How does the joke go? When God gives you AIDS, take lemon shots? Well, God may not have given me AIDS, but he sure saddled me down with whatever gunk is going around. The coughing, the just feeling blah. In an effort to turn the tide today, I did three lemon shots....
HIV/AIDS
Power to the Positoids
I recently wrote about how cool it would be for Sean Strub, founder of Poz Magazine, to be appointed as the AIDS Czar by the Obama Administration. The New York Times has already endorsed Sean. Not for AIDS Czar, but for having a cool home and being one of the best...
HIV in High School
As we all await teenage vampire drama on the big screen, some real high school drama is unfolding in Missouri, where just last month it was reported that as many as 50 students may have been exposed to HIV. HIV tests were offered to all students, and 97% of the 1,300...
The New President, and a New AIDS Czar
Obama won handily and currently holds 348 electoral votes to McCain's 173 finish: Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. In his last Mavericky move, McCain quietly submits his write-in vote for "Daffy Duck". My homestate of Virginia went a bit...
Scary Real-Life Halloween Story
From the Canadian Press: Saskatchewan investigating after hospital found to be reusing syringes. It's a terrifying article, but don't make the mistake I did when first reading this. I thought it said "Sasquatch investigating after hospital". Come to think of it, any...
AIDS Treatment: How Soon is Now?
A recent study suggests that the newly diagnosed will now be pressured to immediately start on HIV drugs. Here's the story, afternoon glory. In the study, they found that people who started on HIV drugs with higher t-cell counts had a better survival rate. My worry is...
Lock-Up: Condom Edition
A story that is getting national headlines right now involves a high school in St. Louis, where up to 50 students are being tested for HIV , after being exposed to the virus. The details are fuzzy- someone tested positive and informed authorities that quite a few...
This Positoid’s Life (September-October 2008)
I've been writin' a lot of blogs with no pictures and my camera has been screaming for attention. So here's the last couple of weeks of This Positoid's Life, with nifty captions. Enjoy! Saturday, September 27: Bruce gets married! Bruce is a good friend and merch man...
Magic Johnson “Faked AIDS” Comment
In Minneapolis, a couple of radio cock jocks decided to talk about HIV/AIDS... here's what happened. "Magic with his "faked AIDS""," Langdon Perry said. The victim of his own bad joke, apparently, because Magic responded with a statement: "I am extremely disappointed...
Viral Load Test Results
This week I finally willed myself to email Dr. Greg and get my viral load test results, they were undetectable- the best result possible. Which is cool, since the labs were taken on my 7th day off meds before starting a week on cycle. (Think Karate Kid, only "Week On!...