THE OFFICIAL HIV/AIDS THREAD

Men at a bar one night stands?

I'm talking in general even in committed relationships

BoutThatLife wrote: A lot of people don't think herpes is a big deal their rationale is that it's no different from a cold sore that lots of people, even children, get

just by taking a look at the pics on google images one should shrug off the idea that's "no different from a cold sore"

Great thread by the way. I started looking more into hiv/aids when I read a really long article in Essence mag years ago. They had diff people in the US talking about how they cope with it. From 12yr olds to 90 yr olds. It really was an interesting read. 

sexyandfamous wrote: Ok, maybe that came out wrong but my point wasn't that women who carry condoms have multiple sexual partners; it was that I do not sleeping around, therefore I don't see the need to carry condoms (the chance of a guy whom I just met having a condom or two in his pocket is unlikely). Now, a boyfriend would be aware that I am not on the pill and therefore he needs to have condom. My ex once actually drove us to the pharmacy to buy condoms because we wanted to do it but he realized he had none.

Just take into consideration that men can't always be trusted with their choices in condoms...my gf had sex with her bf for a couple mths before she learned that he was using lamb skin condoms. She didn't catch anything but it's something you don't always remember to check into.

sexyandfamous wrote: ms_wonderland wrote: My aunt stopped taking her meds a few months back. She says she feels better without them but she also is in denial about having the virus in general. She has had it since the late 90s but didn't start taking meds until 2011. I'm pretty sure she has some undiagnosed mental disorder as well. With everything she has put my family through, I didn't really care that she stopped taking her meds. I am all for her speeding up the process so my family can move on beyond this. wow! she has had HIV for a decade and only then she started taking meds? is she a drug user? maybe that's why she was in denial. why did she start taking the meds? did she fall sick>?

My aunts bf told my other aunt that he gave it to her around 98. At that time she refused to get tested and just kept trying to sweep it under the rug. She was a functioning alcoholic and drug user. Around 2005 she came down with shingles and was fired bc she was caring for elderly people. In 2011 she got pneumonia and it almost killed her. She was finally forced into taking meds. She says shyt like, "the doctors don't know everything. They don't know what I have.". Meanwhile, since 1998 I am sure she's been with several, several men. She's just disgusting. She's always been a headache to the fam forever. My aunt tried to report her to the health dept. numerous times and nothing happened.