Educational moment! Maria, are you an AIDS patient? Answer: NO ? We are people living with HIV! AIDS means that your immune system has been broken down and a person may be very ill! Many people with #HIV are full of life and living healthy lives. ? Heck, I do more than some of my HIV negative brothers and sisters ? and still have stamina. ? This is because we value our health and we never want to get back to where we were when we got the AIDS diagnosis!! I had it just like I had Cancer!! Now I am just a person living with the condition and that is it! So, when you talk to someone or ask them...
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Today marks my 34 year battle with HIV! I never thought I would make it this far! Thank you to all that have helped me and taught me in this journey to be a better human being.
¡Hoy es el aniversario con mi batalla de 34 años con el VIH! ¡Nunca pensé que llegaría a vivir tantos años con esta condición humana!
I want to thank everyone that has wished me a happy birthday! Every year is a miracle to me!
¡Quiero agradecer a todos los que me han deseado un feliz cumpleaños! ¡Cada año es un milagro para mí! Me dieron máximo para vivir hasta los 28 años y estoy orgullosa de cumplir 49 años hoy.
I really don't know where to start! I know that I always, or most of the time, start with that same phrase. It's been extremely hard to deal with this pandemic, to see the suffering that I have witnessed, and live myself!!!
My name is Maria Mejia and this is my story with HIV! I kept my HIV diagnosis a secret from almost everyone for nearly 20 years. Diagnosed at 18 in 1991 and contracted HIV at the age of 15 in 1988, I told family and friends I had leukemia. I became an activist more than 20 years ago and became a tireless advocate for people living with HIV. I am a Global Ambassador and Community Advisory Board member for The Well Project, an international nonprofit for women and girls living with or affected by HIV. I am the founder of two international Facebook support groups in English and Spanish with more...
Come join my group in Facebook! I am so proud of this group that I founded around 12 years ago! It started with like 100 people and it's international and it's in English. ❤️ I also created one in Spanish for all Latin America and Spain.
Quiero agradecer a todos los que me han deseado un feliz cumpleaños! ¡Cada año es un milagro para mí!
I want to thank everyone that has wished me a happy bday! Every year is a miracle to me!