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Saturday, August 26, 2006

Some background for that journal entry

Some of you who know me only through this blog (are there any of you out there?) might be confused by that journal entry I just posted. It doesn't connect too well if you don't know any of my history.

To that end, another link: an essay I wrote in 1991, called "AIDS: Everyone's Problem." This essay was a precursor to the senior thesis I wrote as a graduation requirement at New College of Florida (then a subsidiary of the University of South Florida), "Anything but Herpes I can Cure": a Hypertext Thanatography. The essay, and the thesis, are about watching my dad, Norman Silverman, M.D., A''H, sicken and die of AIDS. The quote in the title of the thesis, by the way, was my father: that was how a urologist taught his son about the birds and the bees. He said it to me in his office one day, dressed in his white coat, and as near as I can tell, he must have already been HIV-positive when he said it, unbeknownst to him.

A few words about this essay. First, it's very raw –– not unfinished, but like a freshly debrided burn. Second, I was much angrier (in general) when I wrote it. And third, it was written in 1991, and last revised (lightly) in 1994, 12 years ago –– when AIDS was a death sentence. I don't propose to change it now; it's a period piece, a relic of my past.

But it is a pretty good precursor to my thesis, and to the preceding blog post.

In general, this was not a situation –– that is, the iatrogenic follies – with which I was unfamiliar. To see my most recent take on this, see an essay I wrote to honor my thesis sponsor at New College, Mac Miller, "Mac Miller –– a Humo(u)rous Tribute." In it, I mention my father-in-law, José Katz Wons, M.D., A''H, and his struggle with pancreatic cancer. My father-in-law passed away November 20, 2004.

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