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Hi, I read your blog. I am feeling as if you are just writing the things which we experiance in our daily lives. we all want to be with someone special and caring. but the way you have expressed your feelings is really great. somehow I feel that even though i had many bad experiences in dating after being diagnosed, i still prefer to be with someone of same HIV status. actually i dont want to exploit someone's love for me to my pleasure. and believe that you feel the same thats why most of us would rather be true and avoid harming someone. Thanks for posting such a beautiful blogs, keep posting. Soulmate
God bless you baby girl
its funny you did this blog on meds i need to go get tested ive been preparing myself for the results i guess you can say to soften the blow my last partner was a definite candidate smh @ myself for being so careless but anyway i done got past the dumb feelings the hardest part about having the virus besides the stigma and discrimination well the death part isnt that bad for me i love my lord and i know i will be called home one day anyway but the medication that really bothers me its a reminder and besides that i have adult add and doing something routinely everyday isnt easy for me at all especially pills the side effects frighten me and i dont even take meds when im sick i let my body fight it and my body has done a great job thus far but to have it have to depend on a pill to do its job good is hurtful it takes away my independence smh i dont what to do but i do know the first step is getting tested i just read one of your comments and the blogger was diagnosed the day after my birthday that couldve been me already knowing and getting proper treatment is there anything anyone can tell me about not prolonging the inevitable im just really scared and i think about the baby im carrying why isnt that enough for me to just say excuse me but to hell with it smh the baby is kicking strong and i feel so ashamed everytime i feel it please pray for the baby to not suffer due to my neglegence i dont know what to do anymore this is not me im normally more responsible the fear is eating at me inside and out just need advice and thanks for these sites because the more i read the blogs th more i can cope once i stop being stupid and get tested good thing im not the type to switch partners until im sure the other didnt leave anything behind but yeah anyway i ranted just now im scared to take meds i never really had to i just hope i learn to live woth it and not against it you all are very strong and empowring in more ways than you know thanks you for helping me im just going to do it like nike lo
You brought tears to my eyes reading your blog. I am too hiv positive. I'm 26 yrs old and diagnosed back in 2007. How do I join this blog? It would be great to talk about it to someone. I am always keeping everything inside.
not every one has such positive reactions to meds some people i know have quite severe reactions including myself, where the majority of meds out there react more badly the longer there taken. but when the alternative is dead supposw we all just to suck it up.
I read your article-and had a flashback to ten years ago-when I started losing weight and didn't know why. I was in denial- I let myself lose a lot of weight and finally my Mom said I had to go see a doctor. I , of course , was positive- my T cells were surprisingly still good- but my viral load was thru the roof. I remember first getting the news from a grief consultant at the clinic- she had tears in her eyes and I thought I was doomed. We tried 2 medications, until I was able to stomach Sustiva and I stayed on that until Atripla became available. I always take it before I go to sleep-and the first couple of weeks-I had vivid dreams-not scary-just bold and detailed. I can tell you that I am now and have been for years-at my prior weight-and undetectable. I go in for routine visits and its the same consistently-I just take the pill before I go to bed and fortunately, I live a very normal life. Dating is not a piece of cake- but I'm healthy and optimistic about the future. I wish you all the best in 2011. Thanks for sharing-it helps everyone who's been there.
I'm glad Anon had it so physically easy the first few weeks. I started Atripla the week before this past Thanksgiving like Raleighwood but my first 15 days were total hell. I ran a fever the first two days and I constantly vomited through day 15. I wasn't even able to hold down water for the first 3 days. I lost some weight and looked like death. However, and I kid you not, on day 16 I woke up and it had all stopped. It was if my body flipped a switch. The funny thing is that my doc, too, told me the biggest side effect would be the dreams. He emphasized that because several of his patients report having violent nightmares. At the time I was all set to have some crazy dreams. Do you think that has happened one time? Haha, nope. Thanks for the article! I wish everyone a great new year.
Sweet Cookie
Hi you can do it and you will make it . I just wish that out there should sot of support and groups that will help people after they found out their status. I'm an HIV positive for 8 years I been married for 27 years I have 3 kids and a husband and the only one that knows is him. We have not have any sex for 9 years because he is not HIV positive I would not like it to give it to him. I think we still together because of the kids but they are getting old . I just want to know if there is any groups that deals with this type of situation ? I have not told my mother because she is 76 years old and I would not like to stress her out. And my husband and I don't talk about it . I'm proudly to say my viral loud is un detectable . How can I talk to my husband that this is for better or worse I need to talk to some one that is in my same situation .
May 8, 2014