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About me
After 30 years of very physical full time work in the printing industry our print dept was outsourced and we all lost our jobs. As I'd gotten HIV beforehand and was having trouble attending and doing work I discussed with my HIV doctor whether I should apply for the Australian Disability Support Pension. He agreed,and I became a DSP pensioner under the new Gillard rules of adherence that now sees 75% of DSP applicants rejected.
Have been diagnosed with PTSD, severe depression, chronic kidney failure, and of course HIV. I'd become suicidal in 2009 after 3 extreme life events in a row; My best friend killed herself in the US (I don't make friends easily BTW), my teenage/young adult daughter had me charged by the police with a minor problem, and I was diagnosed with HIV. All in three weeks.
Some say god won't give you more than you can bear, my reply is "Well what happened to me?" If not for the HIV support here in Australia and me being able to have access to it I'd likely be dead by now. Unbearable pain often causes suicide, no matter physical or mental.
Today I've not worked since being made redundant. I remain with episodes of depression and panic attacks, sometimes severe. I may be fine and happy to leave the house, at times I'm paralised in bed, secure and safe and not willing to face the world.
Have been diagnosed with PTSD, severe depression, chronic kidney failure, and of course HIV. I'd become suicidal in 2009 after 3 extreme life events in a row; My best friend killed herself in the US (I don't make friends easily BTW), my teenage/young adult daughter had me charged by the police with a minor problem, and I was diagnosed with HIV. All in three weeks.
Some say god won't give you more than you can bear, my reply is "Well what happened to me?" If not for the HIV support here in Australia and me being able to have access to it I'd likely be dead by now. Unbearable pain often causes suicide, no matter physical or mental.
Today I've not worked since being made redundant. I remain with episodes of depression and panic attacks, sometimes severe. I may be fine and happy to leave the house, at times I'm paralised in bed, secure and safe and not willing to face the world.
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- I nearly died in hospital special Christmas edition
- A Warning: Tenofovir and Naproxen
- When I got Shingles
- Helpful Ways to Stay Healthy with HIV - Guest post
- Telling your family that you're HIV positive - guest post
Assorted Links
- - ACON
- - Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International
- - Dave's blog: Life living with HIV
- - Guide to Australian HIV Laws and Policies
- - Know the Risk: HIV transmission
- - National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS
- - National LGBTI Health Alliance
- - Newly Diagnosed?
- - Positive Life NSW
- - Positive Living Centre
- - Project X, WA info and support for gay men
- - Right Wing Watch
- - Rob's blog: Surviving AIDS, PML....and Me
- - Suicide.....Read this first
- - Thinking Positive
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- Kurt Cobain - unearthed interview
- Almost a migraine
- "Free Fall" - Trailer
- Dying with Dignity - South Australia?
- Labor to abandon the climate?
- Natasha and the Teddy Bear
- Colander victory! Praise the FSM!
- America's Drone Wars - teaser trailer
- Why the US is hated - ex CIA
- Stephen Fry - "HIV and Me"
- Reaction to Abbott's court challenge ACT
- Putin tries to reassure
- Katy Perry - Roar
- The Abbott "debt crisis" lie
- Rachel Maddow on Flying Spaghetti Monster
- "Gay marriage will confuse tradies"
- National Day of Action! - Abbott challenge
- ACT to marry before challenge
- Marriage Equality - Tasmania?
- "Australia, Say I Do"
- Both not well
- Abbott puts PBS in danger
- Russia arrests Flying Spaghetti Monster marchers!
- The Flying Spaghetti Monster
- NSW to debate gay marriage next week
- Top 5 US true conspiracy theories
- Unions prepare for war with Abbott
- High Court challenge lodged against ACT
- Drone view of Lithgow bushfires
- Exhausted today
- Texas judge resigns from Republican party
- Time to challenge Abbott's church "morality"?
- Marriage equality passed in the ACT
- Tasmania's euthanasia bill narrowly defeated
- Abbott's gay sister gets engaged
- Russian shitting themselves over Sochi?
- Bush fire asthma, NSW emergency
- Abbott gov lies - asylum seekers "illegal"
- Tony Blair's selfie
- US shutdown - pollies paid, sick turned away
- US Tea Party wants class action against gays
- US conservative uses gov health care
- Drone Strike Warnings Ignored by US Media
- ACT to pass marriage equality
- "Any given Tuesday" - gay youth homelessness
- Sydney bushfire pic
- Cat concentration
- Stephen Fry confronts Vitaly Milonov - anti-gay laws
- "Prayers for Bobby" - movie
- National day of climate action - GetUp
- Bush fires
- HIV epidemic? - Eastern Europe and Russia
- My visit to the dental hospital
- National Broadband Network - will Abbott listen?
- Why is "Obamacare" some kind of Satan?
- So much for the US signing Arms Trade Treaty
- Stephen Fry meets an ex-gay therapist
- A straight experiences being gay
- Are you fat? Read this then
- US "Values Voter Summit" - no values
- Greens blast Abbott - High Court challenge
- Don't Cha: Bondi Beach (Diva Fever Party)
- Kylie Minogue supporting equality
- My old private dentist rang
- Abbott cartoons - boats! boats!
- Hey Washington, wake up!
- Women driving = less virgins, more homos
- US signs arms trade treaty :)
- California pulls plug on Russia
- Russian laws made in America
- Pathetic thugs at Russian protest
- Top 5 Weapons Police Use on Protestors
- Calling Out Putin On Olympics
- Boxing - Better than the Olympics
- The ferals are quiet :)
- 243,236 signatures - save the reef
- USA shut: complete system failure
- Boxing more progressive than IOC
- Labor ahead in polling - Morgan
- Confirmed - Abbott to challenge ACT
- "Gay test" at Gulf airports
- Upgraded my internet
- The most special of times
- WTF? US gov still shut?
- Grindr : A Love Story ?
- Mormons with a gay son
- Coca Cola sponsors hate
- "After Death"
- Abbott to fight the ACT
- Ferals vs Real estate agent
- Hassled making dentist appt
- Psychologist visit for the month
- Takeis Take - online dating
- Why is Everybody Afraid of Love?!
- Got free dental again! :)
- Hooking up via Grindr? Beware.....
- What's Your Status?
- Smartie power
- Countries that kill gays
- "Bridegroom" - movie trailer
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