Imizobo yeHepatitis C

Umxholo

• UJim Banta, 62 - Ufunyenwe ngo-2000
• ULaura Stillman, 61 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1991
• UGary Gach, 68 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1976
• UNancy Gee, 64 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1995
• I-Orlando Chavez, engama-64-yachongwa ngo-1999

Abantu abahlanu babelana ngamabali abo ngokuhlala kunye ne-hepatitis C kunye nokulwa ibala elijikeleze esi sifo.

Nangona ngaphezulu kwe-3 yezigidi zabantu e-United States bane-hepatitis C, ayisiyiyo into abantu abaninzi abafuna ukuyithetha-okanye bazi nokuthetha ngayo. Kungenxa yokuba zininzi iintsomi malunga nayo, kubandakanya ukungaqondani malunga nendlela edluliswa ngayo, okanye ehanjiswa ngayo, ukusuka komnye umntu ukuya komnye. Eyona ndlela ixhaphakileyo yokufumana i-hepatitis C ligazi elosulelekileyo. Inokudluliselwa ngokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi ngaphakathi kunye notofelo-gazi olungahloliswanga kakuhle. Kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, inokudluliselwa ngesondo. Iimpawu zikhula kancinci kwaye zihlala zingaziwa iinyanga okanye iminyaka. Abantu abaninzi abazi ngqo ukuba basulelwa njani okanye nini. Zonke ezi zinto zingenza ibala elithile ngabantu abaphila ne-hepatitis C. Okwangoku, akukho nto inokufunyanwa ngokugcina iyimfihlo. Ukufumana ingcali elungileyo, ukufumana inkxaso, kunye nokuthetha ngayo ngokuphandle zizinto ezintathu abantu abanesifo se-hepatitis C abanokuzenza ukuze baphile ubomi obusebenzayo.

UJim Banta, 62 - Ufunyenwe ngo-2000

“Ingcebiso endinokukunika yona kukugcina umoya wakho uphakeme. [Unomhla] wokuqala kwaye unomhla wokuphela. Kwaye unyango lubhetele kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kwaye ithuba lokucocwa lilunge kakhulu. … Ndicacile namhlanje kwaye ndonwabile, ndonwabile. ”

ULaura Stillman, 61 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1991

“Ndifunde ukuba ndiyakwazi ukumelana nayo, kwaye ndiyakwazi ukubona ukuba yintoni ekufuneka yenziwe, ukufumana ulwazi, nokwenza izigqibo nangona ndigula nyhani. [Emva] kokuba ndanyangwa kwaye ndaphiliswa, amandla abonakala ngathi awabuyi ndawo, ndaye ndasebenza kakhulu. Ndiqale ukudlala ngokudanisa kwakhona, kwaye bendonwabile ngaphandle kwesizathu. ”

UGary Gach, 68 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1976

“Ukuba une-hepatitis C, usenokuba notyekelo lokuba noxinzelelo. … Kwaye ke kulungile xa ulinganisa oko ngovuyo, ukondla uvuyo. [Ndiye] ndacamngca bonke ubomi bam kwaye ndiye ndafumanisa ukuba indlela yam yokucamngca, yokujolisa ekuphefumlweni kwam ukubuyela kumzuzu wangoku, iluncedo ngokupheleleyo kuyo yonke ingqondo yam nokucwangcisa injongo yam. "

UNancy Gee, 64 - Ufunyenwe ngo-1995

“Ndinethemba elikhulu ngobomi bam. Ndivakalelwa kukuba ndiyayamkela imvelaphi yam. Ndiyalithanda iqela lam elihlangeneyo eliye lafumana i-hepatitis C, kwaye ndamkela nje into endigqithe kuyo, kwaye yinxalenye yam. [Ubomi] bunomdla, ingathi intsha kum. Ndinabahlobo ngoku. Ndinomfana endincumisana nayo. Ndingathatha umhlala-phantsi emsebenzini kwiminyaka emithathu, kwaye ndikhe ndawufumana, kwaye kuyamangalisa. ”

I-Orlando Chavez, engama-64-yachongwa ngo-1999

Ke ingcebiso yam iya kuba kukufumana umboneleli ofanelekileyo. Fumana iqela lenkxaso elinikezela ngenkxaso, ukufikelela ebantwini, imfundo, uthintelo kunye nonyango. Yiba ngummeli wakho, wazi izinto onokukhetha kuzo, kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, musa ukuzikhetha. Akukho mntu sisiqithi. Nxibelelana nabanye abantu ekusenokwenzeka ukuba batyhubekile, badlulile, okanye kungekudala bazakufumana unyango lwe-hepatitis C kwaye ufumane inkxaso. ”