Odds and Ends

[geminigirl]

The FDA is considering approval of an entirely at home HIV test. They won't approve over the counter sales of Emergency Contraception but they'll consider this? I think it's important for people to know their HIV status, and I think it's great that there's an effort to make that accessible. But there's a lot of stress and emotion involved in getting an HIV test, and a lot of misinformation available, and I think it's really a good idea to talk to someone when considering an HIV test, or getting HIV test results, and a good idea to make sure that correct information is available, proper resources, and referrals, and so on. Thoughts/opinions/tomatoes from other people?

Today is Men Make Dinner Day. My response...huh? Let's perpetuate sterotypes that men don't cook...right? Most of the men I know who are partnered with people who are not-men (and that has to be said only because in households where all the partners are men, obviously men do the cooking) share in the cooking responsibilities. I do most of the cooking in our house, because I'm home to do it, and because Cayne says I'm a better cook than he is. I like doing the cooking too, though I'm not always inspired to cook when it's just me.

One of the worst penis enlargement stories I've ever read.

Cayne is working the next two Saturdays. I should probably be glad that it's taken this long for it to happen, and that it's expected to only be two Saturdays, and not Saturday and Sunday or more weekends than that. This game cycle is ending soon-within about a month. Then I'll ask Cayne about posting some of theamusing things he came home and told me during production. Still, I'm really with ea_spouse on the system here. If the cycle for everyone is perpetually in cruch, then something isn't right with either the timeline or workload or both.

There's not much else going on. Starting to make the holiday card list, and think about winter holidays. I think one of the things I'll miss is the smell of the air just before it snows...that cold, crisp smell, and the pink sky.

Comments

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

Re: OraQuick - it's the test we run at my clinic, and we were just recently trained on it, so we were discussing the implcations of it going OTC. Nobody is for it - paper is not counseling. Paper is not referrals to actual places near you, with people who can help you. Paper is not able to help a client decide if they're actually capable of handling the test, and possible reactivity.

[geminigirl]

Exactly. There were a lot of changes in HIV pretest/posttest counseling stuff when rapid testing became a possibiltiy. And even with previous versions of home testing, there was contact with a trained person involved. I just worry about the implications of this-it may happen that more people will be screened for HIV and know their status, but will those people get treatment/counsling/care they need?