'True. But outside of his AIDS, he is and has been a relatively healthy person in general. Athletes tend to have better eating and excercising habits as well as better immune systems to begin with.'
Why did Magic get bigger and more muscular after being diagnosed? Before the triple coctail there were anabolic steroids.
Magic is on roids and was on roids at an early stage to prevent muscle mass deterioration.
When Magic came out of retirement with AIDS and went to practice with the Charlotte Hornets, I flew him on a charter into Charlotte. He went to the practice facility at the local gym inside the Fort Mill minor league baseball facility and invited us to come along. The guy flew like the wind and hung in the air like a rocket. He was quite the athelete at the time. I had remembered that when he first retired from the NBA he had said that he was physically effected and thus retiring. I saw him playing 150% above his game two years prior when he retired.
Nice guy. Tried very hard to be an ambassador to everyone. A little too salesman-like.