Category: AIDS Related Essays

“ONLY A SOCIETY WITH DEEP MORAL DISTORTIONS WOULD ALLOCATE HEALTH CARE ON THE BASIS OF HOW MUCH MONEY THE ILL PERSON HAS.” Michael Leraer. Spirit Matters, 2000. The workshop I had hoped to present at this year’s Rocky Mountain Regional Conference was

If we want to be free then we have to be willing to assume absolute responsibility for everything that we do.” Andrew Cohen, Embracing Heaven and Earth. I recently submitted a workshop proposal for the Sixteenth Annual Rocky Mountain Regional

Sometime back I got into the habit of saying to myself “well it’s chemotherapy, stupid”! This would usually occur at about 5 am when 1 had crawled out of bed to pee and take my four ddl tablets. Choking those

It was one of those days in the AIDS clinic – when all of society seemed to be trying to tell us that people with AIDS just don’t count for diddly squat when an interesting event happened that helped put

As if the whole AIDS crisis hasn’t been fought with enough controversies a couple new and rather complex ones are on the horizon that are threatening much of the antiviral/immunomodulary clinical research underway in the country. One issue is the

The issue of reportability of AIDS virus infection seems to have become the main focus of those within Denver’s gay male community who have openly and actively opposed HB1177. One of the major concerns is that records kept by the

The emotional push and pull that results from being infected with the AIDS virus certainly puts you through the changes. One of my most difficult personal struggles is trying to reach an equilibrium between two superficially conflicting view points. On

Infection with the AIDS virus has led me over the last couple of years to examine many of my personal habits. I truly want to believe that there are “cofactors” involved in how AIDS develops and that I have some

The question uppermost in the minds of many of us infected with the AIDS virus, who have not yet developed any major problems is wilt I get AIDS? For many, one of the most difficult issues is deciding what physical

AIDS is not like other deadly illnesses for which there is no cure It is not a socially acceptable disease, automatically eliciting sympathy in the way most cancers do. Implicit with a diagnosis of AIDS, in the minds of many