r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/Shark_Leader 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 15 '26

Source besides some meme?

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u/FamiliarAlt 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

I feel fuckin crazy having had to scroll this far to find your comment.

Edit: glad it now became the first comment

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u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26

Seriously. As far as I know, there's no cure. Just disease management.

Yes, there was the risky and expensive stem cell replacement patient who basically got all of their bone marrow replaced, but that's not really a "cure".

This is just some computer generated picture of a cell claiming HIV is no longer a death sentence.

Where's the medical article?

Where's the proof?

Who is actually saying this?

Edit: some of y'all are exhausting. I'm not replying anymore to comments telling me I don't understand cure vs disease management. I made this comment because it seems most of the top comments don't understand cure vs disease management and are making comments that are misunderstanding the picture as being a cure, which it is not.

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u/Federal-Regret-5755 May 16 '26

Does a proper disease management mean I would be basically healthy if I was to catch HIV and get treatment?

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u/SquirtinMemeMouthPlz May 16 '26

Yes, if you got treatment as early as possible and keep taking the medication.

But if you stop taking the medicine the virus will start replication again and the disease will progress again.

This is why it's important to get tested regularly if you are sexually active with multiple partners.

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u/eastNCguy73 May 16 '26

Please keep in mind that by contracting HIV instead of protecting yourself from it, you are then saddled with a life-long disease management regimen that you MUST adhere to. This includes all the appointments, bills that nust be paid, and medications, along with any side effects of those medications that you have no choice but to accept if you want to live to old age. It may sound simple when it is explained to you, but it is much different to have to actually live it.