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HIVArrow
Aged 41-45
Interview 10  

Interview 10

Age at Interview: 41
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 34
Background: Irish gay male living in London. He originally went on combination therapies as part of a trial, and has suffered from PCP.
Brief outline:Today, he has considerable support from friends and family, and takes a combination of anti-retroviral drugs with few side effects (abacavir, 3TC, Kaletra). He is now in good health except for occasional chest infections.

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How HIV has changed the way he understands and manages his time.

 



I guess HIV's made me more aware of time. Every minute of the day is mine and how I choose to spend it is mine. It makes you a little selfish. I don't waste my time or if I do waste my time it's because I have chosen to waste my time. But it's like if I make an appointment with somebody to do something at sort of ten o clock and they don't turn up until eleven, then I'm really annoyed because they've wasted an hour of my time. And I consider my time precious because it's limited you know. So, like if I chose to waste an hour, that's my decision, I've consciously decided that I'm going to do nothing for the day or whatever but… I sort of pretty much only do what I want to do really. You know, if I spend time with you it's because I want to spend time with you. It's not because I feel I have to or whatever, because again, it's my time and it's limited.
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