Posted on 07/24/2022 6:19:17 AM PDT by karpov
I got monkeypox and it’s been a total nightmare.
When New York Pride festivities kicked off on 24 June, I was aware that monkeypox was an emerging issue – especially for gay men – but I was also under the impression that the number of cases in the city was relatively small. What I didn’t understand was how absolutely dismal testing capacity was: at that point, the city only had capacity to process ten tests a day.
I had sex with several guys over the weekend. Then a week later, on 1 July, I started feeling very fatigued. I had a high fever with chills and muscle aches, and my lymph nodes were so swollen they were protruding two inches out of my throat.
First, I took a Covid self-test: negative. Then I started suspecting monkeypox. I texted a friend: I’m just sitting here waiting for the rash to start.
I’m a 39-year-old man from Sweden, living in Brooklyn and working in philanthropy. For the past decade, my work has primarily focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights, so I followed the outbreak from the very beginning. I had even tried to get vaccinated when New York City launched an initial vaccination drive on 23 June. But like the vast majority of other New Yorkers who tried to get an appointment, I had no luck.
Two days after my symptoms began, the rash started as anorectal lesions – painful sores on my anus and rectum. Initially it was a stinging, itchy feeling. I wasn’t scared at this point. I was told that it would be mild, and I was a completely healthy individual with no underlying conditions. But I had no idea how bad it was going to get.
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LOL...Monkey says what? Stupid.
“I had sex with several guys over the weekend.”
And you truly don’t see the problem here? 🙄
If you want to hear screaming, check out the bath houses on the lower East side on a Saturday night.
Where’s my tiny gypsy violin?
A homo being dramatic?!?
Male slut he is. A gross pig of a person.
“I survived moneypox and all I got was this T-shirt!”
A homo being dramatic?!?
“I’m a 39-year-old man from Sweden, living in Brooklyn and working in philanthropy.”
So he’s a professional butt-f’er?
Eeewwww…
Despite the fact that he’s a promiscuous homosexual disease spreader (gonorreah and monkey pox), he’s written a good piece about how dysfunctional and bureaucratic the health system has gotten in the US. And, what a bummer the relatively mild disease) (as compared to smallpox) is. An epidemic of either would make COVID look like the proverbial walk in the park.
No, he had already chosen to have a mental health disorder and not seek treatment and then chose to engage in activities that are almost certain to have detrimental effects on his bodily health.
Had a tiny gypsy violin once. Accidentally fell into my “don’t care” basket and never saw it again.
Social services should be called in every time a child is diagnosed with Monkey Pox!
>> I had sex with several guys over the weekend. <<
Now, THERE’s your problem.
>>“I had sex with several guys over the weekend.”<<
Good grief! Not only Monkey pox, but gonorrhea. He’s probably lucky he didn’t get AIDS.
“working in philanthropy. For the past decade, my work has primarily focused on sexual and reproductive health and rights”
When your work is to directly benefit yourself, it’s not philanthropy; it’s shaking other people down.
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