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Main Forums => Living With HIV => Topic started by: wow1969 on October 08, 2009, 05:58:52 pm
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I've been looking for a good book on HIV ... While I'm not newly diagnosed I'm still new in many ways ... There has got to be some good non-internet based literature out there that can provide information on HIV and living with it ... I don't have the time to sift through thousands of pages on Internet documents so a one-stop resource would be a true treasure.
Does anyone have suggestions? Thank you in advance.
Have a great day :-)
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Yes...here is a good one:
http://www.amazon.com/100-Questions-Answers-About-AIDS/dp/0763750425/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255047946&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.com/100-Questions-Answers-About-AIDS/dp/0763750425/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255047946&sr=8-2)
...and another one
http://www.amazon.com/First-Year-Essential-Guide-Diagnosed/dp/1600940137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255047986&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/First-Year-Essential-Guide-Diagnosed/dp/1600940137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255047986&sr=1-1)
The fist one I read when I was diagnosed and it really helped me. I liked it a lot and highly recommend it. A few people here mentioned the second one so I bought that one a few weeks ago as well. I did not like it as much as Gallant's book but it was still pretty good. Either one would be fine but I thought the first one had a more optimistic, positive, and humanistic tone.
Steve
P.S. "100 questions" was indeed a "true treasure" to me. I don't think I would be doing as well as I am today (diagnosed late July) if I had not read it. It opened my eyes to info I didn't have, made me feel much more optimistic, made me realize I was not alone, and gave me pointers on how to find additional resources.
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I know you asked for books but I thought I'd mention thebody.com since it's a very good website for all things HIV.