>- now they are telling him he has a virus in his brain! apparently, this is causing him to become senile, and forgetfull...he is waisting away to nothing, and feels horrible
Sadly, this is frequent with people on HIV ANTI-viral drugs. They do not bother to tell people about the serious side effects of these drugs or the higher mortality rate associated with them.
In the US the mortality rate with AIDS is over 7 percent yearly. Elsewhere worldwide, where they can not get the antivirals, it is less than 2 percent mortality.