ODC News Letter
May 2012 -
In This Issue: Life Expectancy Increases for North Americans Living with HIV, HIV Stigma and Awareness - Time to Change our Message, How Neuropathy is Currently Treated, CAC Bowling Outing, Lobby Days 2012, May Events.
Old News Letters...
Jo Jo
Jo Jo
I am a forty-one year old lady. I had a good life. Back in 2003 I got crohns disease. 12 pills a day. In 2004 I came down with I.B.S. nine more pills a day. I thought that would be bad enough. Now it is 2005, July of 2005 I was told by an ER doctor, Joann you have H I V. I take 23 pills a day, I was with the same person for 12 years, think you know someone. I think not, anyways all of these friends" meaning "crohns and IBS Also HIV. people think I am crazy for calling them my best friends.
Disease you can look at them as something that will break you, or look at them as I do. You see my new friends are always gonna be with me for the rest of my life. I need to keep them close,. Deal with as friends, not something I hate. I hate the fact that I have them. In the beginning I thought I was not fit to be loved. Why? Look what 12 years of love gave me. Now I can that family will be with me for the rest of my life, just not as close as they used to.
Those three letters HIV. I look at them DIFFERENT. Now that I have them, my life will go on just in a different manner. I am still learning to deal with this I just do not know if I am coming or going. I need to keep on the right path and do what I have to do. Just to keep up in life so I have to take 23pills a day for crohns, IBS, and HIV, that is what I must do. I have almost 6 grandkids 5 of my own I will be here for all of them. No, I feel the need to go for them.
