It must give you such pride to be behind a name such as "your a.s is
collapsing" and yet still manage to show such effrontery (dictionary.com).

Anyway, my wife and I have been married for ten years and we have two kids.
I am HIV+ and she is not.  We've been having protected sex since WE found
out about my condition.  We also had two children by semen donations.  We
have been through a lab that sperm washes here in the US; they have taken
one of my specimens and have washed it, but the HIV status still shows up.
I am looking for the medicine that gets the HIV viral load to undetectable
so that when they wash it AGAIN, the HIV virus will be completely erased.
We have been through UCLA, and two HIV doctors to make sure this is
legitimate and that the process will work so the virus will not spread to
her or our third child; we both wanted to have one child using my sperm.

Does this answer your question?

Thank you all for your insightful and yet unhelpful comments.  I knew I
would get some "harsh" comments, but I really did think that at least ONE
person might have been helpful.  Although what one poster said is true:
"You are f***** for life."  You see what happens people when you cheat on
your wife and think there will be no repercussions?  Think she'll never find
out?  She'll never get the HIV virus from me, but ultimately, she is the one
who gets hurt the most.

I think I'll just rely on the doctor's advice and research; something I
should have done from the beginning.  No need to respond; I won't be
checking back in.

DRS Indeed

P.S.  Bet NONE of you would have had the courage to deliver your "advice"
straight to my face if we had met on the street.  I have to admit, hiding
behind a email or screen name, does help one become more bolder...including
me.

27 September 2002

Laboratory tests show that lemon juice is a potent destroyer of both HIV and sperm, Australian
researchers say.

If planned tests in primates and people are successful, lemon juice could be ideal for women
without easy access to safe barrier contraceptives, such as condoms, says the team at Melbourne
University, led by Roger Short.

But experts in anti-AIDS medications warn that the safety of using the juice internally and its
efficacy in people are as yet unknown.

Short says a solution of 10 per cent lemon juice produced a 1000-fold reduction in HIV activity
in a lab sample. And half a teaspoon of the juice wiped out two teaspoons of sperm in 30
seconds. The high acidity of the juice is responsible for killing HIV and sperm.

The great advantage of lemon or lime juice as an anti-viral contraceptive is that the fruit can
be grown very cheaply in the developing world, says Short. Women might use the juice by
inserting a soaked piece of sponge or cotton wool before intercourse, he says. Women
researchers in Short's lab said using the juice caused no pain.

Centuries old
This method of contraception was widespread in the Mediterranean before the advent of modern
methods, such as the Pill. "I'm a great believer in history. People would not have used it for
300 or 400 years if it did not work," Short told ABC-TV.

Julian Meldrum of the London-based National AIDS Manual says: "The basic principle that acids
such as lemon juice can inactivate both sperm and HIV has been known for some years." But
although lemon juice was used historically as a contraceptive, "it is unknown how much damage
this did both directly to the vagina and the interior of the cervix and uterus, and indirectly,
through effects on microbes in the vagina."

Short agrees that more work is needed: "We now need more time to see if women really could rely
on lemon juice to protect themselves against pregnancy and HIV in the human body without any
side effects," he says.

The team is now planning experiments involving macaque monkeys in Indonesia.

ever after.

Yes, I know I'm answering myself.  I just forgot to add one important
thing:  If the bay is due to arrive, make sure to be outside the U.S. or
Canada, in a country where there are no health nazis who want you to
poison the newborne with ARV's.  If you refuse to do that, they may place
the child (YOUR child) in state custody, so they can do the poisoning
themselves.