![]() Circles of friends already savaged by the disease had to make sense of the new possibility of hope and a resumption of fairly normal life for some, but the tragic reality that discoveries came too late to save the minds or lives of others equally precious. The emotional complexity of this time was tremendous. For those not too far damaged by infections, the reduction in viral load was able to make HIV into a more manageable chronic condition. ![]() In the mid 90s, protease inhibitors began to turn things around. Until about 1995, an AIDS diagnosis was almost certainly a death sentence, with potential significant brain damage from opportunistic infections possible on the way. From 1991 to 1996 volunteered at Gay Men’s Health Crisis in NY facilitating a group for men with AIDS. In addition, early in my career, I worked almost entirely with HIV patients. But there are patients with whom the physical grip of the illness feels too powerful, and it becomes literally a life and death battle to discover a way to help the patients wrest their minds from the conrol of the illness. Often it feels manageable, and I feel confident that our psychiatrist and I can help people reconnect fully with life. I’m a psychologist, and I treat depression fairly frequently. ![]() This was a complicated read for me because it carried so many echoes of important pieces of my own life. I just finished Michael Cunningham’s The Hours. Book # 89 Reviewer: Beth, of Beth’s List Love (First published August 2012) ![]()
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