There are just 20 days left until New Years. Just 3 days past that I'll face my 13th HIV-Day. It's sort of like a birthday, but not Almost 13 years ago, I spent a very bad day (& I do mean all damn day) in an hospital emergency room. Finally many hours later I was informed that I was +. There was absolutely no ritual or ceremony or concern. Just, "Oh by the way you have HIV." It was not a good day.
I'd been sick for quite some time before that. I'd been tested, but nothing came back + until that day. I have no idea why. I'm fairly sure I was starting to have some symptoms at least a year before, possibly 2. After the diagnosis, there was a search for a doctor that would see me. I had no $ & no insurance. Finally, we found a place that was supposed to be a free or at least cost reduced clinic. That part didn't hold out & I encountered possibly the worse doctor of my life. She wound up being the one, who's inattention got me sent to the hospital. I got past that & got on new meds. Eventually I received notice I had qualified for disability.
My life has changed in a lot of ways since then. I've talked a lot about those things in this blog. I've moved twice, lost a cat & gained others. My roommate at the time ran for the hills with the "love of his life" (bluck). My current roomie & I have both faced hard times in the last decade, but things seem to be getting better. That's all on this for now.
Cya...
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