Late_Bloomer: HIV ≠ Death

I always like to point that out. It will eventually kill you, but your life is not over once you get it. These days many people in America live well into a second decade with the disease. Of course it's always best to simply not get it and use as much precaution with it as you can, but if you were to get it, at least now it isn't a ticket to instant death, I suppose. :-[