Meetup in San Diego

On Saturday several members of the online forum, Hep C Nomads, gathered in Balboa Park, near the fountain and the science museum. For the first time, we met face to face. We seemed already to be old friends. Two were still taking the ribivarin/interferon treatment, so travelling to the meetup was really tiring. We talked and talked, sitting under a patio umbrella. The wife of one of the patients joined in with gusto.

It's been a privilege, which I hope will be repeated more and more often in the future, locally and regionally. The only support groups I have found were all part of hospital or other programs, and were intended for their own patients or clients. Concerned people simply have to start their own, and use the phone or email.