Volunteerism....Community Service anyone?

[clintswan]

I have continued an involvement with the Resource Center of Dallas this week.

I have joined the Hot Meals team in the kitchen to prepare lunch for the Dallas PWA's.

The kitchen staff are all a little odd though. My theory is that some have had a hard life and had odd coping skills and/or the HIV meds are causing a bit of dementia and/or the HIV itself is causing some neuron misfires. In any case it is a hoot to be around them......chaos yet lunch gets served on time!

Today, in addition to safer-sex packet making,(which I have been doing for nearly a year now) I attended STD 101. I knew a lot of the information due to being a biology major in college (taking graduate level immunology and bacteriology) and working in the healthcare field now. I did re-remember a few things though. *grin*

So now I can head to being an adviser/community contact person......just in case I wanna do that. (still contemplating that)

Today is a good day.

Comments

[redbeardave.livejournal.com]

Care to give those of us who are interested an idea how to also get involved, and what areas are available?

[duncan02.livejournal.com]

I should get more involved. Any suggested websites to hit for more info?

Oh, and you rock, sir.

[davomatic.livejournal.com]

You are my hero.

Here ya go!

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

http://www.resourcecenterdallas.org/help.html

Phfft

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

...and as you are mine

*hug*

Basalt or granite?

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

http://www.fenwayhealth.org/

hope this helps you.....

Oh and....

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

http://www.bostonlivingcenter.org/

[mathan.livejournal.com]

So from the STD 101 course, is there anything that people may not know or realize? :)

Re: Oh and....

[duncan02.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Clint, you do indeed rock.

Re: Oh and....

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

*bows to Dunk's uber-man self*

Fun facts you asked for!

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

• 18% of Blacks tested at the clinic are newly HIV+, the highest of all sub-groups
• Chlamydia is the most common STD in the United States (sorry Canadians)
• Chlamydia can be transmitted by dry-humping.
• Syphilis is becoming an epidemic in the southern US, actually confined to zip codes
(demographic epidemic)
• The rash to the hands and feet in the second phase of Syphilis are very infectious
• Syphilis can have a latent period of up to 40 years
• Due to the long latency, geriactric women are commonly misdiagnosed with dementia when it is
in fact they are suffering with Neurosyphilis (years ago they got it or their "monogomus"
husbands got it and passed it to them)
• Herpes lies dormant, after initial infection, near the spinal cord and periodically miagrate
back out toe the surface of the skin.
• 20-30% of the sexually active population in the US have HPV (Human papilloma virus) aka
Genital Warts
• HPV can be transmitted via towels and clothing
• There are vaccines for both Hepatitis A and B
• It is recommended that gay men receive the HEP A and B vaccines
• It is unknown at this time whether HEP C can be transmitted sexually
• The slides in this class where kinda gross *giggle*