1. I learned that a lot of people look at you funny and often don't even want to touch you. I also learned that you really have to take care of yourself. This includes eating right, excersing, and keeping your imune system as healthy as possible.
2. I think Bob's experience is similar to other people who were promiscuous, and later found out that they were HIV +. I think the psychological effects are very much the same as well. Finding out you have an incurable disease takes a bit of getting use to. His experience is probably different from those who are not promiscuous. Someone may have contracted the disease from a cut on the fingure or in the mouth. The psychological effects for this individual might be different in that they never felt like they deserved it.
3. The route that Bob skinner talked about was that in rural areas, it is more common to have heterosexual transmission. Prevention can be limited in these rural areas because it is a lot harder to inform people in there. They don't have as many connections to the ouside world, and a lot of times they just don't want to be bothered. In some places, such as Africa, many of he people don't want to listen to what others have to say about STDs or they just don't believe them.
4. Living in a rural region makes treating HIV difficult because a lot of times those are the people who have little money so they cannot afford treatment. It is also hard to treat these people because sometimes it is hard to get such treatment out there or it is difficult for the people to come and get treatment.
Bob skinner truly was a treat to have and come to speak to our class. He has had a crazy life and has made the greatest of mistakes in my opinion. the fact that he was able to "conquer" it and share his story to educate others is something that I can admire. Taking care of yourself by education and practice of safe sexual encounters is a life long lesson that some people learn the hard way. Others have been educated by people like Bob Skinner and after hearing a story like that will never make a mistake as he did.
ReplyDeleteHaving Bob come to the class, I think, was an eye opener for everyone. I don't think most expected some of the things he said. I think his experience does differ from many other people around the world because of his promiscuity. It is a job within its self trying to keep your self healthy just so you can survive. I was amazed at how many pills some people have to take. I enjoyed having Bob in class and I think it's great he is able to share his story in order to help others!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed learning about Bob's experiences although it would have been nice for him to focus more on how his social life has changed since he was diagnosed with AIDS. He just gave us a brief explanation on how he got it but never said what he was doing before he new he had AIDS or how his family reacted to finding out.
ReplyDeleteSaying that gays are responsible for the spread of HIV was far past his authority, and I believe most people agree that is why they avoid it in their blogs.