"The progress in treating HIV since it first entered the popular psyche has been significant. It is no longer a death sentence in the developed world, and those

"The progress in treating HIV since it first entered the popular psyche has been significant. It is no longer a death sentence in the developed world, and those infected with HIV - who get treatment and adhere to that treatment - can live long and relatively normal lives." Except the side effects (as with any drug therapy) can be severe. And the effects of long term use is anybody guess. Many patients who lived, just now reaching their 50's; are experiencing everything from diabetes to chronic kidney and liver disease to macula edema. Course the trade off is death. So maybe it is a good deal.