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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The title has a barf alert.
“I’m a 39-year-old man from Sweden, living in Brooklyn...”
Please go home.
Yes I’m affirming the need
They should be treated like Ebola patients...imho
A young man’s erotic journey from Milan to Monkey Pox.
“I HAD SEX WITH SEVERAL GUYS OVER THE WEEKEND”
NO SYMPATHY HERE
You played a dangerous game-—and LOST.
I cannot believe that our culture has degenerated so far that this disgusting article was written, published on a major media website, posted on FreeRepublic, and is being discussed like any other topic. It’s absolutely amazing.
Another self-absorbed narcissist homosexual.
I was a completely healthy individual with no underlying conditions.
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Other than the monkeypox, gonorrhea, rectal lesions, and bacterial tonsillitis.
Wonder, will the Monkeypox bring out the bug chasers and gift givers imbeciles again? Sounds like such a great idea, eh!
I asked my nurse daughter if they are offering the vax to them yet and she said there isn’t enough available yet for healthcare workers and when there is, it will go to ER workers first.
This has the makings of a SADS cluster in a certain demographic.
Sex with “several guys”? Can’t remember or too embarrassed to say how many? Really?
I literally screamed out in pain. Then I got Monkeypox.
Just another Saturday night in Greenwich Village.
So he’s a professional butt-f’er?
Philanthropy, noun, spreading the wealth.
See also:
Philanalthropy, noun, spreading ill health...
It’s absolutely amazing.
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Yep changes occur all the time. Just look at this country from
1492 until the present day. Columbus sailed the ocean blue and
today we have throngs marching/demonstrating in the streets for
their favorite thing. Life goes on but it certainly has changed.
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