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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Day 1 | |
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| Living: Condemned to ... Taking Care of Yourself | |
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| Learning: Being and Feeling Contagious--Common First Day Questions | |
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| Day 2 | |
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| Living: The Day After--Common Reactions | |
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| Learning: What is Hepatitis? | |
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| Day 3 | |
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| Living: Who Should I Tell? | |
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| Learning: Transmission Modes, Antigens, and Antibodies | |
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| Day 4 | |
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| Living: Finding Others Like You | |
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| Learning: Understanding Your Lab Tests | |
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| Day 5 | |
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| Living: Get a Specialist | |
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| Learning: Stages and Phases of Hepatitis B | |
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| Day 6 | |
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| Living: Teaming with Your Doctor | |
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| Learning: What Does My Liver Do? | |
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| Day 7 | |
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| Living: Managing Your Fatigue | |
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| Learning: Slaying the Dragon--Your First Liver Biopsy | |
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| First-Week Milestone | |
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| Week 2 | |
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| Living: Nutrition Basics | |
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| Learning: Other HBV Symptoms | |
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| Week 3 | |
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| Living: Avoiding Toxic People, Places, and Things | |
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| Learning: Which Treatment is Right for You? | |
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| Week 4 | |
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| Living: Exercise | |
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| Learning: Alternative Treatment | |
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| First-Month Milestone | |
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| Month 2 | |
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| Living: Diet: Phase-Out | |
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| Learning: The HBV Vaccine | |
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| Month 3 | |
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| Living: Sex, Relationships, and Esteem | |
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| Learning: Charting your HBV | |
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| Month 4 | |
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| Living: Become an HBV Activist | |
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| Learning: Mutants | |
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| Month 5 | |
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| Living: Having/Raising/Adopting Children | |
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| Learning: Treatment Issues for Children | |
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| Month 6 | |
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| Living: Work and Disability | |
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| Learning: Insurance and Financial Planning | |
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| Half-Year Milestone | |
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| Month 7 | |
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| Living: Treatments in Development | |
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| Learning: Co-Infection | |
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| Month 8 | |
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| Living: Complications | |
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| Learning: Transplants | |
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| Month 9 | |
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| Living: Addictions | |
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| Learning: Drugs, Medications, and the Liver | |
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| Month 10 | |
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| Living: Depression | |
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| Learning: Common HBV Misconceptions | |
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| Month 11 | |
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| Living: Fluids | |
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| Learning: Phasing in Liver-Friendly Foods | |
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| Month 12 | |
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| Living: Your Future with HBV | |
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| Learning: Taking Stock: An Inventory of Personal Growth | |
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| Resources | |
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| For Further Information | |
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| Glossary | |
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| For Further Reading | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |