I'm writing this just to clarify something about my dear friend, Tony who passed away December 28th of '09. He did pass away from chronic liver disease and the complications thereof. How he contracted the Hepatitis C is what I have been asked about, and granted, no one has asked me in a rude nor hurtful manner, but I would like to clear it up for the record.
Tony DID NOT contract Hep C which developed into the Cirrhosis, from sex, drugs nor alcohol.
He worked for a company in the Freeport center back in the late 90's early 2000's (I am horrendous with dates, so I may be corrected on this) and was ran over by a forklift. He had one leg crushed and required surgery and blood transfusion. This was determined to be where he contracted the Hep C.
Now, me, on the other hand, oddly, also contracted Hep C shortly after, but I did contract mine from a BF who was an IV drug user. But for whatever reason, within 3 months, without any medication (my Dr. and I were discussing ...