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Positively Aware July/August 2007

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Subjects in this issue:

Correction: Banishing chipmunk cheeks

Grateful

Correction: Banishing chipmunk cheeks

There was inaccurate information in a letter in the May/June Readers Forum on “Banishing Chipmunk Cheeks and Bullfrog Neck” [September/October 2006]. A survivor of oral cancer had written to say that facial radiation therapy can cause soft teeth and dental caries (cavities) over a long period of time. These are serious complications. The doctor quoted in the article, however, cancer specialist Patricia Gordon, says that, “This is absolutely not the case. The dose for head and neck cancer is substantially higher than what we need. Hence, the dental problems that are certainly seen in the cancer cases with high doses, while real for them, do not happen to [HIV patients using the treatment for enlarged parotid glands].” Positively Aware apologizes for printing the misinformation.

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Grateful

Thank you for the comforting and inspiring words this month, and an insightful, enlightening, informative publication [Editor’s Note, May/June 2007]. I’m grateful, too.

Jodi, via the Internet

I am at the Bedford Hills Correctional facility with a 5-to-10 year sentence. I am grateful to you and your staff for the magazine. It has helped me to make a decision concerning the medications. I am grateful to have read your column. It has given me a sense of worth, strength, and courage to face my demons about this AIDS diagnosis. I’ve been positive since 1984, when I found out in prison. I’ve been taking medicine since 1997. I had my ups and downs with it, but I’m grateful for a second chance in life. Whenever I read your introductions in this magazine, it always leaves me with a thought. It gives me strength to face my doctors here, and make decisions. I also have hep C. I’m scared to go through the treatment while I am here. Anyway, I just wanted to say, I’m grateful too. Thank you for all your gratitude.

Mildred, Bedford Hills, NY

I want to thank you for your words. I have been in A.A. for 17 years. And my partner is grateful too. I just love how you worded it.

Bruce, via the Internet

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May/June 2007 PA Online Poll Results

Have you ever been diagnosed with MRSA (drug-resistant staph infection)?

Comments:

  • I have not but my partner has
  • Result of fractured femur (broken as a result of protease inhibitors destroying bone density i.e. Crixivan, Saquinavir, etc). Metal plate in leg for 1-1/2 years resulting in MRSA and cellulitis due to improper medical care by orthopedic docs afraid of HIV and surgery. Lost significant muscle in leg vastis medius, vastis lateralis, hip flexor, some tendons into knee. Three surgeries and IV antibiotics post hospital for 16 weeks each time.

July August PA Online Poll:

Do you think HIV is a gay disease, particularly in the U.S.?

Click here to take the survey

 


 
 
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