you know, the article cries out for martyrdom..
..I'm not in the mood......I've got arthritis seemingly in every joint of my body, including my hands...yet I need to keep working to pay the bills....and I'm nearly 60...
I feel the same way about these types of stories as I do about alcoholics seeking liver transplants at the taxpayer dime....where was the common sense when it was needed...
I have several members of my extended family that are gay...on bil has had several different partners, all have died, but I don't think from AIDS....one nephew is young and hopefully being very careful...
I also have a counsin in law dying of ALS...since her late 40's....not pretty....
I've understood that there was a whole mindset of HIV positive gay men "giving" HIV to others knowingly and many not HIV positive gay men "seeking" it......how twisted is that?...
its just difficult drumming up concern for these peoples' "middle age" problems....a lot of us have lived sensible lives, working,raising children, paying the tax man...when will get an article written about our trials and tribulations..
Funny you mention that. I watched my 29 yo non drinking/drug taking wife die of liver cancer when she was denied a transplant the very same week Mickey Mantle got his....
“I also have a counsin in law dying of ALS...since her late
40’s....not pretty....”
Oh dear, that is really the worst. My mom’s friend died of that. She was the most dignified, even queenly woman. The first clue was she “went off” in a local shop, so bad that they called the cops. At first we thought is was just a menopausal thing (again, don’t bash me) but it was way worse than that. It was all dreadful.
And then not that long after that my brother’s good friend (just a friend) died of AIDS. He was such a little mouse that guy, you really wouldn’t think such a thing would affect him.
And those 2 deaths got to me; but of course there were more to come, sadly.
Cherry, of course many people suffer as you do, through no fault of their own. The mental derangement, that is homosexuality, should receive therapy, but now, even that is being outlawed. Some should read the book “The Gift,” a disgusting story about young male homosexuals, all molested by adult queers, that actively seek to become HIV infected. The disease of homosexuality should be the primary target for treatment, not the consequences of said behavior. Thanks for a great post, and may healing come to and your family.