I still get the odd spam on this blog about some Dr in Africa that can cure HIV. The saddest thing about those spammers is that some people actually believe them and even believe that they've been cured.
It appears Charlie Sheen is one of those who is willing to try some of these wacko doctors. He went off his HIV meds and the so called "cure" didn't work (duh) and he's become detectable again. What a complete and utter fuckwit.
He sets a terrible example for other HIV+ people who may consider such charlatans as being capable of curing a disease that modern medicine has over decades developed a way to stop the virus (if the meds are taken regularly).
The doctor that I first started meds with described it as like a leaking pipe (the water being HIV) and the meds a bandage. Every day taking the meds is like putting a new dry bandage around the leak, and keeps the HIV virus in check. To stop the meds is like leaving a soaked bandage there with the water leaking out through it. Which is what Sheen has done.
Some people think they can beat the virus with a super healthy lifestyle. It doesn't. Some turn to religion, spells, prayers. It doesn't work. As my HIV doctor said in a forum once that I went to, it all comes back to the medication. Take it and live. Don't and die in around 10 years after infection. It's as simple as that.
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