Kicking ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome - or Lazarus Syndrome)
David Phillips says “Medically, we would be just fine, but mentally we were still feeling the aftershocks of being given a death sentence and having it taken back.” It seems that for much of my adult...
View ArticleA growing family
Awww! Meet Chuck. Our David Phillips on how a new pet changes everything On the evening of February 11 at the start of a snowstorm, my husband and I welcomed into our home Chuck, a 6 year old boy from...
View ArticleThe measure of a man
David Phillips hit 50 just this month. That’s the kind of event that causes him to think what matters most in life. Ever since the tradition ended of my grandmother scouring local supermarkets for a...
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In search of biscuit Nirvana
Our resident foodie David Phillips takes on soul food and says “And so it was that I was recently gripped with the desire to make these airy heaps of baked dough to eat as part of breakfast for a...
View ArticleHeritage isn’t always rosy
David Phillips says ‘”researching one’s family histories has its ups and its down.” Especially if you learn your ancestors were slave owners way back when. Researching one’s family histories has its...
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When summer gives you watermelon, make pickles
David Phillips says dogs love watermelon rinds - or you can try his recipe for pickled watermelon rind, a condiment common in the southern U.S. and in many Asian cuisines. “Very food-motivated,”...
View ArticleHospitalized for the holidays
David Phillips says “When holidays like Christmas come around, there are few worse places and ways to spend them than in a hospital as a patient” When holidays like Christmas come around, there are...
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Chances are?
David Phillips says “January 4 marked for me one-third of a century living with HIV”; it’s time to ponder on how we communicate risk and for the active non condom using negative man “how long it is...
View ArticleWhen a long term suppressed viral load turns into viral rebound
David Phillips with “Waiting for the other shoe”. As a long-term non-progressor (sometimes called an elite controller), he has been doing fine without HIV drugs until recently. Now he’s back on them....
View ArticleKindred souls along the road
From country to country our cultures are so different, but how different are we really as people? How different are our interests? The answer can be surprising, as David Phillips relates. Almost 15...
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