http://blogs.poz.com/ann/ en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:06:24 +0000 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:12 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2008/05/neglect.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2008/05/neglect.html Thu, 01 May 2008 00:06:24 +0000 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... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2008/01/foxtrot_charlie.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2008/01/foxtrot_charlie.html Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:25:02 +0000 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,... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/11/a_brim_full_of.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/11/a_brim_full_of.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:25:33 +0000 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't tell by looking at a person whether or not they have HIV. We who... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/02/19022007_0151.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/02/19022007_0151.html Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:48:46 +0000 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... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/02/sleeping_in_the.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/02/sleeping_in_the.html Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:36:49 +0000 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... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/week_one.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/week_one.html Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:47:41 +0000 It’s official – I’m a nervous wreck. Come Friday night, I’ll be sleeping in a Bed & Breakfast and I still don’t know where I’ll be after the B&B. The confusion and resulting stress is beginning to send me ‘round... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/frustration.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/frustration.html Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:54:09 +0000 2007 looks set to be an action packed year, full of changes and - no doubt - a few plot twists along the way. I think it’s going to be one of those years where I need to buckle up... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/buckle_up_tight.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2007/01/buckle_up_tight.html Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:08:10 +0000 Whey-hey I'm pleased this morning to find the headline Airline Hand Luggage Rules Change in my Yahoo Today thingy. You see, every six weeks or so I get up before the crack of dawn to hop on a plane headed... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/11/what_a_carryon.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/11/what_a_carryon.html Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:55:23 +0000 I’ve always been a tomboy, but I wasn’t a totally butch little girl. I happily played with dolls, and rainy childhood afternoons found Ken and Barbie on a romantic island beach that doubled as the base of a hanging birdcage,... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/10/ken_and_barbie.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/10/ken_and_barbie.html Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:44:36 +0000 So what is it that does our heads in? Is it the drugs? Is it the stigma? Is it the virus itself? I don’t think I know of one person who is HIV positive who doesn’t have some sort of... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/mental_managmen.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/mental_managmen.html Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:08:45 +0000 It’s only fair to update readers on how the Viking Festival is going, after my rant the other day. Last night was the first night of the tribute band portion of the proceedings and I have to admit it wasn’t... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_3.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_3.html Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:24:02 +0000 You caught me on one of “those” days. I’m achy, tired, premenstrual and my brain is fogged in. I’ve realised today that I lied recently on the forum. I do think about HIV in relation to my own life. I... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_2.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_2.html Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:57:56 +0000 Tynwald Day I’ve come down with a bad case of MCS, an illness characterised by the urge to take a fellow Rock Dweller down a peg or two. The symptoms are outbursts of righteous indignation and incoherent ranting, followed by... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_1.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch_1.html Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:25:12 +0000 Guilty pleasures. We all have them. Something that makes us feel good ~aahhh~ but guilty. My own guilty pleasure is my garden. I’ve been spending most of my time out here since this past May; thinking, pottering, tinkering, healing. It’s... http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch.html http://blogs.poz.com/ann/archives/2006/07/garden_dispatch.html Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:40:38 +0000