Nothing New, Just Repeat...

Spring is supposed to be about renewal.  I'm not seeing that.  It's all just the same old, same old & sliding into worse.  To be supportive, I have to let myself believe something isn't just possible, but at least somewhat feasible.  The same patterns have played out again & now the slide has happened.  It's nothing new & I can only focus on myself for being complicit by trying to be encouraging.   That's on me.  

It's a couple of steps forward & then years backward.  I just need to accept, this is the best it's going to be & things probably only get worse from here out.  I'm not angry at anyone but myself, just a little disappointed.  

So much for happy renewal.   It's just the same muddy, BS trenches.  I should've known.

Cya...

Still The Same...

 

Sometimes looking at the current writings concerning HIV gets depressing.  It's not that there aren't occasionally new developments in research.  It's that there seems to be an endless stream of articles over topics that have been there for decades.  

Instead of moving forward socially, culturally & medically, we're stuck in repeat.  The writings are crammed full of people facing stigma, people refusing to deal with HIV because cultural issues or some ideological prejudice against HIV.   We're still having to say HIV is a virus & not an act of some pissy god on degenerates.   It's disease that doesn't care who or what you are.

To all the religious people out people freaking out over HIV.  Either help or get the hell out of the way.  Too those hiding behind culture as a reason to not get tested or use protection.  You are as big of a problem as the actual virus.  Cowardice, ignorance, hate & dishonesty have kept this virus going more than sex & drug use. 

Let's accept there will always be people who hate.  Lets try our best to move on without & in spite of them.  To those hiding behind cultural issues, if you won't take care of yourself, at least stop spreading the danger.  To the politicians, do your job.

My rant is over for now, but these same issues have hindered the issue for decades.  It's time to grow up & move on.  

Cya...

Hello November...

Hello November.  It'd be really nice if things went smoothly.  October was all set to be an easy month, but apparently it just wasn't feeling it.  Difficult, trying, bad months are no longer in vogue, actually there quite passé.   Let's try to keep up.  

On to other matters.  My lab results for my thyroid came back & I'm to stay on the same regimen.  Today is trash day.  We'll check mail & maybe grab something to eat.  The 1st of the month stuff will start later in the week.  

That's all for now.  At least it's supposed to warm up a little.  This cold BS can leave for parts unknown.  Take care.

Cya...

So It goes...

It's more of the same.  There's not much in the way of articles.  I guess this heat is killing them off as well.    It's still hot, humid & laden with ragweed.  At least I'm mostly over whatever hell I had a few days back.  That sucked.

Not much planned, we have shopping later & that's about it.  My roomie has some things to do this week, but nothing demanding.  That's good, because it's still too hot to do much.   The forecast keeps changing.  It's promised an end to the heat  several times only to have the hot weather continue.  

Maybe there will be more articles tomorrow.  I'll post again tomorrow.  Take care.

Cya...

Still, It Goes On...

I was reading through articles today & it was a lot of the same old stuff.   That seemed to be the point.  It was the same old news.  I noticed from reports of 72% of sex trade Johannesburg being + to the 219% jump in HIV rates in Boulder County, Colorado.  It was really the same story.  HIV is still here & we're not doing nearly enough about it.  

The virus is spreading & disproportionately affecting those people living on the fringes.  The extreme poor, isolated, under educated, culturally limited & ethnic are the most apt to contract HIV.   The same old news.

Throughout the world this plays out as co-infections with illnesses like hepatitis are on the rise.  The emergence of new illnesses like Zika.   We can't get a grip on a virus we've known about since the 1980's, so how are we going to handle co-infections, resistant HIV & Zika?

Cya...

Same Old Again...

Looking through the articles today, I found the same old stuff.  There's still a lot about the Russian HIV problem & the issue of teens not getting tested enough.  There's even a hospital in Massachusetts that may have exposed almost 300 people to HIV & hepatitis due to negligence in handling medical equipment.   Oh yeah, they're still pushing PrEP.  So, nothing new.

It's Saturday & chilly.  Pretty normal for January.  I don't really have much to add to this right now.  I'll post more tomorrow.

Cya...

Same Old...

For the last week, all I've seen in the articles is coverage over porn stars & people purposely spreading HIV.  Neither of which I want to cover, least ways not again.   Big surprise, a porn star's luck ran out & she contracted HIV.  Not meaning to be callous, but the odds were against her & anyone else in that business.  Being in porn is playing Russian Roulette.  Then there's the line of sick people who want to make everyone else +, just because.

As I said, same old crap.  Not much going on in my life either.  Which I guess is good.   There could be a lot of bad stuff going on instead of nada.  Sometimes nothing is definitely better than something.

Until next time.

Cya...