You'll Never Take Me Alive: One Man's Fight Against AIDS
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You'll Never Take Me Alive: One Man's Fight Against AIDS
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$17.99
Regular price $21.99
It was a dramatic time with the O.J. Simpson murder trial and the trial of the Menendez Brothers. But the overwhelming crisis of the late 80's and 90's was the unstoppable march of AIDS. With no cure and no effective treatment, AIDS left a trail of death across America.
Author Scottt Macdonald tested positive for HIV in 1986 and enters a world of opportunistic infections and inadequate treatments.
"You'll Never Take Me Alive" is the dramatic true story of how one man struggles to overcome sometimes bizarre life-threatening medical problems trying to hang-on until the medical cavalry arrives with a treatment.
Beause he would be sick this week and well the next, Scott's bosses asked him to
keep the firm informed of the latest developmments in his battle with AIDS. This is the stimulus for a five-year series of memos where he shares a highly personal account of the ups and downs of a weakened immune system and the infections it can't defeat.
Doctors find the AIDS-cancer Kaposis Sarcoma attacking his intestines. He fights it off only to have it return. His tcells count goes up and down like a yo-yo.
All of this and more he presents in memos that are filled with humor and sometimes wistful or fantastical stories.
The book begins as Scott is developing a successful career as a television reporter, including a groundbreaking series on AIDS. Leaving television and beginning work in political consulting moves Scott back to Los Angeles.
In L.A., Scott develops full-blown AIDS and starts a powerful medical relationship with Dr. Eugene Rogolsky.
The memos conclude with the uplifting news of the arrival of protease inhibitors. The book however continues to provide thouhtful insights.
A final series of essays provides more details on the AIDS battle and discusses what the reader can do to help him or herself or friends and family facing a fatal diseasse.
"You'll Never Take Me Alive" is a remarkable, unique, victorious true story that can educate and inspire.
Author Scottt Macdonald tested positive for HIV in 1986 and enters a world of opportunistic infections and inadequate treatments.
"You'll Never Take Me Alive" is the dramatic true story of how one man struggles to overcome sometimes bizarre life-threatening medical problems trying to hang-on until the medical cavalry arrives with a treatment.
Beause he would be sick this week and well the next, Scott's bosses asked him to
keep the firm informed of the latest developmments in his battle with AIDS. This is the stimulus for a five-year series of memos where he shares a highly personal account of the ups and downs of a weakened immune system and the infections it can't defeat.
Doctors find the AIDS-cancer Kaposis Sarcoma attacking his intestines. He fights it off only to have it return. His tcells count goes up and down like a yo-yo.
All of this and more he presents in memos that are filled with humor and sometimes wistful or fantastical stories.
The book begins as Scott is developing a successful career as a television reporter, including a groundbreaking series on AIDS. Leaving television and beginning work in political consulting moves Scott back to Los Angeles.
In L.A., Scott develops full-blown AIDS and starts a powerful medical relationship with Dr. Eugene Rogolsky.
The memos conclude with the uplifting news of the arrival of protease inhibitors. The book however continues to provide thouhtful insights.
A final series of essays provides more details on the AIDS battle and discusses what the reader can do to help him or herself or friends and family facing a fatal diseasse.
"You'll Never Take Me Alive" is a remarkable, unique, victorious true story that can educate and inspire.