I’m still in Canada, taking my time to heal. It turns out that I have an infection called
epididymitis in my left testicle. I decided I’d
get to the bottom of it before heading back to
America. Y-know, free health care and all. The
thing is, is that I still don’t know what’s
causing it. We’ve ruled out chlamydia and
Gonorrhoeae and I’ll find out more from the
results of an ultrasound tomorrow. My friend
(name withheld) and I, as you can imagine have
had a pretty trippy week to say the least.
Both of us were critical of our lax attitude on
latex that could have contributed to this
particular infection. For me it’s a trip
because my dad died of AIDS, so I’ve had ample
first-hand knowledge of how potentially
damaging STD’s can be. I felt mostly like I’d
let myself down. My partner has been really
understanding and communicative throughout it
all. We talked about blame and how, in the
event of bad news, feeding blame energy would
not be solving anything and would just create
more problems. Also, it’s amazing how just
talking about it makes you realize how many
people are dealing with or have dealt with
similar issues. The stigma attached to STD’s
makes it hard to imagine myself or others I
love being affected by them. By talking about
our realities, we can break down the walls that
come between us all.
Presently, I’ve been taking antibiotics (which I don’t really like doing, but when it comes to your nuts, and you don’t know what else to do, Babylon is there) and they seem to be alleviating the problem. Give thanks for Health and Vitality!
In the meantime, I'm boning up on some
knowledge and doing some other work for the
company here in Toronto (selling papers) and
I'll update again soon! Check out these
websites for good positive ways to expend
energy. Peace! Yo
P.S. Iraqi's eat hempseeds too!
Checkout a few of Yo's faves:
www.Ran.org
www.thebet.ca
www.planetfriendly.net
enc.ecovillage.org
www.wholevillage.org
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