The wreath laying ceremony at Arlington on the final day was once again a touching tribute to those that we ve lost to this terrible disease and certainly a ceremony to be remembered. The NHCC would like to thank Dr. Ben Cecil from Louisville, KY and Dr. Kenneth Rothstein from Philadelphia, PA for their contributions to the program and to all of the patients and family members who worked to put this event together. The Power of Positive Attitude and Personal Involvement Of all the tips and pointers that one could give for learning how to live with HCV I believe that one of the best would be the importance of keeping a positive outlook. We shouldn t expect our doctors to be our prime source of information about the disease because we need to get personally involved in our own healing if we expect to win this battle. Knowledge is power and the more we know about our enemy, the better we can fight it.
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Most people that are diagnosed before severe damage has been done will probably NOT find the disease to be life-threatening if they get serious and take an active role in their own health. The moment we take an active role in our own healing, these rules no longer apply. Until next time. A recent study indicates that someday patients with liver diseases may be able to use their own bone marrow to heal themselves. If early reports prove correct, doctors will one day be able to remove healthy bone marrow cells from a patient, treat the cells, then reintroduce them into the body to heal the patient s own liver.