MariaHIVMejia's blog

Below is my bilingual Vlog from an ex dissident telling me what happened and I also share some information for those scared of treatment. Video bilingue de un ex disidente que casi muere y algunos consejos mios para aquellas personas que tienen miedo de tomar su medicina para el VIH.

I fall...but I will always pick myself up! I may cry...but I wipe my tears and continue loving and caring. I may have been in dark moments where I felt everything was upside down...but I always know there is a light ! ALWAYS!! Nothing lasts forever...good things or bad things. As I always say, from the darkest places comes the brightest lights. Sometimes we may feel like giving up but that fighting spirit makes us continue and shows us what we are made of. You have 2 choices in life...FIGHT OR GIVE UP! Giving up is not an option We all have struggles and you are not alone. We all have some...

YOU GET TIRED! I know I must give hope and be "positive", but I have been in bed for 2 weeks with a horrible cold! FEVER, CHILLS, COUGH, ACHES, HEADACHE...horrible!! I know we all get colds, but it just sucks when you have a freaking low immune system and multiple things are attacking you!! They also did a culture in the ER when Lisa took me April 18th and found a freaking bacteria ENETEROCOCCUS (E coli) that I was told by my doc during the same situation. :( So I got my results for VL and Tcells today..and THANK GOD I am undetectable! My Tcells did go down a little from the highest they have...

OMG!!!!! in a few days I will be 40 YEARS OLD!!! and 24 years living with HIV ! When I was infected in 1989 at the age of 16 and then diagnosed 1 week after my 18th bday in April 18 1991, IT WAS A DEATH SENTENCE! They gave us MAX 10 YEARS TO LIVE. I wrote in my Hello Kitty diary that max I would live to see 28 and that is how it was! we had no meds!! No viral load exams! no social media or internet NOTHING! IT WAS A DEATH SENTENCE! NOW IT IS A LIFE SENTENCE!! BUT ..I AM HERE! Please, when you know better, you do better! Get tested, know your status! Do not trust anyone with your life!! And use...

OK... My soul is hurting. I feel so powerless. :( I have people from all over the world writing me that they have no medicine! That they are discriminated and it is happening here in the United States also!! It is so sad for me to only offer them my prayers and just sit here and feel like I can't do anything for them and help them!! PEOPLE ARE DYINGGGGGGGGGGGG!!! THEY ARE GETTING SICK! This is not only happening with HIV, but with many other diseases like cancer, etc. So many funding cuts...people maybe just don't give a damn anymore? They are sick and desperate. :( I do not want to be a...

I am excited and very hopeful! Estoy feliz y con mucha esperanza.   Watch video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/dqdZJV6cQiU   Love and light, Maria Mejia

I am a Latina, HIV positive, a lesbian and a woman! 4 strikes against me ..but I am not out! Many know the struggles that we go through if we have any of these categories with stigma and discrimination! Imagine having these 4 (strikes) working against you and still trying to show that you are worthy and that you can make it! Well of course we can! No matter what things in life are against us, we must never let anything stop us or bring us down! I must be real…I have been discriminated more for being a lesbian woman that is happily married and very vocal about whom i love,"my best friend and...

This is my message to the whole world and what world AIDS day means to me. I also talk about some of the highlights and accomplishments of this year in regards to HIV/AIDS. Mi mensaje para el mundo entero y lo que el dia mundial del SIDA significa para mi. Cuales han sido algunos de los momentos importantes y logros de este ano en respecto al VIH/SIDA. Love and Light/Amor y Luz, Maria T Mejia   BILINGUAL VLOG WORLD AIDS DAY/VIDEO BILINGUE DIA MUNDIAL DEL SIDA

Remember that the beautiful butterfly was once a cocoon. There is hope as long as there is life 3. "Being strong is also coming to terms that life is not easy, we may not always be happy and we should let it out for our own well being." Don't hold onto anything because you are scared of the future...if it is not working for you there is a reason for this! Sometimes suffering means that the pot of gold (something very good) after the rainbow will come your way. Never take anything that you have forgranted! Take care of it and love it. Anything can be snatched from you in a minute. When we feel...

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