AIDS has effected all of us for over 30 years. We take the opportunity on December 1 every year to continue to raise awareness of AIDS and the continued prevalence of HIV worldwide. In the past 30 years, over 30 million have died from AIDS. I hope we can find a cure in my lifetime and stop the spread of the infection so that the next generation does not have to bear this burden of burying our loved ones who suffer and die from AIDS.
Most of my friends are all dealing with menopause and they have already gone through it. Since I had a hysterectomy over 30 years ago, I never had to go through an actual natural menopause. But I can relate to the humor in this from what everyone else has told me.
I can’t see well enough to read a paperback book without some kind of glasses. The big questions is whether I should get a new pair of glasses with bifocal lenses? Or should I wear contacts for distance vision and start carrying around a pair of reading glasses for just when I need to read?
My first exposure to administering drugs into the body using an adhesive patch (rather than a pill or a shot) was back in the early 1990′s when my son was very sick. He needed help with pain killers and his body couldn’t tolerate any more more abuse of his digestive tract. So he was prescribed a state-of-the-art pain patch. It looked like a large square band aid that you peeled off a backing and stuck onto your arm or shoulder area. The medicine is absorbed through the skin instead of through the stomach.
Now they have patches for many different types of medicines and many types of conditions, from anti-smoking to birth control to motion sickness. This is one of the great but mostly unheralded advances of modern medicine. It made a tremendous difference in the care and quality of life of my son and I know it has helped millions since then.