How I Outlasted My DoctorEarlier this year my doctor said something that I hoped I would never hear. “I’ve decided to retire.” My reaction was immediate...reactions4comments
How I'm Handling My Cancer DiagnosisMy first opportunistic infection was Kaposi Sarcoma. It was a viral cancer that created dark purple lesions across my body. In the...reactions2comments
What Are the Little Routines That Keep Me Going?Recently, I was confronted with a startling fact. During my annual physical, my doctor referred to me as 'someone in your age...reactionscomments
Why Letting Go of What I Lost Was Actually a MistakeDespite being HIV positive for 30 years, only recently have I processed what happened to myself and my friends. I thought that...reactions1comment
Loneliness Is a Killer: Here's How I Address ItAfter the quarantine of the Covid pandemic, I wasn't surprised to learn that loneliness is a negative factor in treatment adherence. The...reactions6comments
Planning a Vacation While Living with HIVI'm starting to get plans together for our upcoming Alaskan cruise. While I'm making sure I have the recommended attire and the...reactions3comments
Ready to Start ForgivingMy mother had a stroke on the morning of my 13th birthday. My father found her on the bathroom floor where she...reactions2comments
HIV Changed My Thoughts on Nutrition and How I EatI don’t think I gave my eating habits any thought until I received my HIV test results in 1994. I was 29...reactions5comments
How Anger Took Over My Life and How I Took My Life BackI don’t remember the first time I allowed my anger to take over. But there have been too many instances not to...reactions1comment
The Lessons Grief Taught MeRecently my time as a caregiver for our two dogs came to an end. After 2 years of midnight medicine doses and...reactions5comments
My Anxiety was Killing Me, So I Took 3 Deep BreathsI knew something was wrong when I cried every time I put my shoes on in the morning. It wasn't my feet...reactions3comments
My Life With HIV and the BlahsDespite the gratitude journal and the affirmations posted in my bathroom, I sometimes feel uninspired about life for lengthy periods. Long-term living...reactions6comments
When Disclosure is a Lifelong Experience, What Do You Do?My viral load has been undetectable for 20 years. This has kept opportunistic infections at bay, leaving me to deal with other...reactions6comments
Being HIV+ is Not a Crime, and That's Why I'm Speaking Out!I learned that being HIV+ was a crime in 1989. It was during a training session for a demonstration I participated in...reactions3comments
How I Spent Two Months Being ImmobilizedThe combination of an undetectable HIV viral load and avoiding serious injury to my body over the years led me to a...reactions12comments
HIV and Happy: How I Found That Feeling AgainLong-term survival requires you to navigate the difficulties of the chronic condition landscape. The overwhelming circumstances of living with HIV can cast...reactions5comments
An HIV+ Gay Man's Thoughts for Gay Men's HIV Awareness DayMy identity as a gay man has always been intertwined with HIV. Before I came out, I sat in my parent’s living...reactions2comments
