Last year, Chris Kimmenez and his wife asked their doctors a simple question. Could Chris, who has been HIV positive since 1989 but keeps the virus in check through medication, transmit it sexually to Paula?
They were pretty sure they knew the answer. Married for more than 30 years, they had not always practiced safe sex, but Paula showed no signs of having the virus.
Their physicians were less certain. “They had a conversation, and they did some research on it,” Kimmenez said. “They came back to us and said there may still be a risk, but we’re comfortable enough” that unprotected sex is safe.
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Photo: Mark S. King, right, who is HIV positive and is considered noninfectious with proper anti-retrovial treatment, is seen at home with his husband, Michael Mitchell, on Nov. 22, 2017, in Baltimore. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)
November 24, 2017
The Washington Post