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PAGE 4 Q-Notes ■ October 1988 Books for the Body, Reviewed By Craig Nelms Q-Notes Staff Relationships of mind and body - we hear about it all the time. Our state of mind affects our health. But do we pay attention to these statements? Especially in the age of AIDS, we need to pay attention to the message - our thought affect our health. This month, we'll review some resources on this topic. First and foremost, there is Louise Hay's book. You Can Heal Your Life. This book is available for a reasonable price in any area bookstore, and it is a must-read. Hay, a lesbian, claims to have healed herself of cancer through changing her thinking. She hosts seminars which draw hundreds of people interested in self healing, especially those with AIDS. You Can Heal Your Life has become a bible for thousands of PWA's, but I believe anyone can benefit from it. Next, Dr. Bernard S. Siegel's latest book is Love, Medicine and Miracles. Siegel in structs cancer patients in a variety of psycho logical exercises aimed at self heding. Siegel has been in this field for several decades, and his work is well respected amongst those who care for cancer patients. His books and tapes can benefit anyone who is interested in self healing. Another title by Siegel is The Heart of the Healer. Les Kooyman at Metrolina AIDS Project, recommends Living With AIDS: Reaching Out, by Tom O'Connor. This book deals with diet, nutrition, therapies of all types, massage, and so forth. Living With AIDS is an excellent guide to changing one's overall health, as well as one's thought patterns. It can be ordered through any bookstore at $18.95 per copy. Project Inform in San Francisco is an excellent source of information on drug th TO YOUR HEALTH erapies for HIV infection, and can be reached at 1-800-822-7422. Remember to call dur ing the hours of 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Califor nia time. Obtaining such information and using it is very empowering; empowerment always improves one's state of mind. If your illness is not HIV related, you can still bene fit from contacting organizations dealing with your illness (American Cancer Society, Diabetes Foundation, National Kidney Foun dation, etc.) By educating yourself trough such groups, you will empower yourself. Do it - it helps! Exploring one's spirituality can be a heal ing experience, too. Many churches and synagogues offer some help to those who are ill, and nearly all faiths, even non-Westem ones, produce some literature on healing. If you are a religious person, explore these outlets. The interaction with other members of your faith will give you a lift, too. If you are an "irreligious" person, so to speak, explore other elements of spirituality. While we're on the topic of spirituality. Rev. Lynn Guerra of MCC Charlotte recom mends these authors to those who wish to change theirthinking: Agnes Sanford, Dennis and Matthew Linn and Jeff Lair. These authors are appropriate for anyone, of any faith, who wants to explore positive healing thought. Negative thinking, when it pre dominates, will only help you die quicker. If you want to live, change your outlook. If you don't want to live, you won't live. Please don't whine to the rest of us about your decision to give up on life; we are too busy staying alive. However, you are more than welcome to join us on the journey; we would love to have you stay alive with us. ATTENTION HIV-i- INDIVIDUALS; If you have been exploring various drug therapies, such as AL721, Dextram Sulfate, Ribavarin, and so forth, and you might be interested in forming a buyer's club for some of these drugs, call Lori Cardona at MAP, 333-2437. Lori will be collecting informa tion on this topic, and the possibility exists that those of us who are interested might be able, over the next few months, to form such a group. The purpose; to pool our resource: and obtain sufficient quantity of a given druj; for the members of our buying group, possi bly at a reduced cost (by buying in bulk) MAP will collect the inf^ormation; we car. have a meeting and coordinate something amongst ourselves. Anyone interested should call-NOW. REMINDER TO THOSE’WHOAREHTV POSITIVE: Get your flu shots this winter and if you have not been vaccinated against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in the last five years, go and get vaccinated agaimst that too! All individuals with immunological defi ciencies should be protected against these common infections which can decrease their immune function. Neither of these vaccines will protect against pneumocystis carinii or other opportunistic infections, but they are important vaccines. I will be taking a break from this column for the next few issues. If anyone should care to write a guest column on any health issue, he/she should send it in by the 15 th of No vember for the December issue or the 15th of December for the January issue. Send in a guest column or for two issues you will have to read reprints of my old columns. 'Til February issue, Adios! LET Q-NOTES FLIT YOUR GROUP IN THE NEWS Call 704m2-5772 or 339-0679 CD4, The Next Step In AIDS Treatment? Human testing of CD4, a new AIDS drug, has begun at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, where three years ago, the first dose of AZT was received by an AIDS patient. The drug, a genetically engi neered protein, was designed specifically to disarm the AIDS virus. Basically, a sophis ticated chemical sponge, CD4 can absorb the virus before it gets to the cells it normally attacks. The protein decoys have absorbed the virus completely in animal tests, before it Summer's End Means Fall Festival By Joel N. Smith Q-Notes Staff The summer heat has begun to subside. Vacation days for traveling and long week ends at the beach or in mountains have dwindled to few. Wallets and checking accounts tighten in expectation of the holi days. The arrival of the crisp Carolina fall, though, beckons to the out-of-doors, saying, don't stay couped up in the house; there's life after summer, and the cold wet winter is on the way. Find a way to rid yourself of the end of the summer blues. Fortunately, this is not as difficult as it seems. Charlotte has a fair share of local autumn festivals to relieve the vacation drained and budget-bound city dweller. The Greek Festival, an annual celebration of Greek culture at the Hellenic Center on East Boulevard, was held this last month; every year it's worth an evening for anyone. The Festival-in-the-Park is also held in Sep tember at Freedom Park and features art exhibits, live entertainment and, of course, food. The ASID Designer House is also open each year. This year, the Designer House, a project of local interior decorating talents, is one of Charlote's most famous homes, the Duke Mansion. Still to come this year is Oktoberfest, a downtown celebration with a German flavor. ", \C 10/21 10/22 10/28 10/29 10/31 Sandy !I(ay (Daniels - SeCene Daniels - SasHa ^ate (Brittany Qvjen - SHea Lateece (Brittany Qwen - She^a Lateece Linda Locfdear - L'ina L(erre[[ Linda Locl^ar - (Tina (TeireCC OCeen's iHxiCCozveen SHozv 1831 Soutfi Boulevard Cfmdotte 373-9604
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