Culture War...

 

tRump's maga has declared a culture war on anything they see as DEI.  They will use it justify harming anyone or anything.  Unfortunately that included the war on HIV.   These cuts aren't just to PEPFAR & other overseas projects.  They include domestic programs for awareness, testing, treatment & prevention.   

maga's actions could very well lead to a reality where HIV is as dangerous as it was decades ago.   These people's actions aren't out of some profound need to protect themselves from some imaginary boogeyman.  These directives are meant cause harm, mayhem, degradation & even death.  maga is vile.

My hope is that every single person who supported this movement gets this illness & has no means of dealing with it.  Let them & theirs know the horrors of what unmitigated HIV can be.  They deserve it.

That's all for now.  Take care.

Cya...

LAI Roadmap...

 

This piece is a statement from a senior VP from ViiV Healthcare.  It's a plan to embrace decades of research, development & patient input to develop the future of HIV/AIDS treatment with the endgame of ending the virus.

The focus is on long acting injectables (LAI).  Some for prevention, others for treatment.  They could come in varying injection intervals.  This isn't a cure, it's a siege war against HIV.  If the virus can't spread & is contained in those currently HIV+, it will either die out with those patients or be handled if a cure ever is developed.

Like all things with HIV, this is now & will continue to be in development, striving to be the best approach possible.  Again, this isn't a cure, but it's a solid step to ending HIV.

Give this a read.  Take care.

Cya...

Rougher...

 

Yesterday was rougher than expected.  I didn't expect an easy day after handling some yard stuff in the morning.  But it turned out to be harder than I thought.  I never do well after yard work of any kind, but spraying is the usually the worst of it for me.  It got hotter & a lot more humid than it was supposed.  All of that drained me & kept me in the bathroom a lot.  I won't be doing much today except trying to stay cooler.

That's about it for now, take care.

Cya...

1 Thing...

 

I haven't been feeling that great for the last couple of days.  It's mostly been allergies, stomach & bathroom stuff.   Sometimes being in a car for a while can set me system off & I'll be in the bathroom all day.  Add to that all the burning, roadwork & humidity & my stomach was sort of doomed.  

Yesterday was big shopping for the week.  It's always a little more tiring.  We ate at place we hadn't in a while.  It'd changed hands & wasn't as good.  It'll get another try & that may be it.  It's too pricey to be meh to yick. 

Later everyone got mowed, including us.  The yard needed it, but it didn't help me out any.  I felt off for the rest of the night.

Edges of the yard needed sprayed.  It's about to get seriously hot.  I got myself to handle it this morning.  It is probably the only thing I'm doing today.  It may be the 1 thing I do all weekend.  It knocked me down pretty hard.

That's all for, take care.  I hate grass.

Cya...

Not As Planned...

 

Things didn't go as they were hoped for yesterday.  My roomie will need to handle more with her current medical situation.  Between that & a dental appointment, things are going to be busier than normal for the next several weeks.  It seems we seldom get our preferences an more.

We'll go shopping in a bit & handle a couple of errands.  After that, we should be done for the day.  It's supposed to get hot this weekend.   It is July.

That's it for now, take care.

Cya...

A Little Rush...

 

In a bit of a hurry this morning.  We have to be out of here soon.  My roomie has an appointment.  Not a problem, but I had some stuff to handle & of course other things had to try to pile on.  Other stuff is just going to have to wait a bit. 

There's been a reprieve from the heat, but not the humidity.  By Saturday, the Summer temps will return.  It'd be nice to ditch the humidity, but that probably won't happen.

That's it for, take care.

Cya...

Decent Day Anxiety...

 

I don't have that many "good" days.  I'm lucky to have decent, OK days.  I don't like talking about them, especially while the day is still occurring.  They make me anxious.  I can't remember a day in the last year that was going alright that there was an almost immediate case of fuckery.  Not something me or my roomie caused, but something beyond our control that was screwed with us;  car issues, power outages, internet issues, seriously bad weather...

Yesterday was being an OK day until around 6 then the water pressure all but died.  Some fiber workers broke another water line again.  The water was luckily restored in a few hours, but it's taken a lot longer than before.  Then all the lines have to cleared of yick, off-colored water, including the ice maker.  Was it a big thing, no it didn't turn out to be this time.  Was it something we did or caused?  No, it was not.  Still, it caused stress, anxiety & trashed what had been an alright day.  

Bad days are bad days.  But it's gotten to the point where I'm almost afraid of having good days.  Too much is just waiting to happen.

Take care.

Cya...