odd how only hiv is considered to be a dangerous std. you can now live for many years with hiv, but many people don't respond to drugs for hep c at all and less people get tested for it, so it has a lot of potential to spread :(
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odd how only hiv is considered to be a dangerous std. you can now live for many years with hiv, but many people don't respond to drugs for hep c at all and less people get tested for it, so it has a lot of potential to spread :(
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Originally Posted by Huskyhunks
This is a message board, where opinions are supposed to be encouraged, and I merely posted those that are mine and mine alone. If I happen to state them confidently, that's because I believe them confidently. And also b/cuz I'm a writer, so I write with that experience behind me. If that rubs you the wrong way, my friend, well, the only thing I can really say to that is... I'm sorry. But in the end, you are responsible for the things you read and how they affect you. If you want to personally attack someone, that's your perogative. I'm not going to let it affect me.
I won't bother responding to the other things you accuse me of, since it's obvious you don't know me very well at all.
Respectfully,
Ken
Basschick, thank you for posting that ! I needed to get my hep vaccine and forgot. Well, I guess i better play it safe until then. I probably came off harsh on my statement about bareback and hiv. I was a little ruffled when i wrote than. I believe that one can live much longer with hiv then ruined lungs and blood by poppers. That's just a fact. But so many hiv and hiv- guys are doing meth, and poppers, and mixing it all up.Quote:
Originally Posted by basschick
I didn't make the initial post for sympathy. I made it to warn the millions of gay/bi men and (everyone really) that the health affects of poppers on the body are very real. Maybe if one or two of you uses me as an example, we can save some people from ruining their health. Hep C is very serious. I've had a couple of friends get it and they were absolutely floored. It takes months to get back to normalcy.
Maybe Ken is right about the chem side of sex, it probably should never be used to enhance the experience.
I really hate to see the mean spirit alot of negative guys use against positive men. It hurts me to see it. Alot of times I feel as though I relate alot more to hiv positive men than guys who are negative.
I agree with you on this, at least. My ex is Poz, and many of my friends are Poz. I love them all dearly. I certainly understand how people come to be Poz (low self-esteem leading to lack of prevention-taking, poor judgment in the moment, etc. etc.), so I don't judge them for being Poz. God only knows I should have seroconverted long ago, based on my own sexual history. Somehow I have been lucky through the years. I guess that someone up there/out there/wherever is looking out for me. Consequently, it's helped me to be much more discerning about who I have sex with and what I will do in bed with someone I don't know very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Huskyhunks
That was my point. It's proven that drug use leads to lowered inhibitions, which in turns leads many to engage in unsafe sex. But apart from that, I think it's a shame that anyone has to resort to drugs in order to "free themselves up" enough to have sex in the first place. There are many men online who will not hook up unless they can party, and many who waste their days and nights looking for a fix so they can have sex for hours, often without release. It angers me that this is happening in the community.Quote:
Originally Posted by Huskyhunks
My bigger point, however, was that over-reliance on ANYTHING -- whether it be a chemical substance, leather, role-playing, or anything -- indicates that there is a problem going on with the person who insists on having those things be a part of their every sexual experience. I think leather and BDSM and role-playing are all very healthy, sex-positive things to do, but again, if you CAN'T (or simply WON'T) have sex unless you can do them, I think that indicates a problem with intimacy, almost as if to say, "I can't be intimate with you unless we do SO AND SO."
That's what I was trying to say.
Anyway...
Hmmmm... anyone ever wonder what would happen if we all started telephoning each other:
fuckface.wav
-Steve, being silly :center:
OMG, i love serial mom. My ex and I always say that to each other. I like being dottie hinkle, he loves to be serial mom.