@windwalker, @ling123 and everyone on the MAC group. The above post was removed because it was spam. It violated Mayo Clinic Connect’s Terms of Use: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/terms-of-use/

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However, I am thrilled that the discussion about attitude and health has ensued.

@colleenyoung Thanks for the warning, Colleen. It did cross my mind that it seemed odd that someone would post abou being HIV positive in our group.

@colleenyoung , Thank you Colleen. I felt his post was odd also, I answered only because I did not want to discriminate as HIV patients tend to get the same MAC infections that we do. I chose only to focus on good the benefits of having a good attitutude.

That's exactly what I was thinking, too, when I spotted that posting because when I first started reading about MAC I kept running into it being associated with people who are HIV positive.