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    <title>Ann Smith</title>
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    <updated>2012-05-18T15:22:41Z</updated>
    <subtitle>POZ Forums Moderator</subtitle>
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    <title>New Year&apos;s Bleatings from The Rock</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2011:/ann//2.3198</id>

    <published>2011-01-01T15:16:17Z</published>
    <updated>2012-05-18T15:22:41Z</updated>

    <summary>When I saw in New Year 2010 with my head in the toilet being violently sick with the Winter Vomiting Virus, as it is so charmingly named, I just knew it wasn&apos;t going to be the best year. Turns out I was right. </summary>
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        When I saw in New Year 2010 with my head in the toilet being violently sick with the Winter Vomiting Virus, as it is so charmingly named, I just knew it wasn&apos;t going to be the best year. Turns out I was right. 
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<entry>
    <title>The Skin Trade</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ann//2.1892</id>

    <published>2009-04-16T11:24:31Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-15T16:44:39Z</updated>

    <summary> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:&quot;Table Normal&quot;; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:&quot;&quot;; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} I went to a dermatologist a few weeks...</summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Loss</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ann//2.1644</id>

    <published>2009-01-20T14:14:23Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-20T14:44:21Z</updated>

    <summary> Loss. It’s something every person living with HIV endures. From the moment of diagnosis onward, it’s something that shadows the soul. Some losses are static; loved ones who will never again say I love you. Some are dynamic; sickness...</summary>
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         Loss. It’s something every person living with HIV endures. From the moment of diagnosis onward, it’s something that shadows the soul. Some losses are static; loved ones who will never again say I love you. Some are dynamic; sickness...
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<entry>
    <title>&quot;He&apos;s given us all hope&quot;</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1515</id>

    <published>2008-11-09T01:13:35Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-09T04:38:55Z</updated>

    <summary> Those were the words spoken to me at 7am Wednesday morning, November fifth, 2008, by a Muslim lad in Liverpool who sold me two British newspapers. He saw that I&apos;d been crying and he asked me if I was...</summary>
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         Those were the words spoken to me at 7am Wednesday morning, November fifth, 2008, by a Muslim lad in Liverpool who sold me two British newspapers. He saw that I&apos;d been crying and he asked me if I was...
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<entry>
    <title>Learning About Sex Before Learning to Spell?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1380</id>

    <published>2008-09-10T15:37:47Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-10T16:21:53Z</updated>

    <summary> That&apos;s what McCain/Palin would have you believe children in Illinois are doing these days in kindergarten, and they&apos;re blaming Obama. But in a way, that&apos;s how they do it in the Netherlands and the Netherlands has the third lowest...</summary>
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         That&apos;s what McCain/Palin would have you believe children in Illinois are doing these days in kindergarten, and they&apos;re blaming Obama. But in a way, that&apos;s how they do it in the Netherlands and the Netherlands has the third lowest...
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<entry>
    <title>A Virgin No More</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1359</id>

    <published>2008-09-02T18:44:56Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-09T18:33:11Z</updated>

    <summary> &quot;No kidding!&quot; I hear you say. Ah, but last night I did something I&apos;ve never done before. I had me some Sustiva. Over the past two weekends since I last wrote, Foxtrot Charlie and I have done a lot...</summary>
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         &quot;No kidding!&quot; I hear you say. Ah, but last night I did something I&apos;ve never done before. I had me some Sustiva. Over the past two weekends since I last wrote, Foxtrot Charlie and I have done a lot...
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<entry>
    <title>Time Flies</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1336</id>

    <published>2008-08-22T17:59:53Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T17:00:43Z</updated>

    <summary>I can&apos;t believe it&apos;s been over nine months now since my long-term relationship broke up. I realised it the other day and thought - &quot;sheesh, that&apos;s enough time to have had a baby!&quot; It&apos;s one of the more annoying facts...</summary>
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        I can&apos;t believe it&apos;s been over nine months now since my long-term relationship broke up. I realised it the other day and thought - &quot;sheesh, that&apos;s enough time to have had a baby!&quot; It&apos;s one of the more annoying facts...
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    <title>Sudden realisation</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1247</id>

    <published>2008-06-26T15:42:48Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T16:59:45Z</updated>

    <summary>Three nights ago Foxtrot Charlie appeared at my door bearing food and smiling eyes. I was happy to see him as I saw little of him during April and May. Sometimes I have to leave him to his ghosts. I...</summary>
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        Three nights ago Foxtrot Charlie appeared at my door bearing food and smiling eyes. I was happy to see him as I saw little of him during April and May. Sometimes I have to leave him to his ghosts. I...
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<entry>
    <title>A Day in the Life</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1224</id>

    <published>2008-06-13T09:34:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T17:11:36Z</updated>

    <summary>As some of you know, I travel to Liverpool for my hiv care. Clinic day starts early - I&apos;m usually up at 4am, just to make sure I&apos;ve got plenty of time in case I&apos;m having a &quot;bad gut day&quot;....</summary>
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        As some of you know, I travel to Liverpool for my hiv care. Clinic day starts early - I&apos;m usually up at 4am, just to make sure I&apos;ve got plenty of time in case I&apos;m having a &quot;bad gut day&quot;....
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    <title>Neglect</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.1148</id>

    <published>2008-04-30T23:06:24Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T16:57:04Z</updated>

    <summary>I’ve been neglecting a number of things lately, this blog among them. Weeds are rampant both in my garden and in my personal life. PMs and emails go unanswered. I’ve needed new glasses for about a year now; not only...</summary>
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        I’ve been neglecting a number of things lately, this blog among them. Weeds are rampant both in my garden and in my personal life. PMs and emails go unanswered. I’ve needed new glasses for about a year now; not only...
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    <title>Foxtrot Charlie</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ann//2.978</id>

    <published>2008-01-03T16:25:02Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-09T18:35:16Z</updated>

    <summary>I met Foxtrot Charlie* fourteen years ago this past December, while he was home on leave for the holidays. Back then, he was an aid worker under the auspices of the UN, teaching people in Sudan how to fish and...</summary>
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        I met Foxtrot Charlie* fourteen years ago this past December, while he was home on leave for the holidays. Back then, he was an aid worker under the auspices of the UN, teaching people in Sudan how to fish and...
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<entry>
    <title>A Brim Full of Ashes When You’re 45</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2007:/ann//2.894</id>

    <published>2007-11-16T16:25:33Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T16:45:34Z</updated>

    <summary>Ah, Birthdays. My 40th birthday (and the six months either side) disappeared down the black hole of interferon/ribavirin. If I experienced the throes of middle-angst that year, I cannot recall. I guess I feel a little cheated really; a time-honoured,...</summary>
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        <uri>http://www.aidsmeds.com</uri>
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        Ah, Birthdays. My 40th birthday (and the six months either side) disappeared down the black hole of interferon/ribavirin. If I experienced the throes of middle-angst that year, I cannot recall. I guess I feel a little cheated really; a time-honoured,...
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<entry>
    <title>19/02/2007 01:51</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2007:/ann//2.646</id>

    <published>2007-02-19T01:48:46Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T16:52:01Z</updated>

    <summary>Recently an AIDSmeds poster expressed surprise over a friend’s positive HIV status because the friend “looks just the same”. It goes to show that you can&apos;t tell by looking at a person whether or not they have HIV. We who...</summary>
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        <name>Ann</name>
        <uri>http://www.aidsmeds.com</uri>
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        Recently an AIDSmeds poster expressed surprise over a friend’s positive HIV status because the friend “looks just the same”. It goes to show that you can&apos;t tell by looking at a person whether or not they have HIV. We who...
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<entry>
    <title>Sleeping in the Garden</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2007:/ann//2.631</id>

    <published>2007-02-05T17:36:49Z</published>
    <updated>2007-02-05T18:30:04Z</updated>

    <summary>Every night when it’s time to go to bed, I do all the usual things like tidy up the kitchen, brush my teeth, and turn off electronics and lights. The cats have their own little ritual as well. They wake...</summary>
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        <name>Ann</name>
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        Every night when it’s time to go to bed, I do all the usual things like tidy up the kitchen, brush my teeth, and turn off electronics and lights. The cats have their own little ritual as well. They wake...
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<entry>
    <title>Week One</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2007:/ann//2.625</id>

    <published>2007-01-26T22:47:41Z</published>
    <updated>2007-01-26T23:03:47Z</updated>

    <summary>First, the good news. I managed to get last week’s CD4 results, instead of having to wait until late February. I worried they’d followed the same downward trajectory – they didn’t. My percent stayed the same at 26%, but my...</summary>
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        First, the good news. I managed to get last week’s CD4 results, instead of having to wait until late February. I worried they’d followed the same downward trajectory – they didn’t. My percent stayed the same at 26%, but my...
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