HIV diagnosis

Today was one of those days. In exactly 9 days I will have been diagnosed with HIV for exactly two years, and as that day is getting closer, I feel my world getting smaller. It's like my mind is...

When I was born April of 1985, there was no test, no way of treating it and very little information about what it was. All they knew was that HIV was a murderer.

Our journey to treatment adherence is just that; a journey. Everyone's journey does not look the same and that's ok.

You only live once is a phrase we all hear a lot, though that's not true. The real statement is we only die once, but we live every day. In life some people believe in winning and losing, but me...

My name is Marissa Gonzalez, originally from New Jersey, now living in sunny Southwest Florida.

I was 26 years old. My children were 1 and 6 years old. I had recently ended a mentally and physically abusive relationship.

When I found out I was HIV positive, I didn’t know much about the virus except for what I remember learning in my high school health class. I thought I was going to die young. I thought I would look...

When I was 27 years old I became pregnant with my daughter. After my first prenatal visit, I found out I was HIV positive.

My name is Evelyn Scalice and I'm a 32 year old mom of a 4-year-old little girl.

Since I've announced my status to the world my life has literally been an open book. From strangers to associates I haven’t seen or spoken to in years, people asking me questions, personal or just...