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Story submitted by community member to QPP – published with permission I remember how I felt anticipating my HIV diagnosis. As I walked into the clinic and heard the door shut behind me, I felt an uneasy calm, but also unwittingly, …
First being diagnosed feels like you have been given a life sentence. You feel isolated and alone. You are left within the whirlwind of your thoughts and emotions. It is a mental and emotional rollercoaster of coming to terms with the …
I have been HIV positive for 17 years after an unprotected casual sexual encounter when I as 24 years of age and had been sexually active for less than a year. At the time I was devastated and scared and did …
When I was first diagnosed early September in 2007 I was 21. I was petrified of medication as my best friend was on medication and I watched him struggle with side effects which would make him house bound due to the unpredictable nature …
