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Wonderful news, to see an older population of HIV-AIDS surviors, but we MUST mentor the future! I have problems getting an IDS Doctor that sees me as more than Cattle! Even so, I am still an activist, and espouse the absolute truth to younger people- We can't promise there IS a tomorrow... but as certain as you're not prepared for it, it will come to bite you in the ass! After 21+ yrs. poz, I would have the message NO ACT IS WORTH THIS-YOU ARE YOUR ONLY CERTAINTY tattooed on my forehead.
So where's the research involving AIDS after 50? The aging population in general in being ignored, and those of us with HIV along with normal aging issues of concern also face and wonder about prolonged use of antiretroviral therapy. Is no one interested?
Dean Allen
Being over 50, and gay, is hard enough to cope with, especially in Southern California where ageism is as common as any other common thing in S. California, but after we "mature types" stayed alive 20+ years through all the nightmares of bad meds, sickness, wasting and close-calls, we are being ignored? Again? Typical! I will not be sorry to leave this society behind me when I go to meet my maker. Do we older guys have any voices speaking up for us? At all?
September 23, 2008 • Signal Hill