You know, for years and years I have asked doctors the same question??? Why, if I have been undetectable for 17 years and do everything humanly possible to raise my T-cells by being SUPER adherent and juicing, not doing drugs and just living a healthy lifestyle… they just don't respond!!! They never gave me an answer and I was always chasing the cd4 cells that I want so badly as I see some not take their meds, not being adherent and even doing drugs!! Some have 1000 T-cells?! Now I have my answer thanks to my brother Nelson Vergel. This is why: "Terms used to describe this subset of...
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I urge everyone to move your bodies, work out! This has made me stronger! It takes my anxiety away! My Depression has not resurfaced since I started on May 26th! I urge everyone to find their own way of moving your body and sweating! This is the best medicine for me. I am stronger, with less stress and anxiety and feel that I have more endurance and I am healthier!! I started slowly and now I am working out 4 times a week doing cardio and weights. Love and light
Una muy Real Conversación con mi Madre y mi tía sobre el VIH y como ellas tomaron la noticia en aquellos tiempos el Estigma y lo que era mi sentencia de muerte en esa época.
A very real conversation with my mother and aunt about HIV and how they dealt with my disclosure, stigma and the death sentence HIV was in those times...
Love, how beautiful it is! This is so important for people living with HIV / AIDS ... to have someone who loves you and can see you beyond the disease
El amor, qué hermoso es! Esto es tan importante para las personas que viven con el VIH / SIDA tener a alguien que te ame y puede ver más allá de la enfermedad, es decir si son VIH negativas...
Soy María Mejía. Estoy aquí como un ejemplo vivo de que el VIH / SIDA no es el fin!
I am Maria Hiv Mejia-Laing. I am here as a living example that HIV/AIDS is not the end!
¿Dónde empiezo? Es con mucho dolor que estoy escribiendo este blog...los recuerdos de mis amigos que murieron por complicaciones del SIDA me persiguen todo el tiempo.
Where do I start? It is with much sorrow that I am writing this blog...the memories of my friends that passed from AIDS complications haunt me all the time. It is very hard to express how I feel … so I will do my best. I know I am not alone in these feelings, but us long term survivors have survived something that was supposed to kill us, we are left with long term fatigue from our meds that save our lives. The PTSD that we have mentally endured from so many years of hiding in shame, feeling worthless, having the fear of dying like the many brothers and sisters I have seen die in front of me...