I understand what you are saying @Barry. I have an idea where I got HBV, two ideas actually and both involve shame.
I don’t stay in the thought of how did I get it, because we can never know for certain.
First thing people ask you…where did you get that from? Hence I don’t tell people.
Usually say, well I don’t really know. They don’t say anything but I feel the shame.
Can’t change the past. 
@Caraline: Yes, I too hate the question of where did I contract hepatitis. And I have a searing anger inside me that no doctor ever recommended the vaccine for me. I mean they give it to most babies (even if their mothers don’t have hepatitis B) yet never mention it to adults, who are clearly at higher risk than children.
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Agree, and even if you provide a reason that isn’t necessarily stigmatising to you (e.g., mother to child transmission), you are suddenly “outing” a loved one!
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