So this Saturday i am Releasing 127 ballons in Memorial Park,1 for Each Person We Have Lost Here In Suds

So Access Aids is having their breakfast and candle light vigil before dec 1.So,as NO ONE has THOUGHT to do ANYTHING ON THE SAME DAY AS THE REST OF THIS PLANET,I HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CEREMONY REMEMBERING ALL THOSE WE HAVE LOST TO HIV-AIDS HERE IN SUDSVILLE.127 PERSONS HAVE DIED OF THIS DISEASE IN THE SUDBURY REGEON,AND SO I WILL BE RELEASING 127 BALLOONS, STARTING AT 12 NOON,ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.THE HIV SUPPORT GROUP SUDBURY STILL MEETS EVERY WED AFTERNOON AT ACCESS AIDS SUDBURY AT 1:30-3:30,ALL HIV+ PERSONS R WELCOME TO JOIN US.ALL ARE WELCOME TO JOIN THE WORLD AIDS DAY REMEMBERENCE DOWNTOWN AT MEMORIAL PARK AT 12 NOON!!!

HIV & ME ,A POEM BY JAMES JOEY GOUGH

HIV & Me,My Attemp At Poetry!!!by james jc gough
ITS ALMOST IMPOSSABLE I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY,when will love come my way?I been poz since 2001,let me tell you it hasn't been fun!!At first i was angry,then depressed,i didnt know if i would regress,about HIV,i knew even less!!!So i read and researched on this Virus callede HIV,i wanted to know what was killing me,slowly but surely it killed my desire,but now i was off of that cokecaine highwire,and my head slowly cleared from its deep quagemire.I lost so many friends and loved ones too,HPV,HIV & hep-abc just to name a few,diseases and drugs go hand in hand like a spreading evil across this great land,Drs and scientists searching for cures,while pain and suffering are what we endure,money pours in from all kinds of places,the guilt and greed on rich mens faces,money money money,its all i hear,how shortfalls and cutbacks are always near,and of course its always the poor,that are hit that hardest and yet they endure and have no fear,could it be their faith and hope?thats brought them through the slippery slopes?of life and trials and tribulations,of the joy and love & constelations,of dreams unfulfilled & desires unmet,so many gone never to see the sunset,lost to us early ,no more to rise,Untill the end of days ,no more blue skies,this isnt the way,kindness and love are what we need,to practice and promote,love and not greed,Jesus & Bhudda & Alah too,all knew love would see them through,For isnt this what each one preached?So why the Wars,i cryed,i beseached,to stop this stigma & discrimination that has engulfed so many a nation,So wars & fighting are not the right way,to love our naybers now this we may,hope to win this end to fighting,Then this poem would need no writing,to try and change Mans love of War,into a war of love,why isnt this what He said from HIM above,that man should practice alot more LOVE,so this it it i got to go,i 'm off,I have HIV and my name is joe!JOE GOUGH!!!!typed today by james "joey"gough,sudbury ontario canada GODBLESS ALL MY FELLOW HIV-AIDS WARRIORS WITH PEACE,LOVE,AND HAPPINESS 4 EVER

END TIMES?maybe eh,dec 21 2012 Last daY ON MAYAN CALENDER!!

I hate that when i punch the wrong button and all my previous typing disappears on me!!~frustrating to say the least! Well when u look at the news these days ,can there be any more doubt that we are headed for trouble?NONE!!!Sad but true eh folks?Well my faith is in Jehova GOD & his son Jesus Christ-and i urge others to have the same beliefs.We need more love on this planet,not wars and hatred,that is of the devil,evil is indeed alive and very well these days ,another sad but true fact.We have almost 60 conflicts in various parts of this planet,What the F is the UN for???U would think that this worlds Leaders would recognize the fact that we must start working together,for the benefit on MANKIND,not just any one country.Does it really matter what we think or do?Of course it does!!We need to start being kinder,politer and to spread more love and not hatred and discrimination amd stigma.I am HIV+ ,my name is james gough,I hereby URGE ALL persons that are HIV+ to start a blog site,type,write,watever=it will create another front line of attack on HIV-AIDS-and the more we have the better our chances of winmning this war!!!GODBLESS ALL PHAs with courage ,hope & faith along with love & happiness!!!peace n love not wars n walls eh folks!!!!

HIV+ PERSONS SHOULD BE MORE INVOLVED

Namibian (Windhoek)

5 November 2007
Posted to the web 5 November 2007

Christof Maletsky
Windhoek

People living with HIV and AIDS have called on Government to review the effectiveness of its prevention from mother to child treatment (PMTCT) programme through involving those infected by the disease.

In that way, Government will be able to identify the gaps where women may be missing out on the programme, a treatment survey released on Friday said.


The survey was conducted among HIV-positive Lironga Eparu members, healthcare workers and HIV-positive members of the Rainbow Project - an organisation for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Katima Mulilo, Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Ondangwa, Oshakati, Khorixas, Keetmanshoop, Luederitz and Windhoek were visited in November 2005 for the survey. The study found that there was a need to assess the user-friendliness of healthcare facilities to people living with the disease.

It called on the Ministry of Health and non-governmental organisations to pilot the training and use of infected people as "expert patients" as part of the anti-retroviral treatment (ART) treatment team. Such people could provide counselling, ART support and information, help patients to overcome adherence problems and act as a bridge between healthcare workers and patients. A significant number (21 per cent) of Lironga Eparu members interviewed said they had been "treated badly or unfairly" by hospital staff or healthcare workers.

"A third of those who felt they had been maltreated by a health worker linked this with stigma-related behaviour and specified that a healthcare worker was afraid to touch them," the report said. It said the findings where based on the perceptions of people living with the disease.

"Nonetheless, perceptions are powerful, and shape behaviour and rumours," it said. The report said people living with the disease must be involved in the review of the country's prevention and treatment guidelines, as a way of moving towards a more proactive and holistic approach. It suggested that the Ministry of Health consider offering viral load tests - which checks the CD4 count of infected people - after six months of ART treatment and then annually, for everyone while health workers need to be trained in interpersonal communication.

Launching the report, Dr Marcus !Goraseb of the Ministry of Health said the recommendations were excellent.

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"This is testimony that Namibians have taken a firm stand alongside the Government's efforts," he said.

!Goraseb said the country's national development agenda was in jeopardy because of the impact of HIV-AIDS. He said thorough planning with evidence-based information, dedication to challenges, sharing of experience and accountability were among the most important elements for a strategy to overcome the disease.

"Our destiny is no longer a matter of chance, it is something to be achieved. We have to strive for greater heights for the sake of our nation," he sAID.

FISH OIL & HIV-CLINICAL TRIAL RESEARCHES ITS MEDICAL BENEFITS

Fish oil, inflammation and metabolic complications in HIV: a clinical trial and related research
November 2, 2007

We noticed with interest that Dr. Todd T Brown, a Johns Hopkins researcher who has studied body fat changes in people with HIV, has recently started a wide-ranging investigation of fish oil / omega-3 fatty acid supplementation as a way of preventing/treating metabolic complications associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Metabolic complications, including fat wasting, central body fat build-up, insulin resistance, high cholesterol and triglycerides, and bone loss, have been some of the major side effects experienced by people with HIV on medication, so it’s quite interesting to see research that may “connect the dots” and find links between these various problems.

Furthermore, this is a study that focuses on fish oil / omega-3 fatty acids, which have quite recently gained more respect in US medical circles, especially as a means of preventing/treating cardiovascular disease, but also for a surprising effect on depression. (You can read more about this aspect of fish oil supplementation in the “depression” category on this blog.)

Here’s the description of Dr. Brown’s research, as provided on the website of NCCAM/NIH, one of the major sponsors of the study:

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this proposal is to understand the role of inflammatory cytokines in the metabolic and skeletal abnormalities in HIV disease and to determine whether omega-3 fatty acid supplementation, in the form of fish oil, will alter the pathophysiology of these clinical disorders. Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are used widely among HIV-infected patients, often with the hope of preventing or treating complications associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Metabolic abnormalities, including peripheral fat wasting, central adiposity, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia, and skeletal abnormalities (reduced bone mineral density and high bone turnover), are common in HIV-infected patients on HAART, yet their relationship is unclear. We hypothesize that these metabolic and skeletal abnormalities are related by abnormal inflammatory cytokine expression and that these conditions can be improved with fish oil, a widely-used CAM agent with anti-inflammatory properties. We have the following specific aims: 1) To understand the association between the metabolic and skeletal abnormalities in HIV-infected subjects and their relationship to inflammation, 2) To determine whether treatment with omega-3 fatty acids will have hypotriglyeridemic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-bone resorptive effects in a randomized trial of HIV-infected patients, and 3) To clarify the mechanisms of action of omega-3 fatty acids, namely the effect on lipolysis and bone turnover using stable isotope infusion techniques. To accomplish our specific aims, I intend to do a secondary analysis of data from two cohorts of HIV-infected subjects, and to then perform a randomized trial using a standardized fish oil product. These results will help to define the pathophysiology of the metabolic and skeletal abnormalities in HIV and evaluate the efficacy and potential mechanisms of action of an important complementary treatment […]

(According to the published information, the clinical trial of fish oil is scheduled to run from 2006-2010.)

Note: An interview with Dr. Brown on body fat changes in people with HIV can be found on the website of our friends at www.thebody.com.

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