I Will Survive Hepatitis C Support Group

A self-help and educational support group for persons with Hepatitis 'C' and their families

• Did you just find out you have HCV?
• Or have you known for years but thought you were OK?
• Do you want to find out everything you can?
• Are you considering interferon therapy or are you interested in alternative methods?
• Do you want to meet others in all stages of Hepatitis C?

Facilitator - Rotating between Helane Ives, Tom Inouye, David Kantz and Leo Younger
Information Voice Mail Box (916) 444-6996, Call this number for monthly topic

*(Donations Welcome and Needed !) We ask for you to support "I Will Survive" by paying annual dues. But if you can't, please donate a dollar or two at each meeting to help pay for the cost of literature, mailings, copying, etc. We are a self help group and not funded by any organizations or hospitals.

We now have a "ONLINE NEWSLETTER", for updates and meeting agenda. The expenses for the phone line and Newsletter copying and mailing of "I Will Survive" are approximately $140 / month. If you wish to receive your monthly Newsletter by U.S. Mail or fax, please contribute

...$24 if you want to receive the Newsletter by U.S. mail
...$15 if you get the Newsletter from the website (if you wish, each month we will email a link to you)
...$ 0 if, right now, you can't afford to pay dues.

Please email inquiries to dck@innercite.com. We also recognize that at this time, some of you cannot afford these costs. Please accept the generous donations of your fellow HCV patients who will pay enough dues so that you can continue to reeceive the Newsletter, and, if your circumstances allow, you may make donations to the "Donations Box" which will be found at each of our monthly meetings..

Questions? Call (916) 491-4942 or just show up.

Place	Dates	Time / Format
Sutter General Hospital (SGH) 2801 L St., 28th & L PARKING: Park in the 2 story structure across from hospital (28th & L Streets) Sutter Cancer Center (SCC) 2800 L St (Across from main hospital) PARKING: Park in lot in front of building or in the 2 story structure across from hospital *(Meeting space provided by Sutter/CHS does not necessarily constitute endorsement or sponsorship)	Third Wednesdays of each month See our "ONLINE NEWSLETTER" for updates and meeting agenda.	Meeting Agenda 6:30 p.m. (sharp) - Theme Song: I Will Survive 6:35-6:45 announcements 8:00 - 8:30 (or earlier) questions/answers 'til we adjourn

OTHER INFORMATION:

For those intested in the "Hepatitis" Magazine the cost is 6 issues / 1 year - $20.
Address: HEPATITIS MAGAZINE, PO Box 16564, Sugarland, TX 77496-9986.
Tel # 1-800-310-7047

The information for the magazine was picked up on a website located at www.hepatitis-central.com

Other Hepatitis C Support Groups in No. Calif.

• The Nevada County Hepatitis Support Group: - Grass Valley
  Featuring speaker meetings as well as basic support meetings. We are not limited to just HCV, and are open to patients, families, friends, medical personnel who want to learn more about Hepatitis in general. Most of our members are HCV positive. For information on meetings, or just to ask questions, contact either myself, or my co-facilitator.Terri (530) 470-0504 -or- Mollie (530) 432-9668

More Hepatitis C Information / Links

NOTE! - If you have no money or insurance call:
Schering's Commitment to Care 1-800-521-7157
Infergen's Safety Net Program 1-888-508-8088
Roche's Patient Assistance 1-800-443-6676

Sacramento Clinical Trials:
Dr. Robert Gish, et al
For appointments call 443-0961,
Leslie Davison, R.N. 443-0534

Dr. Neville R. Pimstone U.C. Davis Medical Center
For appointments call Janet Kokosinski, R.N. 734-1557

Recommended Reading List:
Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide, by Gregory T. Everson, M.D. and Hedy Weinberg. Hatherleigh Press, 1998. Purchase in bookstore or call
1-800-906-1234 to order.

NIH Consensus Statement: Management of Hepatitis C. National Institutes of Health. To order a free copy call 1-888-644-2667.

• Hepatitis Weekly - Those stories which appear in Hepatitis Weekly, published by CW Henderson, Publisher, contain the latest information available on hepatitis A, B, C, D, E and G, as well as NANB hepatitis.
• Hepatitis Information Network - The Hepatitis Information Network / The instructional design elements (i.e., the introduction, recommended preparation, glossary, learning objectives, and summary) that you will encounter in this Web Site will help you acquire a high level of competency in this topic.
• Hepatitis Mutual Support - On this Web Site you will find information on HEPATITIS, (all strains of the virus), CIRRHOSIS, INTERFERON, RIBAVIRIN, AMANTADINE, SUPPORT GROUPS, DRS. WHO TREAT HEPATITIS PATIENTS (patient referrals), etc.100 Pages!)
• Sapient Health Network - Sapient Health Network provides personal answers to your personal questions about hepatitis C.
• HCV's "NEWS YOU CAN USE"..... - Symptoms of Chronic Hepatitis
• The Amgen Web Site - offers all sorts of information about Amgen but more importantly, it offers information on our new product Infergen as well as Hepatitis C. To access this information, enter the website and then go to "product center". Then click on Infergen.
• Hepatitis Information - Click here for many Hepatitis related sites from the Yahoo Search Directory

Hepatitis Organizations

• Hepatitis Foundation International - Hepatitis Foundation International is a private, not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the eradication of viral hepatitis. HFI's mission is to increase awareness of the world-wide problem of viral hepatitis and to educate the public and health-care providers about its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
  * HFI has an ACTION UPDATE scheduled in LA September 26. $15 pre-registration fee.
  
• Hepatitis B Foundation - dedicated to eliminating hepatitis B through public education and cure research programs; contains treatment, support group, disease information.
• Hepatitis C Foundation Of Victoria Inc.
• Hepatitis Education Project - provide education and support for Hepatitis patients and their families.