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Kelly was cut after the 1980 season, but, as it happens, he is back in the Oriole clubhouse on this day to conduct chapel services. Weaver is praying for Lefthander Scott McGregor's sore arm to improve. "Or let whomever I choose to take Scottie's place-another damned decision-get the job done." When these decisions pan out, isn't this a pleasure that he will miss? "Momentarily gratifying," he grumps. "But the only real satisfaction is winning it all." He pauses. "Only did that once...
With visions of herpes sores clouding each new encounter, would-be lovers who used to gaze romantically into each other's eyes now look for the telltale blink or averted glance of the dissembling herpetic. One male skeptic even called the best friend of a woman he wanted to sleep with and asked if his intended had the disease. In the new etiquette of the ailment, a direct question ("You don't have herpes, do you?") is regarded as tacky. Standard openings have evolved. "You would tell me if you had anything I could catch, wouldn't you?" is admired...
...patients use yoga, Transcendental Meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, talk therapy or simply "imaging," an attempt to conjure up happy images and serene thoughts. One Boston woman reports success by envisioning a golden globe sending off rays that heal herpes. Another woman says that smiling constantly when she felt a cold sore coming on kept the blisters from appearing. Says Dr. Hamilton: "The placebo effect is so strong that 60% of patients treated with any technique are going to get better...
This balming of the sore by the psyche may be the best palliative. Once anger and aggression are dealt with, says Therapist Riccio, a herpes sufferer can develop the kind of psychological calm that makes recurrences milder and rarer. Most manage that within six months, according to Fordham Professor Oscar Gillespie, a co-founder of the New York Help chapter. "Given the appropriate information," Gillespie says, "90% of herpes sufferers will adjust after the initial crisis...
Herpes simplex is almost always transmitted by intimate contact between infected and noninfected skin surfaces. This does not necessarily mean sex. Notes Kessler: "If a mother has a cold sore, she shouldn't be kissing her children or anyone else." Once inside, herpes reproduces by taking over the protein-producing apparatus of the host cell. Gross calls it "a biological coup...