Sherri Lewis Music Review
by Holistic Lifestyles Radio on Jul.06, 2010, under Home
Sherri Lewis on living with AIDS…By Greg Hernandez
I can’t think of a better time to share this story then on World AIDS Day. I met singer-actress Sherri Lewis Wednesday night at the Ribbon of Hope Celebration and found her to be so inspiring and honest. She has been living with HIV for two decades and has this to say to younger folks who might be a little careless with their bodies: “AIDS still kills – we don’t have a cure, only a few treatements and they don’t always work. These are experimental treatments, they aren’t cures. When you are under the influence of drugs and alcohol, you can’t make judgments that are sane.”
Sherri is a nationally known AIDS educator also known as Beachfront. Along with her one-woman show,” Life Is a Beach,” she is a public speaker for UCLA AIDS Institute and Being Alive, and serves on Women At Risk’s board of directors and as the organization’s outreach coordinator.
Sherri and I spoke before the event and I thought she was so impressive. But her keynote address really blew me and the rest of the audience away. She fell in love with a guy in the guy who infected her in the 80s. “Oh my God! He’s so cute! He must be gay. So I ask him, ‘Do you like boys or girls?’ He said, ‘It depends on the person.’” It was a heady time for Lewis. A cute boyfriend and a successful band, Get Wet, that had a video on MTV. But her record label went bankrupt and the boyfriend went back to boys…and left her infected with HIV.
“On April 12, 1987, my thirty-third birthday, the doctor called and said, ‘I am so sorry. Your tests are positive.” He had no other information for her, no treatment advice. He told her to “take good care of her health” and wished her good luck. Lewis remained symptom-free for 10 years and in 1997, breakthrough Protease Inhibitors were effective for her when she became ill.
When Lewis turned 50, someone asked her how she felt. Her answer: ‘AMAZED!”
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