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v99   
17 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

As if things were not bad enough I have just found out I have hepatitis C. I am an American here on a one year non work allowed karta pobytu....

The treatment in the US is extremely expensive and I cannot pay it. Does anyone know of any free or cheap options here in Warsaw? I do not have insurance...

Thanks
v99   
17 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Not even funny...I got it likely from a doctors office abroad...it rarely comes from sex and I didn't visit a brothel. It costs a LOT of money to treat so its why I am looking for free or cheap options for people with financial problems.
v99   
18 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Poland has universal care for citizens,,,,I am a yank on a non work allowed/no insruance karta pobytu. I need to find the cheapest option as it is a very expensive treatment process

Does Poland have mandatory reporting to the government with Hepatitis like in some countries? Is my name on a list somewhere now?
v99   
20 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Does anyone know about anonymous HIV testing as well? I am of course worried about everything now because I have no idea what else this clinic infected me with.

I do not want to be kicked out of Poland or not get my visa renewed because I might have HIV as well....I would like to find an anonymous testing service like in the US.
v99   
20 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Yeah I want to find out if there is an anonymous testing option in Poland...as I know it here you even have to make an appointment to get the answer from a doctor (did it here a while ago for a visa) so there is no anonymity available that route since I had to show a valid document to receive them.
v99   
21 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Thanks to all who helped...and to the others....I am not spreading anything to anyone. I live alone and do not go around injecting people with my blood. People like you are why I am so afraid for anyone to know about this. It is not like some Plague that spreads by air and kills everyone you touch. It has to be a blood exchange...I am convinced I got it in a clinic during medical treatment for another problem that did not change needles or something..its the only exposure I had. I am not gay.....and do not do IV drugs or anything else that could exchange it....but that is irrelevant and that kind of stupidity is why I am nervous.

Do some reading idiots...they dont even tell married couples to worry about spreading HepC during Sex...only to watch out for sharing things with blood like a razor and even then they have no documented cases they are just being careful. Its by blood infusion/injection...

So many people are so nasty and cruel that I am afraid for anyone to know and label me for life unfairly. I do not think I have HIV but if they injected me with this who knows what else I may have now. Blame ****** doctors not me.
v99   
21 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Yeah you don't understand, there is nothing simple about my situation, so thanks for your advice.

I asked for specific info and you feel the need to judge me and make a joke? About something like this? I hope it made you feel good.
v99   
25 Apr 2008
Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Yeah they exist...but the quality is horrible and they do not offer many services and are rarely "free".

To say this like it is so simple is very misleading.

The US medical system is a pay for service system and other than stabilizing you in an emergency they have no obligation to do anything else.

This is why the health insurance/medical business mess is such a problem. Millions of Americans do not have insurance and have no access to quality care.

I am sick of people that haven't been in the "system" acting like it is simple.