Ros
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Location | Worcestershire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am a 40 year old woman with type III von Willebrands disorder. I live in Worcestershire in the UK with my husband Ade and two cats (Smudge and Flash). I give myself clotting factor injections at home when I have a bleed. I contracted Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products, probably when I had my very first factor injection at only a few months old. I have had two courses of treatment for Hep C - 12 months of interferon in 1999 and 6 months of pegalated interferon and ribavirin in 2002/3. Both courses of treatment were horrendous. The first lot was unsuccessful and the second one luckily worked. My blood has tested negative for Hep C ever since. However since the interferon treatment I have been left with a 'tendency' as my doc put it, to have periods of post-viral / chronic fatigue. I believe this is linked to the treatment but that is only my opinion. The only other things you need to know about me are that I am adopted (from the Isle of Man when I was three months old), that I make really good flapjack, banana cake and chocolate brownies (orders welcome), and that my favourite way to pass the time is a good old chin wag with my friends and family ... |
| Interests | Reading - anything and everything, travelling - favourite countries New Zealand and Chile so far, socialising with friends or family - love cooking for people, music - from chilled dance to soft rock - latest stuff to swinging fifties, singing - in the shower - at the top of my voice - along with the radio - to wake the dead, salsa - used to go all the time but very rusty now and longing to go again, things I've done once and would love to do again - scuba diving - paragliding - rally driving, TV - Life on Mars - House - Scrubs |
| Favorite Movies | True Romance, Il Postino, Pulp Fiction, Life of Brian, Memento, It's a Wonderful Life, Fight Club, Leon, Toy Story, Le Grand Bleu |
| Favorite Music | Lewis Taylor, Salmonella Dub, New Radicals, Avicii, Sweetback, Elliott Smith, Sia |
| Favorite Books | Yes Man - Danny Wallace, Shadow of the Wind - Carols Ruiz Zafon, Kafka on the Shore - Murakami, Solitaire Mystery - Jostein Gaarder |