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Robert

Your friend's story mirrors my own to a tee. I suppose it's the old superstition a thing isn't real if one doesn't say it aloud. I was able to continue my delusion for 12 years before I landed in the hospital with PCP. I had four t-cells. Luckily, I fell ill when retrovirals were working wonders. Even now, I still only speak of HIV with my doctor. HIV is a part of me, yet in some ways it's not.

February 19, 2013

Aristos

Hi Michael, I think, it's not only being malinformed, may be it's not that at all: being labeled as HIV+ changes your life, even if don't tell anybody. So I can very well understand this friend of yours, emotionally that is... I'm glad you could talk your friend into talking to the docters. I can tell that this not evident. I live in the middle of France (french people: in general very roundabout in there approach), as a Dutch guy (very direct and straigtforward) and I have the same sort of difficulty all the time (also because I have cancer next tohiv+). Often I think that dying would be the best, the quickest. Sorry, I feel with you friend. Sincerely, Lori-el

February 14, 2013