3 Points...

 

I have 3 things to post about this morning.  This article is good for me.  It's a piece discussing how ViiV's Dovato is highly effective in treating naive HIV in patients with advanced cases.   There'd been pieces on patients on other regimens prior to Dovato, but this is the 1st time I've seen anything on people starting with the med.

Next, it's brighter this morning & I'm feeling somewhat better.  I'm not completely over this, but I slept a little better last night.   Maybe I'll be over this soon.

Finally, for more than a decade people have been sniping for others to "read the room" or have a little empathy.  Accusing people of being tone-deaf was also common.    It's seems the Democrats did not read the room or any of those other idioms.  Perhaps if the party I voted for had, they'd realized how many people felt disenfranchised by the message they were selling.  However, the Republicans didn't succeed at that well either.  That's obvious by the massive amount of people who simply didn't vote.  

Good news about Dovato.  I'm glad I'm feeling a little better.  I'm trying to come to terms with this political BS.  My wish for those who empowered the orange bastard is, when he finally screws them over, someone in the most vile way laughingly reminds them of who they voted for.  As for the non-voters, maybe they should stay under their rocks.  As for me, I probably will be registered as an independent for the next go around.  

That's all, take care.

Cya...

Too Much Fog...

 

I was feeling a bit better yesterday until late in the evening.  Then I started feeling rough again.  When I looked outside later, it was extremely foggy.  The fog's less dense, but it's still here at 10 AM.  It needs to go.  It trashed my throat & sinuses.

Hopefully, I'll do better today.  Take care.

Cya...

Sleep Change...

 

I never make the time change or seasonal change well.  Combine both of those with the things going in our home & at large, it's no wonder my sleep is off.  My sleeps been off for a bit.  The weather & light changes mess with me.   The early dark screws with my patterns & the weather isn't warm or cool enough for good sleeping.   The constant rain lately has left me so achy that I'm waking a lot to reposition.  

I woke sore & tired.  I also had a some coughing with a bit of a sore throat.  I was also fairly dehydrated.  The air's so wet, that when I tried to use a match this morning it was too moist.  I had to get a lighter to light a candle.  I don't like the way closed houses can smell after a bit, especially when it's so wet.

Hopefully, I'll adjust soon to these changes.  There's not much else I can do about it.  That's all for now.  Take care.

Cya... 

Better Research...

 

Medical research has historically had an issue with studying broad enough populations.  In the beginning, it was often either White men or people in situations where they were unaware or without freedom to choose.  HIV research may not have been done by force or duplicity, but it has been historically just as limited.  

Early on, most the studies were only on White males.  Then slowly they began adding people of color.   Then they added trans-women.  But seldom were woman or girls included in the research.  If they were, it was generally much later in development.

This article is about Gilead's attempt to design inclusive studies.   In sub-Saharan Africa, woman are more greatly impacted by HIV.  Any research there should focus foremost on them.  The piece goes into more detail about how they have used this during their research for their long acting injectable.  

Give this a read.  Hope everyone is doing well.  We're trying to do as well as we can.  

Take care.

Cya...

November Suck...

 

I didn't expect good things out of this month, but it's decided to be a real ass.  The house & car have needed work.  The time change happened.  It dumped  a massive amount of rain on us.  It's staying dark & getting colder.  We've been ill.  Everything is just picking at things.  Then the nation decided to give a refresher on how much it hates people like me; Gay, HIV+, single, on disability, poor, etc...

Not every night, but often, for as long as I can remember, I wanted the same thing when I went to sleep; to not wake up.  If I had to wake up, to at least not be me in my life.  50+ years later, I'm still here & cursing waking up.  There are no gods.  If there are, they're all sick & hateful things that get off on suffering.  Let me make something clear, life isn't precious or sacred.  It's just something you have to endure as long it lasts.

To all the people who voted to remind us how much you hate everything, just a reminder that everything probably feels the same way about you.   

Cya...

Crap Morning...

 

This is a crappy morning for several reasons.  1st off, it's morning & we are always contrary to each other.  My roomie is ill & I'm still not feeling well.  I was supposed to have a medical appointment right now, but it got rescheduled last minute.  It's now at a less convenient time next week.  If I'd known sooner, I could've schedule the repairman to fix the roof issue earlier.   But that would've been considerate.

Finally, we have proof that Democrats can't pick an electable candidate.  People choose that orange bastard over her.  He can do a lot of damage in 4 years.  I hate a lot of people right now.  But the Democrats have their own culpability here.  For too long they've lived in a world of ought-to-be's & wouldn't-that-be-nice's.  They've kept their heads in this pretty, rose colored version of should-be, instead of what actually was.  I don't think people voted for that bastard as much as they voted against her.

Maybe we'll get through this.

Cya...

More Frustration...

 

We had almost no rain in October & were short in September.  Instead of being normal, the damned weather decides to dump 10"+ on us in 2 days.  That makes up for this month & the last 2 with change left over.  That's only 5 days into the month.

There's flooding & it caused some issues with the house.  We'll have a handyman over tomorrow.  Hopefully, he can get this fixed.  We didn't need this.   

Just more frustration & it's election day.

Cya...