I wanted to let y’all know that a couple of people wrote and asked me if I would put up a Hepatitis Forum as well as an HIV and AIDS Forum on my STD Message Board.
So I did!
http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/index.php
Please feel free to stop by and say hello.
I’d love to know what you think of the place too.
Angela
www.yoshi2me.com
My friend Shari Foster of www.statusCunknown.org sent me some information today that I thought I would go ahead and share with you.
Shari knows how important STD Awareness is to me and she tries to make sure that I have access to what she is finding out there on the internet.
You can bet I’m making good use of this information so that you will have access to it too!
This is the information that was shared with me:
April is STD Awareness Month, an annual observance to raise public awareness about the impact of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) on the lives of Americans and the importance of individuals discussing sexual health with their health care providers and if sexually active, their partners.
For STD Awareness Month, CDC has updated the HIVTest.org website to include STD testing locations, has developed an STD awareness website and has created STD E-Cards that can be sent electronically to family, friends, co-workers, and public health agencies as a reminder to get tested and to know the facts about STDs.
For more information on National STD Awareness month 2008, please visit: www.cdcnpin.org/stdawareness
To find an STD testing center near you, please visit: www.hivtest.org
For further information or to request assistance, please visit: www.cdcnpin.org and speak to a reference specialist via “Live Help.”
You can also submit questions or requests to info@cdcnpin.org
Somebody wrote to me saying exactly that in their note:
The Condom Busted
Ok, so the condom broke while you were having sex.
You didn’t really tell me what the problem was.
All you did was write in with:
The Condom Busted
How can I help you?
A clinical research study is being conducted to evaluate an investigational medication for genital herpes.
To qualify you must:
All study-related examinations, lab tests and the study medication are provided to qualified participants at no cost. Qualified participants will also receive compensation for time and travel.
For more information, please call 1-800-438-5260 or visit: www.ashastd.org/trial.cfm
I am the red-dot girl, and I am ready to start throwing around ideas. I was thinking, wouldn’t Glaxo smith and other big pharms stand to make tons of $ if a slew of people found out they’re infected?
Insurance co.’s dont want to pay for it, but pharm co.’s will gladly shell out more med’s at full cost for the uninsured. What if we could partner PUP and Big Pharm or Glaxo (get $ from them as a grant basically) to fund an awareness campaign and free HSV & HPV testing?
Or perhaps to fund inclusion of testing for these 2 in standard STD screens? Perhaps they are affiliated with clinics and physicians that could perform the testing (because these folks need to be paid as well); there’s got to be a way that these Companies can all benefit from spreading the knowledge and testing; more $ from prescription meds?
(Since 90% of those that have genital herpes dont know they have it, even if we could reach 50%, thats a lot of scared folks buying Valtrex, Acyclovir, etc. because the stigma is still in full effect; hopefully we can get to the point that we realize how prevalent it already is and that will neutralize it eventually while slowing down new transmissions.)
Sometimes I think that the difficulty and $ that goes into testing is a result of pharms and ins. co’s wanting to wait until the population of those infected becomes so large that we can’t do anything about it since so many people have it, very much like HSV 1 (oral herpes-80% of population has it by adulthood).
I believe someone told me that when he was diagnosed (17 years ago) the HSV 2 stat. was 1 in 10 people. If thats true, than the current number had doubled since then (1 in 5), probably as a direct result of the 90% that dont know they have it, and the overall general lack of knowledge about it.
My question is:
If nothing changes to create awareness and inclusion of HSV & HPV in standard screens, will the number become 1 in 3 by 2020? Can we help stop that? Or let it ride out, since the basis of HSV 1 having less of a stigma is the fact that 4 out of 5 will have it?
I would love to know your thoughts on this. If you have something to say about this please leave a comment and then write to me (rebeccafroe@yahoo.com) so we can collaborate and come up with different ways that we might be able to make a difference!
If you have something to say, have an idea, or just need a place to network the information please send me your write up and I will be more than happy to post it and help you spread the word. – Angela :)
I met my boyfriend through Shut Up and Post! and Positive Singles. We first started talking through emails. Then we met at a public place for dinner. We started talking on the phone every night and still do.
It has been about a year since we first met. He is just the most wonderful guy ever. He makes me smile, He has a great sense of humor, He cooks for me, He asks me about my day and he wants to take me places. We spend every other weekend together when we are not talking on the phone.
We are both going back to college to better ourselves. When we are not together I feel like there is a piece of me missing. I do hope that someday he will ask me to marry him. Because I would like to spend the rest of my life with him.
I am slowly getting him and my son and family used to each other and it is going well. I have never been happier. I didn’t think there were any nice guys left until I met him. But now I know there are.
Read more inspirational stories today!
If you’d like me to share your story about how you met your significant other please send it to me. I will be more than happy to post it. I think the more stories about how people are finding each other and falling in love the easier it will be for those newly diagnosed to see that your love life doesn’t have to end. You just have to find the right person OR let the right person find you!
