HIV is a Billion Dollar Industry

It's not that I go around Yelling, "I'm HIV POSITIVE!" I am open about my infection, but only if the conversation arises, or it's 'time' to tell. I generally do not like being around individuals who don't know, which also makes me not want to be around individuals who I felt I couldn't Tell. At first I was afraid to tell almost anyone, especially guys that I found attractive. I didn't tell the lot of them, and kept any sexual fantasies to mySelf. If I felt that I want to go 'there' with them I'd tell them about my status. It's a life of selective secrecy. Do I tell my job? Do I tell my friends? Which family members should know? Do they even care enough to be educated?

There is a delusion surrounding the virus. There are still people dying to this day, and there is a huge profit being made. My medication alone nears $3,000/month. My Husbond's, nears $6,000. That's roughly $9,000 a month in medication without necessary mental Health Medicine. $108,000 a year from just the two of us; there are millions of positive individuals. HIV is a Billion dollar industry. The Medicine does keep individuals alive, and there is a cost. So many HIV positive individuals have complications because of the medicine that is being taken: some developed intestinal issues, some have developed issues where it has become almost impossible for the body to harvest any nutrients because of "wasting," a disorder that causes the body to evacuate food quickly after consumption. It slowly starves the body.  It weakens the bones, and ages the body. It has made me wiser. But I had to go through so much just to get here, and the fight has yet to be won!