The debate can get quite loud. But the other side of that is being able to look into the eyes of someone who knows what it is like to get lost coming home from the supermarket. Try sharing some brainfog stories with other patients. I laughed until my stomach hurt, and it wasn't so scary anymore. I know we weren't the first hepfest, but we were one of the earliest.
Today there are hepfests all over the country.
Some invite speakers and become mini hep conferences. Some have even ended in a relationship that eventually led to marriage. Sue Simon taught elementary school before she retired. She was diagnosed with HCV in 1991 and infected in 1966. She and her husband, Dennis, live in NJ and are the parents of two adult daughters.