Gonorrhea and Suicide

For a guy who is normally drama free, this shit is waist deep.

I finally received  a text from Zach.

I was pretty sure Zach was dead, so I was kind of overcome with hope and worry when I got it.  Worried on two levels.  Did this kid try to commit suicide?  How do you kick a suicidal kid in the guts when he's already down and out?  Maybe just tell him you gave him an STD.

I'll attach photos of the text conversation.  I kind of freaked when I told him I probably gave him an STD and he responded, "Don't worry about it, I have enough problems.  This doesn't affect me."

I was worried that it wasn't Zach who sent me the text, but a co worker or friend using his phone to wrap up things because he was dead.

Well, I finally convinced that person to call me and talk, and it was Zach.

He has spend the last 8 days in the Psych ward, after he tried killing himself Monday afternoon.  He said he plans were to do it Monday morning, but something didn't work out, and he then did it in the evening.  I'm not sure if the text he sent me on that Monday were before or after the attempt.

Anyway, he said I could contact the clinic with his information.  He then went there that afternoon.  He called me again from there as I had to give him my real name and date of birth, so they could link him up to my dossier.  I guess they give any of my "partners" free testing and treatment.

The final text I got from Zach was that he was getting tested for everything, and getting an injection for the gonorrhea.  Oddly enough he wasn't mad at me.  He seemed to just take it.  He said, "hey, I just tried to kill myself, this  is nothing."

Oddly enough, I seem to be handling all of this okay.  I'm just hanging with my family here in San Diego, doing shit around the house and eating pizza.

Maybe I'll freak out once I get home.

I am still a walking typhoid Mary, with that shit in my throat, I guess.  No symptoms, and they said I couldn't spread it unless I was performing oral sex on someone.  By the way, I will NOT be performing oral sex on anyone, soon.