Help. Educate. Promote. Connect. ARK Meeting Set for May 19, 2012Please join us, this Saturday, for a fun, informative meeting and a chance to meet new friends battling Hepatitis C. Share your story. Listen to the stories of others. Help someone. Get help for yourself.We will also be discuss plans for The ARK's first annual Walk for Hep C scheduled for October 6, 2012 at Southland Community Church in Greenwood. Help us reach even higher levels than Team ARK achieved with ALF's Liver Life Walk.…See More

Help. Educate. Promote. Connect.
Next ARK Meeting Set for March 17, 2012Guest speaker, Dave McCarty, B,S.,CHC, will help you understand your best options in a rapidly changing healthcare industry regarding:Medicare Basics & important points related to disability.Social Security Disability—Trial work period & income limits.Guarantee Issue Healthcare plans. Norvel Agency-free support services. Please join us for this fun, informative meeting and a chance to meet new friends battling…See More

We regret to inform you that our division will not be hosting our Liver Life Walk in Indianapolis or Louisville in 2012. We will not be returning to these two cities this year due to staffing changes within the division. We appreciate your understanding. It was a tough decision to make, and we hope that you will continue to support the American Liver Foundation.We do have other Liver Life Walk events planned for 2012: Cleveland, OH- May 20, 2012 (…See More

Hello everyone!! This is my first post. i am fairly new at this.  I was recently dx with hep c Novmeber 2010.  My 25th BIRTHDAY.  Happy Birthday, right?  I got it from a total blood transfusion when i was 5 days old in 1985.  So i have been living with hep c now for 26 years.  No signs or symptons.  I was applying for life insurance and was denied.  So i found out from a complete stranger, over the phone, that i was denied because i tested positive for Hep c.  I was SHOCKED and in denial, of…See More

While drinking alcohol is a common coping mechanism for stress, it does not ease stress — a known aggravator of liver disease. Much to the contrary, stress coupled by alcohol consumption functions as a double whammy to the liver’s well-being.To learn about stress’s effect on the liver, alcohol’s effect on theliver and the evidence demonstrating that alcohol appears to be theopposite from a stress remedy –…See More