It makes sense (although I have no idea, dear Zoe - peace to you, dear sister!) that he died from the flu (which he was reported to have, even prompting an emergency plane landing at one point?) which can be deadly for someone with AIDS.
People don't die from AIDS, though, but from "AIDS related complications," which can inlcude the inability to fight off a flu virus. This is because AIDS is not the disease that kills them, but the syndrome that allows diseases to kill folks. It is a shot immune system so that a person can't fight OFF disease. One acquires the SYNDROME (not disease) by the means of HIV (the "Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The virus (HIV) emaciates the body's disease fighting (aka immune) system. Hence, one ends up with "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome"... or AIDS.
If, then, a person has, say, the flu... or any other major illness that needs a STRONG immune system to overcome, they are VERY likely to die. Because their immune system is deficient. Nothing to fight WITH (hence, all/the strong drugs - they're designed to SUPPORT the immune system, which is lacking due to the HIV; stop taking them... an no "immunity" to fight the illness).
They said Prince kept hanging outside Walgreens, etc., waiting for drugs (rumor was he was waiting for Oxycontin; what, though, if it was HIV meds... and the pharmacy was out... or there was a wait period because he had recently filled a prescription? Both Oxycontin and HIV meds are controlled substances and issued undet very strict government protocols, so him having to wait makes sense).
Although I say my mom died of pancreatic cancer, she actually died of pneumonia, a complication resulting from the cancer (she'd had so many internal parts removed, she couldn't purge waste/fluids on her own and the fluid built up in her lungs. Hence, pneumonia... and drowning (for all intents and purposes). And so, the certificate says pancreatic cancer/pneumonia.
Ennywho, I can definitely see, based on what's been reported, how Prince might have had AIDS and died of the flu.
Honesty compels me to add, however, that even without AIDS the flu can be deadly (knew a 41-year-old man who died of the H1N1 a few years ago. Healthy outdoors-man who had horses, etc., and reportedly was never sick - went into hospital for flu and died 2 weeks later). So, Prince may have died from the flu and never had HIV/AIDS at all. The flu is NO JOKE.
S'why I, as a diabetic, get my flu shot every year now. Since I work closely around a lot of people and I'm just getting over my 2nd bout of pneumonia this year, gonna start that vaccine, too, this year.
Okay, enuff from me - LOLOL!
Peace to you all!
YSSFS of Christ,
Shel
|