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So I've seriously been thinking... In October, 2015, I started to get REALLY sick. Couldn't hold food down, always nauseous or in the bathroom. Six ER visits and they still couldn't figure it out. GI did several tests, stool samples...

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 hiding...

Today, together with councillor Tigelaar, I unveiled the crying woman here in Amersfoort. It is such an honour to have her at the Lievevrouwekerkhof in the heart of lovely Amersfoort. Again, a great moment to share my story on the...

The prestigious #karmaveerchakra This time a #goldmedalist (27th Nov 2019) Thank you Jeronimo, Eitu and Akriti who put an effort to make this event a huge success. . The journey has been hard. The journey has been long. But overall...

I guess I will go public about what is going on with me at this present moment. I hurt my back 19 years ago and couldn't walk for like 3 months. I was put on the worst medication: oxycodone. The...

My 33rd birthday just passed on December 5th, 2019 and I have been doing a lot of reflecting. I can’t believe how much my mindset has changed. I am HIV +, I am Black, and I am a woman (a...

I am devastatingly tired. Today it is a weight pressing on my spirit. It is almost as if it's the only emotion I have room for. In my tired I struggle for the energy to find the light. To be...

Hello everyone, Iam a positive single mum with a son but ever since I graduated in 2015 I have failed to get a job,I am so frustrated with life yet I have someone to look after, what do I do

HIV and Relationship When I am in a relationship, I give it my 100%, totally investing in it. But if it doesn’t work, nothing else will, no matter how hard you try. You cannot move ahead with something when there...

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. And not even a silent one. It...