LotsOfDogs
Bluelighter
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- Aug 14, 2012
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Interesting. I just had heard all my life that it was a terrible illness that's not really treatable, but I guess I was misinformed. Basically, you have to keep taking your meds, but if you do you're in the clear. That's amazing that it can be so easily treated, I had no idea. I've just always heard it mentioned by friends and family as a horrible disease that essentially kills you over a period of years. Now, I feel like it's kind of irresponsible to give people misinformation on it. People should be informed of real risks rather than scare tactics on it. I mean, I'd still try to avoid getting it obviously..... and I'd say that it would still be a good idea to avoid it if at all possible. On the other hand, I'm also glad that it's not quite as bad as it gets made out to be. I'm glad they have finally figured out a way to treat it well, I can remember so long with people saying it was basically a death sentence.
That's how it used to be before the anti-virals. Also the first generation or two of them were quite brutal on the body and required that you take several pills at different times of the day.
Please don't misunderstand me. Being HIV+ is still a concern and if you are, there's a number of extra things you need to do and take into consideration which you otherwise wouldn't need to. Depending on a pill to keep you healthy isn't ideal, and there is more chance of developing complications such as dementia as you get older. But it's nothing like the 80s and 90s when people got really sick and there was no hope.