Sascha. AIDS-Patient. And Dr. Sinofij his GP on a visit.

Sascha: "I am not telling you all this, because I want something in exchange - but because there are so many others, who are feeling the same way I do. When I started it...taking drugs also meant dressing well... one smelled of perfume..."

Sascha

Dr. Sinofij: "When I came here for the first time his condition was very bad. Pus, discharge... Open wounds... No sterile bandage, only what the relatives had at hand. He was completely discouraged. But after our conversation..."

"Now he's feeling better. Well, he believed in himself. The biggest problem is that he has got no more veins. Due to the long drug abuse his veins disappeared."

Dr. Sinofij: "He injected drugs. A package of Dimidrol a day. Even in the armpits. Everything is cauterized. The same in the groin. There are holes. Shafts. Dark shafts. One can only cut the veins open. There were ulcers on the legs..."

Sascha: "They're still there."

Dr. Sinofij: "He'll show them in a moment. For a while he was feeling very bad."

Saschas mother: "Periodically. Sometimes he's got it... Twice a month."

Dr. Sinofij: "The temperature rises to 40° Celsius. He gets it twice a month. High temperature, 40° Celsius... Serious inflammation... The feeling of fear accompanying it... "


There were many such moments in my life, when I thought that's it now.

Sascha: "There were many such moments in my life, when I thought that's it now. Several times a month I say good-bye."

Saschas mother: "He stands in front of the icon and asks God to let him die."

Dr. Sinofij

Against bedsore. Camphor. Iodine.

Sascha's Mother

The icon

Dr. Sinofij

Sascha / Dr. Sinofij

Against bedsore. Camphor. Iodine.

Sascha's Mother

The icon where Sascha asks god to let him die.

Dr. Sinofij