Date Posted:22:05:24 08/15/06 Tue Author: Kellie Subject: Re: R.I.P. Ray Gillen In reply to:
she says
's message, "Re: R.I.P. Ray Gillen" on 07:20:43 07/18/06 Tue
You know its sad because an old friend of mine died of AIDS back in the mid-nineties and it was rumoured she slept with Ray.
I'm glad that you are healthy and surviving with this disease. My friend was one of the unlucky ones. She died within a year of being diagnosed.
>Speaking from someone who knows this first hand, it's
>true.
>Karma has been good to me. My "incident" with the late
>Mr. Gillen happened in October of 1989. I was
>diagnosed with HIV in November of 1990.
>In respect to his mother and daughter, who I noticed
>stop in this place every now and again, I'll keep the
>details private.
>Suffice it to say, his face will haunt me for the rest
>of my life, but my life will NOT be lost to the
>disease he gave me.
>I am one of the lucky few who survived and I am
>blessed to have a beautiful life with my husband and
>our son, who are both negative, thank God. I will
>never say "he got what he deserved", because NO ONE
>deserves to die in such a way, even someone who
>knowingly gives a potential death sentence to another
>human being.
>I will say I hope he is able to somehow feel the deep
>pain he caused my parents, sisters, brothers, husband,
>and son when he "chose" me.