Hiv Pen Pals

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Latino HIV+ looking for pen pals in NYC

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi: I am a 23-yr-old latino who has recently found out about my status. I am looking for pen pals to share this new chapter in my life because, frankly, I am still confused and scared about this new experience. If you are poz and like to talk,... Read more »

Email Pen Pal Group for HIV + Gay Men

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Dear readers, I am writing to you on behalf of my partner. I would like to know if anyone knows of a safe, secure and non-sexual email pen-palgroup website site where gay men with HIVAIDS can correspondend with each other. He is basically alone all... Read more »

Looking for Pen Pal for My Friend

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi,

My name is Pam and I have a friend in jail. He is HIV positive and he is wanting someone to write to. He has many thoughts, concerns, and just wants to share with somone who can understand the same thing he is going through,someone who is HIV... Read more »

Pen Pals, anyone?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hello! My name is Roscoe, and I have been HIV+ since 1982. I have done very well with the disease up until 2002, when I developed Kaposi's Sarcoma, and it has really affected my body in unexpected ways. I am currently on DOXIL and taxol... Read more »

Buscando Pen Pals

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Hola. Tengo 23 anos y fui diagnosticaado HIV+ hace un ano y medio. Soy de Cali, Colombia pero resido en NYC. Me gustaria escuchar de otros latinos+. Quisiera saber de sus experiencias y temores (si tienen alguno).

Solo respondere a aquellos con... Read more »

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Bob, please help a pal in need

Hi Bob,Im not doing so great. In fact, i've fallen off the wagon and begun to deeply worry about HIV again. As im writing this, i feel ashamed that i have fallen this low again, but i know you are THE voice of reason in tough times. I went to...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Derek,Don't be so hard on yourself. Struggling with anxiety and fears is often an ongoing process. You've come a long way in confronting your problems and dealing with them effectively. This is just a minor setback.Your recent massage... Read more »

Thanks for accepting me as your Pal Again

Hi Bob, I am so happy to read your response. Thanks for accepting my apologies and I hope we can be pals forever. I am also honoured you reserved a spot in the x-filers, well here is my update and i'll let you make the decision.Well i went...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,My opinion has not changed. Symptoms, no matter what they are, do not equal HIV disease. Your tests are definitive. You are HIV-negative. The spot in the X-Files is yours, if you want it. However, it appears that you are still having some... Read more »

( i will donate the h*ll out of your organization) pen stab incident

dear good doctori was accidently stabbed with a pen when i turned around quickly at work.now, the person whos pen it was i know was bleeding and they are a heroine user (ruff neighborhood).ok so, the pen point was not out but somehow the hollow part...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Sarah,The chances that your workmate's blood was actually in the hollow part of the pen that stabbed you are so remote as to be essentially nonexistent. After all, even though he is a heroine user, I'm quite sure he doesn't use... Read more »

doctor touched my penis with a pen (literally) and told me i can get aids from kissing (donation on the way)

Hi doca doctor not as lovely as yourself was looking at my penis and then touched it with a pennow i am paranoid that it broke the skin because i have a skin problem down there (he didnt mean to touch it but he was pointing at it)he is a derm and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Do you really think a dermatologist even one as clumsy and clueless as the one you describe would pop a woman's "something or other" with his pen? Silly boy. Dermatologists have specialized thingamajigs to pop... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Warns Against Sharing Insulin Pens

CDC has issued a new clinical reminder that using insulin pens on more than one person puts patients at risk for blood-borne infections such as hepatitis and HIV. Pens containing multiple doses of insulin are meant for use on a single patient only,... Read more »

What We Can Do: Motivate and Educate! Sample Activities for HIV/AIDS Awareness

The ideas listed below challenge everyone -- members of the community, teachers, HIV/AIDS educators and members of the faith, business, and health communities -- to use their creativity to inform themselves and their peers about the AIDS epidemic. ... Read more »

Prisoners' Voices

As we enter the new millennium, and the end of the second decade of fighting HIV/AIDS, we find, especially here on the East Coast, that the most prominent areas to become downsized or discontinued due to the lack of funding and support are the... Read more »

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Hello everyone, my name is Cathy and I am an HIV/AIDS outreach educator for Women Alive. Every month we receive letters from women living with HIV/AIDS who are incarcerated in prisons and jails all over the country. These letters are especially... Read more »

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