An Eccentric Professor Expounds on Growing Old With HIV
At the International AIDS Society Conference in Sydney, Peter Staley interviews Professor Brian Gazzard, an expert on HIV and aging from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. With a healthy dose of humor, Professor Gazzard counsels against overreacting to the additional risks of living with HIV while growing older.
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Daniel, , 2008-01-06 17:41:51
The information is helpful and interesting as far as health is concerned. I'm trying to find financial and healthcare information for long term survivors. For example, what do I do for healthcare insurance coverage when I retire? I can't afford to pay for health care and prescriptions without insurance. Do I really have to work at my crappy job until the day I die just for health care and prescription insurance?
Rich Sutton, St. Louis, 2007-08-02 23:19:39
Peter Staley does an excelent job. Great Questions. He is my Anderson Cooper.
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
