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These were the words of a patient entering the consultation room 2006. This patient was 43 years old, HIV-infected in 1987 and also diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C. HIV responded successfully to antiretroviral treatment. The viral load was since treatment start 10 years ago undetectable and the immune system close to normal. How did perception from a deadly disease change so strongly? Well, he married 3 years ago, his wife is HIV-negative and the couple has a healthy HIV-negative child.