I had no idea of the day. Thanks for the pimpage :)

You're more than welcome - it's an incredible story!

{{hugs}} Most excellent idea! :)

How's you today?

AIDS awareness seems to have fallen a little by the wayside over the last few years which is a tragedy. If I can do something to help by promoting the site and by highlighting these stories (which are incredible, both of them, but nemo_gravis's might just take the edge because ultimately there's a positivity running through it) then it's the least I can do.

I've been lucky in that I've never lost a friend or family member to the disease, although I have a cousin who is in a very at-risk group (she was an intravenous junkie for a long time and had multiple partners in a very short space of time) who is scared to get the test because she believes she's HIV+.

Getting tested is hard even if you think you *aren't* at risk for coming back positive. And if there's a chance for it . . . getting tested might be the hardest step. I mean, it's confirmation either way, and life changing no matter how you look at it. You could always offer to go with her, if you think that'd help.

You still working, or are you home?

Am home now - yay! Just waiting for the oven to heat up so I can grab some dinner...

My cousin is now a grandmother of all things - she's... 10(I think) years older than me and still treats me like a kid. I think her mother (my mum's sister) is trying to convince her to get tested so that she can move on with her life - if she is positive then there are treatments available which could mean she's around to see her grandson grow up.

Heh. I'm doing that same thing. Only with, you know, lunch instead of dinner. :)

And you're right. Treatment has come a long way.