Has HIV improved your way of life?

[babybodybuilder2.5]

I know this sounds strange, but how has you life changed since you were diagnosed with HIV?
For me, it has improved. I take much better care of myself. After some years it brought me into bodybuilding. So my physical appearance has improved. I'm not the skinny guy anymore. Which is great, because I can now find clothes that fit...hahaha
If it weren't for the HIV I would not have found the love of my life. It has brought me great happiness and hope for a fantastic life with someone that loves me for me.
I have a greater understanding for life in general. In the begining I faced death head on, and fought back. 14 years later here I sit typing this question to all of you. Wow....what a journey this has been.

BBB

 

[JoeyNess]

I know this sounds strange, but how has you life changed since you were diagnosed with HIV?
For me, it has improved. I take much better care of myself. After some years it brought me into bodybuilding. So my physical appearance has improved. I'm not the skinny guy anymore. Which is great, because I can now find clothes that fit...hahaha
If it weren't for the HIV I would not have found the love of my life. It has brought me great happiness and hope for a fantastic life with someone that loves me for me.
I have a greater understanding for life in general. In the begining I faced death head on, and fought back. 14 years later here I sit typing this question to all of you. Wow....what a journey this has been.

BBB

is love of your life another man or am i paranoid

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

is love of your life another man or am i paranoid

What is there to be paranoid about ? Love is love no matter what sex it comes in....the answer to your question would be a YES.

BBB

 

[milo hobgoblin]

Amazing. You would think most people would think of it as a death sentence.'

Incredible attitude. K to you.. and gratz on finding a love like that.. man or woman.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

Amazing. You would think most people would think of it as a death sentence.'

Incredible attitude. K to you.. and gratz on finding a love like that.. man or woman.

It takes a positive mind to get through difficult things. I have not allowed the hiv to rule my life.
Love is grand....

BBB

 

[JoeyNess]

yea since i was diagnosed as HIV,I now bang more men and lost my fear of aids and people now call me Duey Man.I know a chick named Bangkok who got infected by a dildo and he is known to spread favors or aids is what peopel call it now

Instead of how aids inproved your life idiot,it should be how aids infected your life.

If it improved your life, I bet your wish is to improve every mans life

P.S. The above is completely false and is for entertainment purposes only and is in no way related to any persons by the name of babybodybuilder2.5

The Following Sentence Is True But The Above Is False!
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[babybodybuilder2.5]

yea since i was diagnosed as HIV,I now bang more men and lost my fear of aids and people now call me Duey Man.I know a chick named Bangkok who got infected by a dildo and he is known to spread favors or aids is what peopel call it now

Instead of how aids inproved your life idiot,it should be how aids infected your life.

If it improved your life, I bet your wish is to improve every mans life

P.S. The above is completely false and is for entertainment purposes only and is in no way related to any persons by the name of babybodybuilder2.5

The Following Sentence Is True But The Above Is False!
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You not even worthy enough for BBB to even put any thought into a "real relpy".....!

BBB

 

[Allon]

yea since i was diagnosed as HIV,I now bang more men and lost my fear of aids and people now call me Duey Man.I know a chick named Bangkok who got infected by a dildo and he is known to spread favors or aids is what peopel call it now

Instead of how aids inproved your life idiot,it should be how aids infected your life.

If it improved your life, I bet your wish is to improve every mans life

P.S. The above is completely false and is for entertainment purposes only and is in no way related to any persons by the name of babybodybuilder2.5

The Following Sentence Is True But The Above Is False!
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Dirk?

 

[mdubs]

That's cool that your life is going awsom for yeh. But another man's bum hole, fukin disgusting, no offense. But how do you and your man have sex now that you have HIV, does he have it too???

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

That's cool that your life is going awsom for yeh. But another man's bum hole, fukin disgusting, no offense. But how do you and your man have sex now that you have HIV, does he have it too???

Everyone has their own thoughts own on what sexual pleasure they enjoy. For me and my partner we enjoy each other. Neither of us are turned on by what females have to offer.
Yes, we both have HIV, it in no way stops us from having sex. Have you never heard of a condom? Looks like to me you are not very educated when it comes to HIV. Maybe you will learn something while you are reading within this thread.

BBB

 

[The Terminator]

What is this the bigot forum

WTF is wrong with some of you guys?
Who cares if one is gay or not...Some of you come off as living in a sheltered jar all your lives

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

What is this the bigot forum

WTF is wrong with some of you guys?
Who cares if one is gay or not...Some of you come off as living in a sheltered jar all your lives

I think you are correct, one day I hope it will no longer matter.

BBB

 

[mdubs]

I think you are correct, one day I hope it will no longer matter.

BBB

Keep Dreaming dawg.

 

[Diesel_Smoke]

BBB, your posts are always quite encouraging. Kinda amazing how you deal with this and yet are so positive. Good luck with all your endeavors.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

BBB, your posts are always quite encouraging. Kinda amazing how you deal with this and yet are so positive. Good luck with all your endeavors.

Diesel , I do not allow the thoughts of negative members to mingle with my outlook on life. I truely believe that there is good in all of us. Some just need more time to accept or understand what they are not familiar with.
Thank you for your kind words....

BBB

 

[beachbouy2005]

Good comment The Terminator, You have an upper hand on the bigger picture of life, BBB you rock, and as for me I totally rock GAY and Proud and loving it forever. Stone throwers just arent happy with their own lives so they have to be negative about everybody elses. When you do live in a JAR remember the air will run out, Gay proud looking HOT at the Gym and loving every minute of my life even after 3 years of being HIV. Fear is your enemy not mine......And I have a VERY HOT, also HIV Boyfriend and we rock along with the beauty of life.......Has my life improved, oh yeah, better than ever before since I became HIV, God never lets you go through something he knows you cannot handle, there is a purpose, in my case my HIV actually saved my life from a path of self indulgent destruction, as ironic as that may sound. Peace

 

[Cutiebaby]

I think you are correct, one day I hope it will no longer matter.

BBB

hi bbb i am not hiv positive and i am married to a opposite sex partner...i just want to say to you that i also hope things would change for you and hopefully some day ppl will be free to be in love out in the open with there mate of choice....i find it awesome that you are out here in the open of e.f and expressing you love for the same sex...good for you!!!! and i hope you stay happy

 

[azul]

Hey there BBB. I'm glad things have worked out for you. I can't even dare imagine what it must be like, but I greatly admire the fact that you remain optimistic.

I can't believe people would actually throw these kinds of comments at you. Sure, everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but please keep it to yourself if it's not constructive.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

It's been great that most of you can look at all of US a whole ....You have given me great hope for our future.

BBB

 

[beachbouy2005]

Hey there BBB. I'm glad things have worked out for you. I can't even dare imagine what it must be like, but I greatly admire the fact that you remain optimistic.

I can't believe people would actually throw these kinds of comments at you. Sure, everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but please keep it to yourself if it's not constructive.

Kudos AZUL its people like you that can make the world go forward constructively and break down the hate and ignorance barriers. those of us who think this way are the HAPPY ones. I sure am.

 

[quadkilla31]

I don't have anything against your lifestyle,but i don't see how you can say having HIV has improved your life. One day it will be the death of you.I'm glad you are still living with it everyday and have a postive out look about it.Karma to you bro.

 

[azul]

I don't have anything against your lifestyle,but i don't see how you can say having HIV has improved your life. One day it will be the death of you.I'm glad you are still living with it everyday and have a postive out look about it.Karma to you bro.

Not necessarily. A lot of people with terminal diseases such as cancer and HIV still live great lives, and many times it is exactly these diseases that push them to take advantage of all the great things life has to offer. And if you hang in there just long enough, they might just come up with a cure.

 

[dfi]

Medicine is making great strides everyday. So, a cure can be had if we research hard enough. It is ALREADY at the point where it is no longer a death sentence, with normal life expectencies for those fortunate enough to obtain medicines.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

I don't have anything against your lifestyle,but i don't see how you can say having HIV has improved your life. One day it will be the death of you.I'm glad you are still living with it everyday and have a postive out look about it.Karma to you bro.

I understand what you are saying. One day I will die of something, just as you too will die of something. Exactly what it will be, no one knows, except for the Boss man upstairs. If a person takes what has been givien to them and and runs with it, rather then laying down. They will always be ahead of the pack. I will not allow this inflection to interfer with my life. It's my life and I still have a zillon things to see and do. I have just pasted my 14th year living with HIV. I have not had any infections in over 7 years. So, I must be doing something right. I like to believe that it's not just the medication, but the greater part of my life is from my outlook towards the future.

BBB

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Keep on believing it's not just from the medication, because you're correct. When people have a negative outlook on things, it drags them down. It leads them to destruction, one way or another. Your positive outlook, coupled with medications and a healthy lifestyle are what's driving you forward for all this time. It's incredible that you can go at this disease which people fear like the plague with so much gusto. It's inspiring, to say the least.

Ignorant people also need to learn to shut their mouthes, especially when it doesn't concern them at all.

Something that I never really understood was how people are afraid of dying. I'm aware that I'm going to die some day, regardless of the cause. It's inevitable, so I'd never try and flee. I'd rather face it head-on. When you think about it, though, people are afraid of what they don't know. The unknown scares people. Why, then, aren't people afraid of life? I already know I'm going to die. I have no idea what's going to happen tomorrow, though.

Oh, and I'm not infected, and I'm straight, but I can still say I support you in your fight 100%.

 

[quadkilla31]

I understand what you are saying. One day I will die of something, just as you too will die of something. Exactly what it will be, no one knows, except for the Boss man upstairs. If a person takes what has been givien to them and and runs with it, rather then laying down. They will always be ahead of the pack. I will not allow this inflection to interfer with my life. It's my life and I still have a zillon things to see and do. I have just pasted my 14th year living with HIV. I have not had any infections in over 7 years. So, I must be doing something right. I like to believe that it's not just the medication, but the greater part of my life is from my outlook towards the future.

BBB

Got to agree with you there. We will for sure die of something one day. I'm glad you are accepting the cards that are dealt to you and making the best out of it. Keep on keeping on.

 

[RADAR]

For the record...........some of my friends & i mean that as in True friends (the ones you can count on) are Gay.
Yeah! i'm straight!

RADAR

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

Got to agree with you there. We will for sure die of something one day. I'm glad you are accepting the cards that are dealt to you and making the best out of it. Keep on keeping on.

I hear for the long haul.....

BBB

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

For the record...........some of my friends & i mean that as in True friends (the ones you can count on) are Gay.
Yeah! i'm straight!

RADAR

a toast to you ...!!!!!

BBB

 

[jeepboi]

a toast to you ...!!!!!

BBB

Me too!

my wife and i actually enjoy going to gay clubs for dancing more then str8t clubs.

the bartenders are nicer, and they generally play better music in my oppinion.

but Good for you that you are an Optimist, if i got a terminal illness like that im not sure how i would deal with it, dont want to know either.

 

[cctex]

Great Attitude BBB! I'm str8, very happly married and work as a "Risk Reduction Specialist". Ignorance comes in all forms, if people werent so hung up on worrying about what goes on behind closed doors with two consenting adults and instead of forming opinions based on how people treat one another, there would be less of a problem. On that HIV is a Hetrosexual Disease (Str8 persons) not a Gay!

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

Great Attitude BBB! I'm str8, very happly married and work as a "Risk Reduction Specialist". Ignorance comes in all forms, if people werent so hung up on worrying about what goes on behind closed doors with two consenting adults and instead of forming opinions based on how people treat one another, there would be less of a problem. On that HIV is a Hetrosexual Disease (Str8 persons) not a Gay!

Welcome aboard....love is love, no matter what form it comes in. HIV is HIV and knows no difference.

BBB.

 

[alanchiras]

It sure has improved my life. I was killing myself at my more-than-full-time job and I learned how to slow down and to take care of one's body. Thanks! Alan.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

It sure has improved my life. I was killing myself at my more-than-full-time job and I learned how to slow down and to take care of one's body. Thanks! Alan.

I know what you mean Alan....stress was a huge risk taker....I had to cut all that out. So today, I don't let things bother me anymore. I just take things as they come.

BBB2.5

 

[The Terminator]

It sure has improved my life. I was killing myself at my more-than-full-time job and I learned how to slow down and to take care of one's body. Thanks! Alan.

I think ALOT of people dont REALLY live life until they are faced with death...

Sometimes it takes GREAT adversity for someone to see that they arent living life as fully as maybe they had hoped to...In that essence I can see how it would make ones life better (atleast ones "zest" for life )

 

[lil man]

so how did u get it? sex or aas usage?

 

[The Terminator]

so how did u get it? sex or aas usage?

Nobody gets it through AS usage
(unless you are dumb enough to share needles with someone, but one would have to be a moron to do that )

I would bet that 100% of the people here got it via unprotected sex or blood transfusion...

 

[starfish]

I know this sounds strange, but how has you life changed since you were diagnosed with HIV?
For me, it has improved. I take much better care of myself. After some years it brought me into bodybuilding. So my physical appearance has improved. I'm not the skinny guy anymore. Which is great, because I can now find clothes that fit...hahaha
If it weren't for the HIV I would not have found the love of my life. It has brought me great happiness and hope for a fantastic life with someone that loves me for me.
I have a greater understanding for life in general. In the begining I faced death head on, and fought back. 14 years later here I sit typing this question to all of you. Wow....what a journey this has been.

BBB

You have a great attitude. You remind me a lot of my brother who is HIV positive. He handles it better than I do worrying about him so much.

I'll always send happy thoughts your way.

 

[FreeballinDC]

BBB, sometimes it does take something dramatic (or traumatic) for people to realize they need to look at things in a different light. I am glad to see that you are taking the high road with this one.

May I ask how long have you known your current status? Was it just being HIV+ that started your new attitude, or was it a combination of things?

Either way, keep at it. And it's nice to see some of the EF regulars post up here. Great attitudes all around. Even if you don't "get" it, at least you're supportive

 

[starfish]

BBB, sometimes it does take something dramatic (or traumatic) for people to realize they need to look at things in a different light. I am glad to see that you are taking the high road with this one.

Either way, keep at it. And it's nice to see some of the EF regulars post up here. Great attitudes all around. Even if you don't "get" it, at least you're supportive

 

[Dr. JK]

BBB, good for you for surviving and fighting off death. I can't imagine being in that situation but you definitely give encouragement to the people living with HIV.

Good for you!!!!!

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

BBB, good for you for surviving and fighting off death. I can't imagine being in that situation but you definitely give encouragement to the people living with HIV.

Good for you!!!!!

Thank You...life is what people make of it. I decided I love life...and I am winning the battle.

 

[bodypump2]

for me..i had non hodgkins lymphoma and aids at the same time..comming that close to dying makes you re-evaluate your life..like...are you going to have one? i am now 6 yrs out of the cancer and totally cured of it and my aids is undercontrol..undectable vl and 895 cd4 count. while in recovery i became a founding member at gildas club..if anyone has one close by go there...its an amazing place. and i realized that hiv/aids is not a death sentence as it once was...of course i am a realist and know it is a cronic deadly disease..kinda like the bigoted, mean comments i have read in here...wich , to me, are far more dangerous than any virus. so yes hiv/aids has changed my life...for the better?? perhaps, its certainally not worse and i am more healthy than i have ever been and am lifting like a mad man..also opened a yoga studio and private gym and my clients are an inspiration as most are going thru chemo..or revovering from surgery. i have one client who is in a wheel chair and has lymphoma and als...and i can only celebrate how truly incredible she is ..and look at my situation and laugh at myself when i get all bogged down in the bs of life..you know the stuff...is my chest big enough? are my arms big ect...it gives you pause when you see someone at a tricep pull down in a wheel chair who has just come from chemo....gay? straight? bi? really who the fuck cares?? the point should be..we all care about each other.....thats all i got.

 

[markshark]

I know this sounds strange, but how has you life changed since you were diagnosed with HIV?
For me, it has improved. I take much better care of myself. After some years it brought me into bodybuilding. So my physical appearance has improved. I'm not the skinny guy anymore. Which is great, because I can now find clothes that fit...hahaha
If it weren't for the HIV I would not have found the love of my life. It has brought me great happiness and hope for a fantastic life with someone that loves me for me.
I have a greater understanding for life in general. In the begining I faced death head on, and fought back. 14 years later here I sit typing this question to all of you. Wow....what a journey this has been.

BBB

dont come into this board often but congratulations on conquering and finding the thing u love. keep it goin bro.

 

[babybodybuilder2.5]

dont come into this board often but congratulations on conquering and finding the thing u love. keep it goin bro.

I also do not come here that often . At least like I use to in the past.....Thank you for your kind words.

 

[lauderdalemuscle]

Most of the time I think of my having HIV as the point in my life when I had to decide whether I wanted to live healthier or not. Then for the next few years I was kinda like a health nazi or something, and more or less afraid of everything and everyone. Now I've more or less chilled out...not afraid to live a little, even on the edge sometimes. But I always go back to that decision to really live a healthier life. It took me awhile to realize that people are accepted and rejected by others all the time, and if people didn't reject me for having HIV they might reject me for some other reason and it's about them and their issues, not me; hell, I don't even want most people to accept me, would rather most of them just pass me by. Life got better for me because I got better. Maybe it got shorter too, but it definately got better, and that's what matters to me anyway.
And I got better looking hahaha
lauderdalemuscle

 

[hottanguy333]

Hey there BBB and Beachbouy2005. You guys are truly an inspiration. I am also an out and proud gay man and have been HIV+ for 2 years. It has indeed taught me take care of myslef better and have a more positive outlook on life. It taught me to accept people for who they really are. I am in Asia and being HIV+ in an asian country is no fun at all. Most of the time i have to keep it a big secret as if the government finds out about my health situation, i will be deported. I will loose my career and everything have have built for so many years. I even have to secretly fly to another country to get medical help. But most importantly, the prejudice against HIV+ people here is making the situation worse. Its been tough but i am definitely inspired to keep fighting on. What doesn;t kill me will definitely make me stronger and i am growing everyday to become a better person - a person who respects myself and others. And eventually, i will move to a more supportive community. interested in exchanging emails? BBB and beachbouy2005?

 

[hottanguy333]

hi, can anyone tell me how to take out the word Pro Bodybuilder under my Nickname here? I am not a pro bodybuilder. just a guy trying to train and build up. Any info would be great. thanks guys.