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New Medicine
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By:
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climber54
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Mood:
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Don't know
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Date:
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Jul 24, 2008
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Music:
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None
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So
I'm
packing
my
things
to
move
next
Friday,
going
through
boxes
of
stuff
and
following
the
"If
you
don't
use
it,
or
love
it,
throw
it
out
or
give
it
away"
rule.
I
have
a
huge
pile
of
stuff
for
Mr.Trashman,
I'll
be
sure
to
be
awake
on
Monday
morning
to
give
10
bucks
to
the
guy
who
hauls
it
to
the
truck.
Going
through
old
papers,
photos,
throwing
out
most
of
the
papers,
keeping
all
the
photos.
Then
a
yellowed
clipping
from
a
newspaper
comes
to
hand
and
it's
titled
For
patients,
inhibitors
are
seen
as
miracle.
The
date
is
Sunday,
December
8,
1996.
Three
residents
of
Bucks
County
Pennsylvania
are
quoted
regarding
the
New
Medicine
and
what
it
means
to
them,
what
it
has
done
for
them.
Two
are
men
who
give
their
full
names
and
ages,
one
is
a
woman
who
chooses
to
give
a
ficticious
first
name
only.
The
article
speaks
of
their
decreased
viral
loads
and
risen
T-cell
counts.
The
woman
calls
protease
inhibitors
"a
miracle"
and
indeed
they
were,
they
are.
Two
weeks
after
this
article
I
began
taking
Crixivan
and
it
was
the
best
Christmas
present
ever
even
though
I
felt
like
crap
from
the
side
effects,
it
was
about
Hope,
it
was
about
seeing
a
future
again.
The
most
striking
comment
of
all
was
from
the
42-year-old
stockbroker
who
said
"My
whole
focus
now
is
not
so
much
to
worry
about
the
disease,
but
to
reconstruct
my
life."
I
think
that's
what
we
are
doing
here
at
The
Tribe.
Reconstructing
a
life
isn't
a
one-time
all-out
effort
&
then
you're
done,
you're
fixed,
it
is
ongoing
and
it
is
work.
And
as
in
all
work,
it
is
best
done
with
co-workers,
with
help.
With
community.
Let's
help
each
other
out
here,
like
it
or
not
we
are
The
Different.
Sometimes
I
pity
folks
whose
biggest
crises
is
finding
the
money
for
a
new
muffler
or
worrying
whether
they
can
afford
new
stuff
to
replace
their
old
stuff
(that
works
just
fine,
by
the
way).
Once
you
stare
into
the
Abyss
and
find
it
staring
back
at
you,
it's
impossible
to
go
back
to
that
shallow
place
where
things
and
minor
events
matter
so
much.
Listen
to
each
other.
Learn.
Be
patient,
and
for
God's
sake
help
somebody
out......-CB
on
a
sunny
Thursday
afternoon-
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