I’ve heard this story from a fellow poz about a recent death of another poz. Let’s call him “Alex”. He was diagnosed last 2010 and his CD4 was 400 then. Then he just took his health for granted. Never again did he go back to his treatment hub and this year, 2012, he went back to his treatment hub and his CD4 was already too low. He passed away with multiple organ failure.
We have a responsibility to our health. As soon as we find out our HIV status, we should always monitor our health, especially our CD4 count, the viral load and the presence of infections. We know that left unattended, our immune system might get weaker and we just don’t know how fast it will be. So we should be alert and take charge of our health.
To “Alex”, you didn’t die in vain. You can and will be an example to everybody from now on.