frozenborderline
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Life expectancy thirty years shorter??? That number sounds way wrong, where are you getting it? I think it’s closer to 4 years shorter if treated
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Drugs don't cure AIDS, they can keep you chronicany ill, very ill actually with a life expentancy 30 years younger than people who are cured (aka healthy).
A testament to what funding biomedical research can accomplish. I'm just sorry that while you are able to manage HIV, you still have the ME to contend with.Wrong.
Any one diagnosed with HIV in the last few years that has access to HIV medications has virtually the same life expectancy as a non-HIV individual.
HIV meds do not keep people chronically ill. They keep people from dying and allowing them to live normal productive lives.
As someone living with HIV since 1998, I can attest that it does not impact my life even 1% of how ME does. And 99% of people with HIV (and meds) are healthier than 99% of people with ME.
Wrong.
Any one diagnosed with HIV in the last few years that has access to HIV medications has virtually the same life expectancy as a non-HIV individual.
HIV meds do not keep people chronically ill. They keep people from dying and allowing them to live normal productive lives.
As someone living with HIV since 1998, I can attest that it does not impact my life even 1% of how ME does. And 99% of people with HIV (and meds) are healthier than 99% of people with ME.
Do you think HIV has nothing to do with you getting into ME?
I have yet to meet another person living with HIV (and I've worked in the HIV industry since the early 2000s) that has ME.
I have yet to meet another person living with HIV (and I've worked in the HIV industry since the early 2000s) that has ME.
I wonder if the HIV meds are keeping me less sick with ME, especially due to the anecdotal reports of improved quality of life of some ME folks who take Tenofovir.