Are You Comfortable
Telling others people you are living with hiv ? Or do you keep it too your self and of course your partner if have it 🤔
Do You Enjoy Seafood?
Seafood has always been considered a good source of protein. Some doctors have stated that shellfish in particular , has high levels of mercury, and is not good for immune suppressed persons with HIV.
What Seafood do you enjoy?
It won't show me previous answers on the app. So i don't know if I already committed on this.
I'm on a low fat seafood 🦞 diet. I see 👀 food, I eat it, and the fat hangs lower.
Since Your Diagnosis..have People, Family , Friends.. Treated You Differently?
I've noticed that since my diagnosis, friends and family are not around as much as they used to. They don't call as often or check up on me and when they do it's usually....
"How are you feeling? "
Sometimes I don't feel like part of the family and my friends don't include me, for fear of me getting sick?!!🤨
I've grown accustomed to this,.. which is why I sought out this group💕
How has your experience been?
My family doesn’t seem to treat me differently, distance helps yet I seem to be different in my treatment /reactions towards them. I guess it’s because I look at my mortality a lot differently than… read more
What Song/music Best Describes You At This Shelter In Place Time?
Whether it be at the office at work wherever you are, what song/music gets you through most of the day or best describes how you feel?
Kinda a downer of a song but In the end by Linkin Park it’s damn relevant to me The lyrics are killer
Long Term Undetectable
Just curious.. My doc told me I am long term undetectable,.... Anybody else long term undetectable??
I've been undectectable since 2012.
Finances
I have asked this question before but it has been awhile, so it is nice to get a refresh on things that may help the newer members
HIV care can be expensive. It takes money out of our pocket for other things we may need. So when it comes to your HIV care and finances, how do you cope with the burden of paying for everything
Do you take the help that is out there for rent/mortgage help?
DO you take the help that is out there for food?
Do you take the help that is out there for utilities?
Do… read more
Does anyone else want to add to this?
Given The Opportunity, Would You Be Willing To Volunteer In A Clinical Trial For An HIV/AIDS Cure?
Clinical trials are administered in various ways. They can be using medication, intravenously, transfusion, stem cell replacemen etc....There is no cost incurred to the patient and a reimbursement for the day is usually allotted. All expenses are usually covered by the administrating practice. Patients must meet the qualifications of the clinical trial. At-risk patients will not qualify for these trials. The patients' health is number one in these trials and is monitored very closely. ❤️
Yes absolutely.
Once Approved By The FDA And Qualified In Clinical Trials, Would You Have Your Physician Give You The Covid-19 Vaccine?
With different pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna all creating a covid-19 vaccine in the coming months, which one would you decide to take or would you at all? 🤔
Do You Remember The Day And Year You Seroconverted?
Do you do anything special on the day or month of the year that you turned HIV positive? Do you remember what year and day that was?
July 1, 2003 2 days before my 40th birthday in jail, had just decided the month before I wanted to get sober, but I didn't relapse. And yes, you can get alcohol and drugs in jail. He told me he had… read more
Has This Changed You?
Given what you now know of Covid-19, have you modified, changed or remained the same throughout the last two weeks? Do you find yourself more compassionate toward others or more anxious about life? Or perhaps something else....?
I'm glad to hear you fought it. When can you get the vaccination ❤️❤️❤️🤔