Ode to September

September is a month of meaning for me. Some of the most amazing and most heartbreaking moments of my life happened during this month. Amazing ~ My husband and I got married on September 6. Such a magical day. Heartbreaking ~ Anniversary of September 11. We were living in NYC at the time and while [...]

TheBody.com’s Word on the Street

TheBody.com asked many people involved in HIV/AIDS where they were when AIDS was discovered back in 1981. Below is my response. To read the full article, and the many insightful and powerful responses, click here. Elizabeth Lombino, M.S.W., TheBody.com Blogger; New Jersey I was very young when AIDS was first discovered, so I did not fully [...]

Hope for the Future: The 30th Anniversary of AIDS

Post originally published on TheBody.com: This month the discovery of AIDS turns 30. On June 5, 1981, a rare pneumonia diagnosed in five Los Angeles gay men was reported to the CDC. These were the first ever documented cases of what would later become known as AIDS. (Check out a comprehensive history of HIV/AIDS here). From [...]

Stress: “Is It Worth Losing a T-Cell?”

Post originally published on TheBody.com ~ Spread Hope: A Therapist’s Guide to Living and Laughing With HIV/AIDS I probably don’t need to tell you that our lives are full of tons of stress. Money, relationships, terror alerts, traffic, unemployment, poverty, the endless circus of GOP candidates, finding out your partner had a child with your [...]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.