I interviewed my father about his experience with disease.  He hasn’t had any actual diseases, he rarely gets sick.  But he knew someone who died of AIDS.  My dad remembers him because it was a good neighbor.  Apparently this was during the time when HIV first started to become a problem  At first it was assumed that only homosexuals got HIV and my dad’s neighbor was gay.  But my dad felt sorry for him.  he remembers how he always had a doctor check up on him, especially when he got closer to his death.  He lived for only two years after being diagnosed with it.  My dad was in his 30s and the neighbor was also in his 30s.