After a lifetime of health challenges, the last thing Katrina wanted to hear was that she’d contracted Hepatitis C.
“I was devastated,” says the 41-year old, whose last name is being withheld at her request.
She also suffers from diabetes and kidney failure, and believes she got Hep C about five years ago, possibly from sharing razors with a female roommate.
Because Hep C can live in the body for decades without producing symptoms, it’s sometimes called the silent killer.
