When I was diagnosed with HIV in August, 1992, I went on a — well I guess you wouldn't call it a man-hunt exactly — but a search anyway to find information about the disease. At that time people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS had about a 4-year window of survival, which must have been somewhere in the back of my mind when, around 1996 I went into a pretty severe depression. I dropped out of the musicians' union, quit the orchestra I was playing in and more or less withdrew from playing, though I continued to teach. I imagine I wasn't very pleasant to live with (you can ask Andy about that).
After a couple years I realized that I missed playing the flute, that there must have been some reason I'd gotten my doctorate in the damned thing, and I'd sort of lost track of that in all the years of flute study. In an odd way, receiving the diagnosis of this life-threatening disease eventually brought me to a place where I realized how important the flute specifically, and music in general are to me. So I rejoined the union, began to pick up the pieces of my freelance career and to give recitals again. If you're interested in what I'm doing these days, please visit my "about me" page.
I wouldn't wish such a diagnosis on anyone, but in a way it was a blessing in that it helped me realize what was really important to me. I am glad to say that I am now (generally) fairly happy, relatively healthy, and able to share the fruits of my AIDS info search with you.
French-language AIDS info
Spanish-language AIDS info
- AIDS.org Bookstore
- Our ultimate aim is to empower people living with HIV to lead long and healthy lives.
- aidsmap.com
- A charity based in the United Kingdom that changes lives by sharing information about HIV & AIDS.
- AIDSmeds.com/
- Great site for drug info, medicine interactions and much more.
- Comprehensive listing of daily HIV/AIDS news items
- A good collection of resources in English with one Spanish language page listed.
- AIDS and HIV Resources from Boston University
- AIDS Action Committee - MA
- AIDS.org
- AmFAR
- ANTIBODY RESOURCE© Page: The source for antibody information.
- Biotechnology Information Institute
- Publisher of the Antiviral Agents Bulletin
- AIDS Project Los Angeles
- ARIS of Santa Clara County
- https://medlineplus.gov/hiv.html
- CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page
- CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- Clinical trials info
- Clinical Trial Info
- From the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
- CME Gateway
- the premier resource for online continuing medical education. CME GATEWAY features a CME Directory, online CME courses, online CME publications, access to free MEDLINE search, disease - specific resource centers and links to other important medical and government sites, associations, pharmaceutical companies, travel information and search engines.
- Critical Path Project
- Latebreaking news, clinical trials, treatments alternative and otherwise
- Treatment of Cryptosporidiosis in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- DIVA TV (Damned Interfering Video Activists)
- Edward King's AIDS Pages
- Fenway Community Health Center
- Boston-based treatment center
- Gay Men's Health
- Gay Men's Health Crisis
- HIV Treatment in Infants and Children
- Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
- HIV | InSite
- HIV ReSources-Homepage - Nutrition Resources
- HIV Sequence Database WWW Home Page
- HIVnALIVE WebSite by Positively HIV
- HIVNET Information on HIV and/or AIDS Server
- Institute for Traditional Medicine/WELCOME
- provides education, conducts research, and offers therapeutic programs with a focus on natural healing techniques
- International AIDS Society - USA
- JRI Health InfoWeb
- Good source for info and links
- Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report --- Recommendations & Reports
- NAMES Project
- National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
- National Institutes of Health Webpages
- Info on basic science, prevention, vaccines, clinical trials and more
- New England Journal of Medicine On-line - Home Page
- NIAID Home Page
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- patientslikeme.com
- A social networking site - also has info re MS, ALS, Parkinsons, etc.,
- poz.com - POZ Magazine
- Pozlink - the Protease Inhibitor Treatment List (PI-TREAT).
- SOUNDPRINT New Front Page
- This site has great, concise renderings of page information to be used in Comments field of HIVINFO
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Spanish Language Aids Information
- Español
- Spanish-language prevention information from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans' Affairs
- Project Inform Información en español
- SPECIALTY LABORATORIES
- Steve Schalchlin's Survival Site
- Stopaids
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- The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource
- The Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
- The Positive Side
- The Terrence Higgins Trust
- The Women's Place - Information On HIV And AIDS For Women (Way back page)
- UNAIDS
- Welcome to Gangbang's HomePage (Way back page)
- Welcome to the Harvard AIDS Initiative
- Yoga for HIV/AIDS
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French language information
- AIDES ILE-DE-FRANCE, 247, rue de Belleville, 75019 Paris
- French language AIDS information
- Accueil
- French language information
