Note: This article / transcript was originally published on The Facts website. Getting to know your herpes Jeannie May was diagnosed with genital herpes six years ago, and as many others, she struggled with the emotional issues more than the physical symptoms. In the process of ‘coming to terms’ with herpes, Jeannie became a ‘peer [...]
Australian Doctor – a patient’s story
November 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
My interview as published in the Australian Doctor magazine: Jeannie May, 46, lives on the Gold Coast and is a divorced mother of two teenagers. She contracted genital herpes five years ago. I was quite ill with the flu and had severe fever symptoms, but it was when the blisters appeared that I had an [...]
Herpes: The Taboo Virus
October 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I was interviewed for this article in the Sydney Morning Herald: Australians don pink ribbons for breast cancer and red noses for sudden infant death. But you won’t see ribbons or red noses marking tomorrow’s National Herpes Day. Herpes viruses are responsible for a range of common conditions including chickenpox, shingles, glandular fever, cold sores [...]
National Herpes Day 2006
October 4, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Well, it’s been quite a week for me in the lead up to National Herpes Day – lots of media opportunities to promote awareness, and the wonderful support groups we have in Australia. The AHMF have been instrumental in having a number of articles published online, in the newspapers and magazines. I have been involved [...]
Woman’s Day magazine – buy it this week!!!
July 20, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Whoohoo! We made it! A herpes ‘real life’ story, and a mention for Living Sphere in a national women’s magazine. A HUGE thank you to Kim for allowing them to use her story, to Sarah for liaising with the mag, to GSK for providing the factual stuff. . . and to all the members of [...]
Living Sphere in Woman’s Day
July 20, 2006 By 3 Comments
Whoohoo! We made it! A herpes ‘real life’ story, and a mention for Living Sphere in a national women’s magazine. A HUGE thank you to Kim for allowing them to use her story, to Sarah for liaising with the mag, to GSK for providing the factual stuff. . . and all you guys for being [...]
Herpes making waves on TV
June 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
A few weeks ago I had this crazy idea – I wanted to take Living Sphere to the people! I’ve been steadily building the site into the best herpes resource site I can over the past couple of years. We now have a fabulous website in place with many exciting additional features and tools under [...]
Media Volunteers
May 15, 2006 By 2 Comments
As the owner and developer of a number of herpes websites I am ocasionally approached by the media and asked if I know of anyone within a certain criteria who would be comfortable being interviewed about their experiences. These interviews may be done over the phone, in a studio, or at another location. The information [...]
Terry Warren
February 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Sphere is planning to interview a number of professionals involved in herpes support, education, counselling, research and promotion. We are very excited to present our first interviewee, Terri Warren, RN, ANP, author of the well known ‘Herpes Handbook.’
Triple J Radio’s ‘Hack’ Program – feature on herpes and dating
April 3, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Aired: Thursday, March 31 2005 Program Host: Steve Cannane Interviewer: Claire Gorman Interviewees: Jeannie May, Emma and Alex Callers: Sasha, Sarah, Chris, Lynne, Susanna, Mark Transcipt Steve: Sexually transmitted infections, if you’ve got one and you’ve met someone you really like, at what stage do you break the news and tell them what you’ve got? [...]
Recent Comments