Hey Alan, I appreciate the support.
Yeh I live out here in Long Beach, CA and Im semi-involved with the hiv services out here. CARE services and such - I got a social worker the whole 9 yards. I used to attend a ps youth group but i havent gone back in months, mainly because the group is pretty small and is comprised of 90% homosexual males. Not that I have any type of problems with homosexuals, I had homosexual friends before I knew I was positive and I still know a couple of homosexual guys that I still stay in contact with. Love is never a wrong thing why discrimnate on someone elses sexual preference?
That being said I dont attend the groups anymore because I dont really feel like I relate to the rest of those people. I dont mean this in a derrogatory way but HIV is a bit more accepted in the gay community then in the heterosexual community. If anything else, its more widely understood.
I realize its an anabolic steroids board, I just decided to post because the question was asked about how it feels to have AIDS on a daily basis, so I thought id throw in my 2 cents.
Theres this other positive female in exactly the same boat as me: contracted it through a blood transufsion when she was a baby and found out when she was 10 years old but she shares alot of views I do. She says shes going celibate as well because she couldnt live if she knew she transmitted HIV to someone else.
Im acceptant of the cards life has dealt me. It is only after you have lost everything that you can truly live. Ive gone to psychiatrists and therapists and what-not to discuss my issues. They end up telling me "death is always an option" and give me prozac and send me on my merry way. My therapy nowadays? MDMA (also known on the streets as ecstacy).
Hetero HIV dating resources mainly apply to people ages 30 and over (and even 30 is hard to find) Ive done extensive research on the net for young adult positive websites and the numbers are far and betweeen.
Ive worn my status on my sleeve before and all i got for it was "die aids fucker" spraypainted on my locker. I rather not go down that road again - I actually moved across the country from North Carolina to Califronia to start a new discreet life out here.
As far as my best friend goes, I know he wouldnt freak out or anything. I saved his life last week because he OD'd on a number of drugs including cocaine diflucan and ecstacy and started ceisuring. For a second I thought he was dead but I was so high on MDMA there wasnt any remorse on my face. His gf was hysterical at the time, she thanked me for being there for them during their time of need and having a cool head and such. A bit ironic that a dying man saves another persons life heh. But getting back on topic i know hed be alrite with it but once you tell someone that sort of thing they never look at you the same. Theres always that nagging voice in the back of your head that says "he has aids watch out." Becomes an awkward situation.
My real name is Andre Davis I really dont mind giving it out over the internet. Ive accepted the fact that I have HIV. Most people just take a different route and try to go back to their daily lives and try to live a "normal healthy life" in society. Heh. I say society dosent accept me as an equal they accept me as a victim and an anomaly so why should I care? I dont work i sell drugs. What are they gonna do give me a life-sentence in prison? HAH. They better get in line because that was handed to me years ago.
As far as my health goes, my body is used to the virus by now. My doctor has me on a regimen of sustiva videx and kaletra but I dont follow it because i can overheat and die from kaletra and ecstacy. Besides its impossible to take a regimen when youre living a youths lifestyle. When 10:00 rolls around and its time for me to swallow up some meds im usually at a houseparty too drunk to remember. I have a nutritionist shes got me lifting weights 3 times a week and on a 2600 calorie diet with 100 grams of protein a day. Im around 5'11 165 lbs but Id like to achieve alot more muscle mass which is why i was interested in this forum in the first place.
Anyways alan, thanks again for the support. I dont really expect people to feel sorry for me because I live how i live by choice. If I wanted to I could live a healthier, more productive life. Hell I could live to be 80 if I took my regimen like im supposed to (its extremely effective on the strand i have) but who the hell wants to live that long with aids?
Take care bro