Somethine Positive Always Comes Out of Things in Life!

[TGun]

Just wanted to bring a Positive note to this topic and forum, as this HIV stuff always tends to be quite a downer most of the time.  So my thought was, if we all could post some positives that came out of your diagnosis, that this would help the thousands who come to this site and forum for advice and relief in such a stressful time.  I know i was once one of them myself, and it is my hope that I could somehow provide some sort of guidance and encouragement to those that are in the shoes I was once in.

[TGun]

So to answer my own question, and to start this topic off in the right direction, i will answer my own question.


For me, HIV has been a wild ride.  Through all the initial shock after about a year and a half, things began looking much brighter for me.   I began learning how to live with this condition and what my boundries were for disclosure.  I also began to look at life from one life to live mentality and live for the moment mentality.  Close friendships and relationships became closer than ever.  My future goals in life now became clearer than ever.  A marriage happened, an adoption and procreation.   All has actually turned out pretty darn well for me.  Although, it by no means has been easy!!!  There were dozens and dozens of times that i contemplated the end of my life and and dealt with incredibly dark depression, that incapacitated me most of the times.  Chemical dependancies crept in or awhile, and life was just plain miserable for awhile... Thank god there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

[Tonny2]

        ojo.         Hello there!... I am glad that you learned how to live with HIV, the sooner we learn how to live with this, the better. The medication Will take control of the virus, as long as you take it as prescribed , so we can take back control of our lives... We have to understand that for some people it is a little bit more difficult to learn to live with HIV, but hopefully, these people eventually Will realize that nowadays living with HIV, it is, It is living with a chronic condition... I remember when I was diagnosed in 1984 with eights, on the 20 CD4, the diagnosis Wasn’t that hard to digest, where the west more difficult for me, he was when I asked the doctor How long I was going to live, I remember going to my house and getting to bed and no one thing to leave my bed, I would wait for my partner to come back from work, and I asked him to join me estoy n bed and hug me, l was like that for four days, at day five, I woke up and said to myself, well, The doctor told me that I had two more years to live and I’m here wasting my time, so I called the office letting my boss know that I was going to be the following day at the office. So, I went back to work, living with aids for five years, due to treatment failure, and I worked for the next five year until, I couldn’t work anymore because I lost my eyesight due to CMV RETINITIS, my last day at work was August 21, 2000 which is my birthday, I just celebrated my 58 birthday, I was 32 when diagnosed and I were supposed to live only two more years after my diagnosis of SIDA. After almost 26 years, I’m still here, almost blind but alive, and enjoying my extra time at the fullest... I invite you to read some on my story on living with HIV for them. The thread name is “HOPE DIES LAST”. It hasn’t been easy but, I’m still here sharing my story with you... There’s life after in an hiv/aids  Diagnosis. The formula I have been juicing for the last 26 years, living with The bug is, discipline in taking your medication and a good A positive attitude, no pun intended. Now that we are positive we have to be positive...hugs.          ojo

Ps. Forgive my errors, English is my second language and I am legally blind dictating to my cell phone