Hiv Poems Anonymous Writers

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Two Poems by Anonymous

Hi. It's Me, HIV. Hi, it's me. You know, the HIV. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I'm deep inside and try to hide, so it might seem you know I'm getting sick and tired of things people are saying about me. You need to know the truth so it won't seem I live in... Read more »

A Poem by Anonymous

Imagine Imagine country with no president and president with no country. Imagine minister with no church and church with no minister. Imagine teachers with no school kids and school kids with no teachers. Imagine parents with no families and... Read more »

Poetry Month at TheBody.com: HIV/AIDS-Related Poems From Our Readers

April is National Poetry Month in the U.S., so throughout the month, TheBody.com collected reader submissions of poetry about living with, or being affected by, HIV/AIDS. Here are those poems. Poems From Our Readers A Poem by Bryan Fleury ... Read more »

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Long time reader first time writer

Dear Dr. BobFirst and foremost I want to thank you for helping me through my difficult times wondering if I was infected with HIV. Your site I can truly say keep me from pulling the trigger due to my suicidal tendicies. My exposure was unprotected...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Longtime Reader First Time Writer,What you read is indeed correct! Your negative HIV results at three months are indeed definitive. Further HIV testing is neither indicated nor warranted, let alone necessary.As a longtime reader, you probably... Read more »

thanks Dr Wohl- a truly grateful writer

Dear Doctor Wohl I wrote to you about a week ago saying I might have KS in my mouth (on the inside of the checks_ my doctor looked at it and said it was probably HPV- and that my tests had come back neg for HIV..... Is this possible? I am testing...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Glad to help. Good luck - DW... Read more »

Please answer to Scandinavian writer ; hep C and B window

Hi!This is my second time posting, I really hope you can help me. What is the window period for hep C and hep B?I had a small superficial cut on my hand (not bleeding) and accidentally touched a used gynegological instrument. I didnt notice any...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I think the exposure of question was extraordinarily low risk. I am not even sure I would have bothered with testing in the first place. Most people who are infected with HCV become antibody positive within 12 weeks; the incubation period with... Read more »

I was the 'Looking for an answer' writer ..

Ma'am,Thank you for posting my question! I was thinking itmight be more of a transmission question, but I have been eriting the transmission part of this website for weeks, to no avail. Here's another quick question, though. I was...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Handshaking? No. Sex, yes. Remember: transmission requires direct, immediate contact between one person's bloodstream and another person's bloodstream, or between one person's infectious fluid and another person's mucous... Read more »

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Dear "Anonymous"

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I'm going to ask a question and lets see if you have the guts to answer.

We heard about your exposure (I think if you're the same person) and no one said you were full of
crap or that you were a loser etc. ??? Why are you so hateful? If this person... Read more »

HIV Plus Magazine writer needs interviewees...

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I'm a writer for HIV Plus magazine and working on an article, for which I am looking for anecdotes from people with HIV/AIDS who have had experiences where information they got from the internet resulted in negative effects on their... Read more »

HIV Plus Magazine writer seeks interviewees...

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I'm working on an article for HIV Plus Magazine that examines the plusses and the pitfalls of HIV-related information that can be found on the Internet. While there are some very good sources of reliable information (like Aegis.com, the CDC Web... Read more »

HIV Plus Magazine writer seeks interviewees...

Posted by Anonymous

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