Serious Thread

[Pressure Drop]

there isn't alot you can say really, its shit and a horrible way to die, he can't fall in love marry and have kids now, its his life comletely messed up now.

but that is life, shit happens. Car crashes etc ruin ppls lives every day, least there is a possibility of finding a cure and there are drugs that will help within his life time, its something he is going to have to accept, make lifestyle changes and move on. At least he is still alive and can enjoy life for another while, he could have a terminal brain cancer or something.

harsh but true

[za gophar]

try to make him laugh somehow

[Money]

first off, smoke a blunt with him, then explain how to put a condom on, and not to fuck nasty ho's..plain and simple. sry

[Evasive]

Your prob better off not being his friend anymore, dont risk catching hiv yourself

Plenty more fish in the sea

llo

[Nickname]

donkey dude just implied that when you console him, you're going to fuck him.

[Money]

lmao, i guess he did, or he thinks you're his gay lover

[Squeezer]

so yesterday I hung out with him, and watched some movies.

It was cool.

[DoTheFandango]

oops.

[Sarien]

I think some of the people posting in the latter half of this thread really ought to calm down and look up the fucking word reserved.

DTF read post #11.

[Pandagirl!]

Awwww Matt I'm really sorry to hear about your friend! If you ever need me you know I'm here for you.

[404 Not Found]

What a head trip to someone of that age finding out that they are HIV+

I have known many people whom have contracted the virus, from mishaps at hospitals but mostly from drug use back in the early 80's.

Thinking of how far the medical treatment has come from the early 80's is amazing.

It is by no means a death sentance when one looks at those that aquire ALS. ALS is a death sentance. AIDS or HIV+ with the medicines of today and a better lifestyle as to which one would now need to live, lends years to ones lifespan. Your friend will have to live with the fact that they are infected, yet it does not stop one from living their life. I can only hope that they can supress the strain, since there are so many now, so that it keeps it at a low level and would allow this person to make something from their life, be it helping others with the disease or campaining for a cure.

Back in 1982-83 when nobody had a clue as to what AIDS was, except a death sentance, I remember the 1st person I had known that came down with this disease. He got the results from a blood test back two days before Thanksgiving noting he was poz, and overdosed on heroin that night as he couldnt deal with the reality of having AIDS. His housemate...who is an asshole and I am sure he contracted it as well since they shared needles, dumped his roomate in the phonebooth outside a train station on a sub-zero freezing evening the night before Thanksgiving.

Not to be depressing, but with what we know today, one does not have to look at this as a 3 month left to live sentance, and one can actually contribute to society and enjoy life to an extent. It is a death sentance, but when you think of it, we all have that death sentance as soon as the day we where born.

[Squeezer]

Awwww Matt I'm really sorry to hear about your friend! If you ever need me you know I'm here for you.

my junior high class is f-ed up man.

[Money]

im sorry but everyone ive ever met from washington state is either a junkie or a suicidal whiteboy, no offense

[Ward]

Your prob better off not being his friend anymore, dont risk catching hiv yourself

Plenty more fish in the sea

Dumbest thing I've ever heard since ratty...'s deaf ear as an excuse for 0-5.

But yeah, just make sure you're there for him every time and keep cheering him up.