errlloyd wrote: » Weird, when this thread opened, he'd already been diagnosed.
Boom_Bap wrote: » In his interview he mentions when he started being outspoken is after diagnosis and down to the 'droids (steroids I'm assuming). Fair play to Charlie. F*ck the people who blackmailed him. F*ck the media for forcing him to have to announce this.
Samaris wrote: » Regarding life-destroying; Yeah, it can be managed and treated now, but it requires a complex regimen of pills to be taken
constant checking the white blood cells, decreased immune system,
-thoroughly- disrupted home life, prospect of having children,
restriction of free movement (due to the complex nature of treating the illness)
etc, etc, that while it -probably- won't kill you nowadays, it's certainly a horrible enough disease to warrent the title!
asherbassad wrote: » Yeah, but the cocktail of nauseating drugs you have to take everyday is a misery.
ongarboy wrote: » Thankfully HIV is not the death sentence it once was. It may also change some perceptions that this is somehow still a "gay plague" and make more, particularly young people cop on about safe sex.
Boom_Bap wrote: » In his interview he mentions when he started being outspoken is after diagnosis and down to the 'droids (steroids I'm assuming).
Tarzana2 wrote: » Steroids used medically? I doubt that was the cause. They make you at most a bit giddy and excitable.
Samaris wrote: » Thanks for the info, Candie, I'm apparently out of date! It certainly used to be a hell of a lot more complicated. As for the rest of it, well, guess the start of the thread is right, its been spun to make everyone sorry for him. I honestly...no, no-one has the right to put anyone at risk in that way. That Bree woman certainly was implying she didn't know about it.
Candie wrote: » If he knew he had it, then he was legally and morally obliged to disclose that. If he was in ignorance and untreated and was sticking his head in the sand, then that is a moral failure and not a legal one.
Domo230 wrote: Two and a half men is pretty funny too
Samaris wrote: » Sounds like he was getting treated while keeping up his lifestyle. If so, he can't really say he was hiding from it. **** him.
Joe Calm Dew wrote: » Sorry about that, it was actually ceadaoin.'s previous post I had in mind writing that, not the one I quoted. Should have multiquoted. Anyway, doesnt matter. Shame for Charlie Sheen and all concerned. I'd reserve judgement though until it actually comes to let what happened, if he knew, etc.
DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: » Wow he's really fcuked his life up, also there's multiple rats leaking stuff to the press saying he's been using crack since 2010. I know all of his woes are probably self inflicted but I still feel sympathy for him.
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » What a life though
Candie wrote: » I don't think the life of a HIV+ drug addict is anything to envy.
errlloyd wrote: » It is ridiculously difficult to contract it from vaginal sex alright. A German pop star who was hiv positive was sued by some of her sexual partners, but got off becuase her doctor had advised her the risks were very low. However. Charlie Sheen was reported as having sexual partners from both genders, and I wouldn't rule out him being more adventurous than just vaginal sex. I dunno if CS ever did intravenous drugs, but obviously that raises all sorts of issues too. Weird, when this thread opened, he'd already been diagnosed.
XplaygirlX wrote: Two and a half men is the best American comedy ever
Jon Stark wrote: » Both genders? First I've heard of it.
XplaygirlX wrote: » Two and a half men is the best American comedy ever
Jedidiah Jealous Vocabulary wrote: » Boys will be boys.
Galwayguy35 wrote: » Doubt many would want to be with him now.
anna080 wrote: » She says they used lambskin condoms which don't prevent transmission of HIV.