No Retreat, But Surrender?
One would never know to look at me now that, from 1992 through 2004, in a gym that I set up in a large...
Meet Tommy, My Tumor
Meet Tommy, My Tumor
When you are a long-term survivor, it's always one thing after another
by Hank Trout
Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can’t...
Rethinking Magical Thinking
Relentless "Gratitude"?
Maybe the glass really is half-empty, & maybe that’s okay
by Hank Trout
It seems that every time I log on to Facebook and check...
Revisit the Past—Just Don’t Wallow in It
Revisit the Past
Just Don't Wallow in It
by Hank Trout
As I sat in the sun in my wheelchair earlier, plotting what I was going to...
Facing Mortality Head-On
Contemplating the End
Letting go and facing mortality head-on
by Hank Trout
For a handful of months now, I’ve been contemplating a decision that I know many...
65 Is the New 80
New Year’s Eve 2017: my sixty-fifth birthday. As I write this, slightly more than a month before the dreaded day, I wish I could...
Lean On Me
Lean On Me
A trusted tool, an ugly reminder
by Hank Trout
It’s tiresome manipulating a cane in one hand and an umbrella in the other. It...
Surviving Survivor’s Guilt
Over the years, I’ve chatted with many other HIV/AIDS long-term survivors about the myriad complications of being among the “AIDS Generation,” those of us...
“I Wish You Came with an Instruction Manual”: Our Illness Doesn’t...
"I Wish You Came with an Instruction Manual"
Our illness doesn't affect only us
by Hank Trout
My husband Rick and I (yes, after eighteen years together,...
The Horror Show in Washington
Halloween always reminds me of the curious fact that we all enjoy being scared. Whether it’s watching campy Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff movies...
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AIDSWatch 2020 Set for March 30, 31
AIDSWatch 2020 Set for March 30, 31
AIDS United has announced that AIDSWatch 2020, the largest yearly constituent-based national HIV advocacy event, will be held...
