston.

>

>Reply-To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

>To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

>Subject: Re: New to the group

>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:34:43 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Holly,

>

>Where are you located?

>

>

>

>Holly wrote:

>I am looking for some guidance on setting up services for my son. He is

>about to turn 3 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. After

>receiving the diagnosis, the doctors indicated that I needed to begin

>intense intervention, but they did not provide much guidance. I was hoping

>someone might provide me with some suggestions.

>

>Also, I am scheduled to go to his first ARD meeting in the near future and

>it was recommended to me to have an advocate attend my son’s ARD meeting

>with me. Could some one please let me know how to locate an advocate in my

>area?

>

>I appreciate any help and insight that you can provide.

>

>Thanks,

>Holly

>

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[Guest guest]

Your son's doctors should have referred you to your local ECI (Early

Childhood Intervention). ECI stops when the child turns 3 and then the

local school becomes responsible. What part of the state are you in?

If your in West Texas, I'd be happy to help. If not, check Partners

Resource Network. Believe the address is www.partnerstx.org . They are

the state Parent Training & Information that is federally funded. Our

list owner, is one of their staff in the Houston area.

Tonya

New to the group

I am looking for some guidance on setting up services for my son. He is

about to turn 3 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. After

receiving the diagnosis, the doctors indicated that I needed to begin

intense intervention, but they did not provide much guidance. I was

hoping

someone might provide me with some suggestions.

Also, I am scheduled to go to his first ARD meeting in the near future

and

it was recommended to me to have an advocate attend my son's ARD meeting

with me. Could some one please let me know how to locate an advocate in

my

area?

I appreciate any help and insight that you can provide.

Thanks,

Holly

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go to the FEAT-Houston website www.feathouston.org

for resources to get you on the track for intensive intervention.

Also, this is a state wide list, please say where you are so that

the appropriate people can make suggestions.

S

New to the group

I am looking for some guidance on setting up services for my son. He is

about to turn 3 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. After

receiving the diagnosis, the doctors indicated that I needed to begin

intense intervention, but they did not provide much guidance. I was hoping

someone might provide me with some suggestions.

Also, I am scheduled to go to his first ARD meeting in the near future and

it was recommended to me to have an advocate attend my son’s ARD meeting

with me. Could some one please let me know how to locate an advocate in my

area?

I appreciate any help and insight that you can provide.

Thanks,

Holly

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First, READ all the biographies you can get on autistic children. It's hard to

give specific advice w/o knowing what his symptoms are. It would help if you

could describe his behaviors.

warmest regards,

Holly wrote:

I am looking for some guidance on setting up services for my son. He is

about to turn 3 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. After

receiving the diagnosis, the doctors indicated that I needed to begin

intense intervention, but they did not provide much guidance. I was hoping

someone might provide me with some suggestions.

Also, I am scheduled to go to his first ARD meeting in the near future and

it was recommended to me to have an advocate attend my son’s ARD meeting

with me. Could some one please let me know how to locate an advocate in my

area?

I appreciate any help and insight that you can provide.

Thanks,

Holly

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[Guest guest]

Welcome aboard, . Where are you from? - I'm in land between Baltimore and D.C. What's your asthma history? There's lots of support and information to be found here.

H.

In a message dated 9/25/2005 6:15:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, asthma writes:

Hi all,Just a quick post to say "hi" and how pleased I am to have found this group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the coming weeks!Cheers!

[Guest guest]

Welcome aboard, . Where are you from? - I'm in land between Baltimore and D.C. What's your asthma history? There's lots of support and information to be found here.

H.

In a message dated 9/25/2005 6:15:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, asthma writes:

Hi all,Just a quick post to say "hi" and how pleased I am to have found this group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the coming weeks!Cheers!

[Guest guest]

Welcome aboard, . Where are you from? - I'm in land between Baltimore and D.C. What's your asthma history? There's lots of support and information to be found here.

H.

In a message dated 9/25/2005 6:15:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, asthma writes:

Hi all,Just a quick post to say "hi" and how pleased I am to have found this group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the coming weeks!Cheers!

[Guest guest]

Welcome

Tell us something about yourself and where you live and about your

asthma.

I'm June in London UK with severe chronic asthma but I mange to work

and deal with it most of the time!

Look forward to getting to know you

June

> Hi all,

>

> Just a quick post to say " hi " and how pleased I am to have found this

> group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the

> coming weeks!

>

> Cheers!

>

>

>

>

>

> com/info/terms/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome

Tell us something about yourself and where you live and about your

asthma.

I'm June in London UK with severe chronic asthma but I mange to work

and deal with it most of the time!

Look forward to getting to know you

June

> Hi all,

>

> Just a quick post to say " hi " and how pleased I am to have found this

> group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the

> coming weeks!

>

> Cheers!

>

>

>

>

>

> com/info/terms/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome aboard !

--- andrewconqueror wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Just a quick post to say " hi " and how pleased I am to have found this

> group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the

> coming weeks!

>

> Cheers!

>

>

>

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Welcome aboard !

--- andrewconqueror wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Just a quick post to say " hi " and how pleased I am to have found this

> group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the

> coming weeks!

>

> Cheers!

>

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Welcome aboard !

--- andrewconqueror wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Just a quick post to say " hi " and how pleased I am to have found this

> group. I look forward to participating in many discussions over the

> coming weeks!

>

> Cheers!

>

>

>

>

>

>

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and as a result, they get better answers.

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You're very welcome hon,, I too am geno 1a,, was told I had less than 10-15% chance of responding to tx and NO, ZERO chance of reaching SVR,, I did both! Treating this virus aggressively is what you have to do,, and you have to keep pluggin away once you start.. getting everything all set up and preparing for tx can go a long way towards doing this treatment successfully!!!JackieSubject: Re: new to the groupTo: Hepatitis_C_Central Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 8:50 PM

Thanks Jackie. Your words really help. I kind of feel like I've had a

weight pressing down on my shoulders since they told me I'd need

interferon treatment. My appointment to find out about the interferon

treatment is next Wednesday. I met briefly with the doctor that will

be in charge of my treatment at the liver clinic the other day, he

said he doesn't mess around, he will treat me as aggressively as he

possibly can. Like I said, I'm nervous about this.

I know I'm genotype 1A, which I understand is a more difficult type

to treat. I know my viral load is 8.5 million.

Over the next few days I'll read as many posts on this group as I can

to learn what I can. I've noticed already that there is a wide range

of experience with this disease and treatment.

Thanks again.

> From: oz2po <dan_rynard@ ...>

> Subject: [Hepatitis_C_ Central] new to the group

> To: Hepatitis_C_ Central@yahoogro ups.com

> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 1:59 PM

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Hello,

>

>

>

> I was diagnosed with hep c in 2002. In 2003 I had a liver

transplant.

>

> I've had four good post-tx biopsies, level 1 scarring, then this

year

>

> my scarring reached level 3. The docs are suggesting I start

interferon

>

> treatment. I'm nervous about this.

>

>

>

> I've joined this group to learn about hep c, others experiences

with

>

> hep c, and interferon. It may seem funny that I'm just now trying

to

>

> learn about hep c six years after diagnosis, but I just never

wanted to

>

> obsess about my blood levels, etc. Well, I guess now I will.

>

>

>

> Thanks.

>

>

>

> Dan

>

[Guest guest]

Jackie,

You mentioned getting ready for the treatment, what is your advice for getting ready?

Also, what does SVR stand for?

Thanks.

Dan

[Guest guest]

hi dansvr means sustained viral response.Getting ready means just making sure that everything is ready,,like you have good familysupport, insurance approval is done, you have a good doc who would treat your side effects, etc....JackieSubject: Re: new to the groupTo: Hepatitis_C_Central Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 8:36 AM

Jackie,

You mentioned getting ready for the treatment, what is your advice for getting ready?

Also, what does SVR stand for?

Thanks.

Dan

[Guest guest]

I have always suggested that you get your

life in order to make things easier during tx when things can get a little

nuts.

I made sure that I had a list of all my

bills each month (I did it in Excel) so that I could just check them off as paid

so that I didn’t overlook anything & find myself sitting in the dark

one day.

I printed out a medical ID card

identifying myself, emergency contacts, and all my meds to carry with me.

I have a cat so I stocked up on food and

cat litter (those 40 lb. boxes of litter are heavy when you have trouble

breathing!) I bought bottled water and any other non-perishable foods I

might need. I live in NY and was doing tx over the winter so whatever I

could do to make things easier for me in bad weather, the better.

I got a laptop to use if I was in bed more

than usual. I bought some big, cushy pillows.

I think that anything you can do ahead of

time to make it easier on yourself will help. If there are family

birthdays or holidays approaching, buy the gifts now. Buy all the

greeting cards you might need and the stamps. These may seem like small

things, but you’ll appreciate having them if you don’t even want to

get out of bed.

Lots of people fly through the weeks with

hardly a problem. But being prepared for the worse can’t hurt!

Good luck, Dan

Dorothy

From:

Hepatitis_C_Central

[mailto:Hepatitis_C_Central ] On

Behalf Of Jackie on

Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:47

PM

To:

Hepatitis_C_Central

Subject: Re:

Re: new to the group

hi dan

svr means sustained viral response.

Getting ready means just making sure that everything is ready,,like you have

good family

support, insurance approval is done, you have a good doc who would treat your

side effects, etc....

Jackie

From: Dan Rynard

<oz2po>

Subject: Re: new to the group

To: Hepatitis_C_Central

Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 8:36 AM

Jackie,

You mentioned getting ready for the treatment, what is

your advice for getting ready?

Also, what does SVR stand for?

Thanks.

Dan

[Guest guest]

Hi Lindsey and welcome to the group. It's a shock to learn that you or a loved one has contracted this disease. The important thing to remember is that it is very slow moving, usually taking decades for any symptoms to occur. Your fiance has plenty of time to digest the news and find out more about treatment once he gets back home. And as said, the chances of you having contracted it are fairly low, even though you did share personal items. Sexual transmission is extremely low.

Here is a link to Hep C Vets, which has a lot of info for all military personnel, not just vets.

http://www.hcvets.com/

And here are a few of other sites with lots of info:

http://hepcchallenge.org/choices/overview.htm

http://www.hcvadvocate.org/index.asp

http://www.hepatitis-central.com/

Try not to freak out - it's very scary to receive such news. But as I said, you both have plenty of time to learn about this disease and treatment. He'll be home soon and together, you can figure out the best approach to deal with things. Take a deep breath - I know that it had to be shocking news for you to hear.

I'm 55 - soon to be 56 - and have had hep c since the 70's though I didn't find out about it until 2002. I've never treated and am very fortunate that the damage to my liver and body has been minimal. Hep c affects everyone differently but generally, it moves VERY SLOWLY. Once your fiance' gets back home, his doctors will run other tests that will help determine his status and influence the length of treatment if he chooses to treat at all.

Hope this has helped. And again, welcome to the group though I'm sorry for the reason that you are here.

Take care and try not to worry - it's not the end of the world for either one of you, though I'm sure it seems that way to you now.

M

Hi, my name is Lindsey. Please excuse the long post, however I am new, and need to get this off my chest, and it seems like I have finally found the perfect group to do so. My name is Lindsey or lyn for short. I am only 20 yrs old, and I am engaged, just recently. My fiance' is deployed overseas in Afganistan, and is due home either late November or early December. (sooo exciting!!) However I just recieved a phone call from him the other day, and he was a nervous wreck and crying. Just very depressed, and after 20 minutes of begging him to tell me what was wrong. He tells me he just found out he has Hepititis C. He was getting routine blood work taken, and when his results came back the Dr told him he has it. However the Dr said his levels are low, but from the looks of it, he said he thinks he has had this for 2-4 years. And because he is overseas he cannot start treatmeant right away. He has to wait until he is back in the states. The Dr did tell him to take (it's like a vitamin, but strictly for the liver. It just promotes healthy liver functionNew MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News more. Try it out!

[Guest guest]

Take a deep breath and relax , the chances of you having it are very low . Transmission through heterosexual intercourse are less than .1% . But because you have shared a toothbrush those odd go up some . His doctor needs to retest him to make sure it wasn't a false positive and he also needs to have a genotype and viral load test done . I know of a group that does the at home test kits and they run about 10$( I will try to get the info for you ) and if for any reason you turn up positive the pharmaceutical companies have programs to help for patients that have no insurance . I have been infected since 1983 and have 5 children(born after my hep c diagnosis) and a wonderful husband and they all were tested not long ago and none of them were infected from me , I always worried about my family getting it .

New to the group

Hi, my name is Lindsey. Please excuse the long post, however I am new, and need to get this off my chest, and it seems like I have finally found the perfect group to do so. My name is Lindsey or lyn for short. I am only 20 yrs old, and I am engaged, just recently. My fiance' is deployed overseas in Afganistan, and is due home either late November or early December. (sooo exciting!!) However I just recieved a phone call from him the other day, and he was a nervous wreck and crying. Just very depressed, and after 20 minutes of begging him to tell me what was wrong. He tells me he just found out he has Hepititis C. He was getting routine blood work taken, and when his results came back the Dr told him he has it. However the Dr said his levels are low, but from the looks of it, he said he thinks he has had this for 2-4 years. And because he is overseas he cannot start treatmeant right away. He has to wait until he is back in the states. The Dr did tell him to take (it's like a vitamin, but strictly for the liver. It just promotes healthy liver function) for the time being. I have researched like crazy since I recievd this phone call. Cureently at this time I do not have health insurance, so I couldnt even get myself checked if I wanted to because I am currently on un-employment. So funds are low. I checked & I beleive its over $200.00 to get tested. I am worried I may have this, because there has been times where has had a cut, or was hurt and I took care of him. And also while on vacation I have used his tooth brush and razors. Either way I love him just the same, and do not feel any differently about him. And if I do have it, then I have it, and there is nothing I can do about it, except take it day by day. However were in complete shock as to how he got this, because he was never into drugs or anything like that. And the Dr said most likely due to being in the army. Between Basic Training, and being deployed. Having all of those men living together in such close quaters. Now from what I am reading, whenever people talk about their treatments, it seems as if they are very sick, and have a lot of symptoms? The Dr informed , that most people go on treatment and stay on it for 6 months to a year, have their levels checked, and that sometimes, it completely goes away. And they live a healthy, normal life. Is this just wishful thinking? I do not know anything about this diease, the treatments involved, or if the treatments would make this diease go completely away, or just remission? My nerves are shot, because we are at a complete stand still until he comes home, and we can go see a Dr in our area and find out what steps we have to take. And if there even such a place where you can be tested for free? Once again, so sorry for the long post. I am just a nervous wreck and depressed. And since we live in the basement of my parents house and pay rent, he doesnt want anyone to know, unless they absolutly have to. He is so embarassed by this, because he doesnt want people to look at him differently and judge. So I am sitting here everyday trying to hold it all in. Having him deployed is hard enough with the stress and worries, and now this on top of it. I feel like Im ready to crash. If anyone has some extra time to actually read this lol, and has useful information for me, I would greatly appericate it. Thank you all for your time. P.S. Everyone in this group seems absolutly wonderful!Hope everyone has a good dayLindsey

[Guest guest]

Lindsy, Welcome! yes I believe you have found the right place. I am

infected as well but my levels are low and have stayed that way for over

20 years. This disease did take my wife of 31 years but I did not

contract it from her or vice-versa. Hers was from a blood transfusion

and mine was poor choices (IV drug use). Through my wifes efforts of

running a support group (look upon the horizon) and her online

activities. Add that to the fact that I am a recovering addict with more

than a couple of years clean I know alot of people affected by this

disease. The treatment although tough to deal with (feeling ill at first

then feel a little better then it's time to take it again) is very

effective for alot of people. It is NOT wishful thinking! I have seen it

in many cases. My wife contracted it 30 years ago, didn't start showing

symtems until 16 years ago. And the whole time since then for her it was

about LIVING with it not dying from it...attitude IS everything!! She

couldn't tolerate the treatment and we had ups and downs but overall her

life was full and fruitfull. I am grateful for every day we had

together. She raised our son who will be 14 on the 25th of this month

and quite frankly that was her goal in life. Mission accomplished. He is

a fine young man. The bottom line here is that there is hope! Keep your

chin up! It will be OK. And by the way tell your hubby I said THANK YOU

for serving!! NEAL

[Guest guest]

In Des

Moines, IA you can get tested for free at the county Health Department. Check

with your local health officials.

From:

Hepatitis_C_Central

[mailto:Hepatitis_C_Central ] On

Behalf Of lindseykoester

Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008

10:04 PM

To:

Hepatitis_C_Central

Subject: New

to the group

Hi, my name is Lindsey. Please excuse the long post,

however I am

new, and need to get this off my chest, and it seems like I have

finally found the perfect group to do so. My name is Lindsey or lyn

for short. I am only 20 yrs old, and I am engaged, just recently. My

fiance' is deployed overseas in Afganistan, and is due home either

late November or early December. (sooo exciting!!) However I just

recieved a phone call from him the other day, and he was a nervous

wreck and crying. Just very depressed, and after 20 minutes of

begging him to tell me what was wrong. He tells me he just found out

he has Hepititis C. He was getting routine blood work taken, and when

his results came back the Dr told him he has it. However the Dr said

his levels are low, but from the looks of it, he said he thinks he

has had this for 2-4 years. And because he is overseas he cannot

start treatmeant right away. He has to wait until he is back in the

states. The Dr did tell him to take (it's like a vitamin, but

strictly for the liver. It just promotes healthy liver function) for

the time being. I have researched like crazy since I recievd this

phone call. Cureently at this time I do not have health insurance, so

I couldnt even get myself checked if I wanted to because I am

currently on un-employment. So funds are low. I checked & I beleive

its over $200.00 to get tested. I am worried I may have this, because

there has been times where has had a cut, or was hurt and I took care

of him. And also while on vacation I have used his tooth brush and

razors. Either way I love him just the same, and do not feel any

differently about him. And if I do have it, then I have it, and there

is nothing I can do about it, except take it day by day. However were

in complete shock as to how he got this, because he was never into

drugs or anything like that. And the Dr said most likely due to being

in the army. Between Basic Training, and being deployed. Having all

of those men living together in such close quaters. Now from what I

am reading, whenever people talk about their treatments, it seems as

if they are very sick, and have a lot of symptoms? The Dr informed

, that most people go on treatment and stay on it for 6 months

to a year, have their levels checked, and that sometimes, it

completely goes away. And they live a healthy, normal life. Is this

just wishful thinking? I do not know anything about this diease, the

treatments involved, or if the treatments would make this diease go

completely away, or just remission? My nerves are shot, because we

are at a complete stand still until he comes home, and we can go see

a Dr in our area and find out what steps we have to take. And if

there even such a place where you can be tested for free?

Once again, so sorry for the long post. I am just a nervous wreck and

depressed. And since we live in the basement of my parents house and

pay rent, he doesnt want anyone to know, unless they absolutly have

to. He is so embarassed by this, because he doesnt want people to

look at him differently and judge. So I am sitting here everyday

trying to hold it all in. Having him deployed is hard enough with the

stress and worries, and now this on top of it. I feel like Im ready

to crash. If anyone has some extra time to actually read this lol,

and has useful information for me, I would greatly appericate it.

Thank you all for your time.

P.S. Everyone in this group seems absolutly wonderful!

Hope everyone has a good day

Lindsey

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Deep breath Lindey

I wish I could have caught it so soon. I have been married for 28 years and my husband does not have it. My 1st husband who I hate very much does. Interestingly he has the exact same genotype a me which is 3a. He just found out last month. We were married when I was 21.

I didn't find out I had it until I was 53 years old and the damage to my liver is extensive because I never knew nor did I have any treatment for it. I am now end stage liver disease which the next step is liver failure and then transplant if the Gods make one available to me.

You and your fiancee are in a really good place and at a time when treatment works to clear the virus from your liver. I may have had it 36 year from a blood tranfusion.

>> Hi, my name is Lindsey. Please excuse the long post, however I am> new, and need to get this off my chest, and it seems like I have> finally found the perfect group to do so. My name is Lindsey or lyn> for short. I am only 20 yrs old, and I am engaged, just recently. My> fiance' is deployed overseas in Afganistan, and is due home either> late November or early December. (sooo exciting!!) However I just> recieved a phone call from him the other day, and he was a nervous> wreck and crying. Just very depressed, and after 20 minutes of> begging him to tell me what was wrong. He tells me he just found out> he has Hepititis C. He was getting routine blood work taken, and when> his

results came back the Dr told him he has it. However the Dr said> his levels are low, but from the looks of it, he said he thinks he> has had this for 2-4 years. And because he is overseas he cannot> start treatmeant right away. He has to wait until he is back in the> states. The Dr did tell him to take (it's like a vitamin, but> strictly for the liver. It just promotes healthy liver function) for> the time being. I have researched like crazy since I recievd this> phone call. Cureently at this time I do not have health insurance, so> I couldnt even get myself checked if I wanted to because I am> currently on un-employment. So funds are low. I checked & I beleive> its over $200.00 to get tested. I am worried I may have this, because> there has been times where has had a cut, or was hurt and I took care> of him. And also while on vacation I have used his tooth brush

and> razors. Either way I love him just the same, and do not feel any> differently about him. And if I do have it, then I have it, and there> is nothing I can do about it, except take it day by day. However were> in complete shock as to how he got this, because he was never into> drugs or anything like that. And the Dr said most likely due to being> in the army. Between Basic Training, and being deployed. Having all> of those men living together in such close quaters. Now from what I> am reading, whenever people talk about their treatments, it seems as> if they are very sick, and have a lot of symptoms? The Dr informed> , that most people go on treatment and stay on it for 6 months> to a year, have their levels checked, and that sometimes, it> completely goes away. And they live a healthy, normal life. Is this> just wishful thinking? I do not know anything

about this diease, the> treatments involved, or if the treatments would make this diease go> completely away, or just remission? My nerves are shot, because we> are at a complete stand still until he comes home, and we can go see> a Dr in our area and find out what steps we have to take. And if> there even such a place where you can be tested for free?>>> Once again, so sorry for the long post. I am just a nervous wreck and> depressed. And since we live in the basement of my parents house and> pay rent, he doesnt want anyone to know, unless they absolutly have> to. He is so embarassed by this, because he doesnt want people to> look at him differently and judge. So I am sitting here everyday> trying to hold it all in. Having him deployed is hard enough with the> stress and worries, and now this on top of it. I feel like Im ready> to crash. If anyone

has some extra time to actually read this lol,> and has useful information for me, I would greatly appericate it.>>> Thank you all for your time.>>> P.S. Everyone in this group seems absolutly wonderful!> Hope everyone has a good day>>> Lindsey>