Get tested now and again in 6 mos and start learning about how to prevent the spread of HIV. Don't share needles or straws when drugging and learn to love condoms while looking into Prep for yourself if you are HIV-neg after testing or for partners if you are pos.
HIV isn't the death sentence it once was. Viral loads can be managed and you can live with the same dignity as any other patient of a medical condition.
I respect people with HIV as much as anyone else. There is nothing wrong with being a person with a history as long as you're responsible about not spreading infection to others.
I am HIV-neg and I would absolutely date and have sex with someone who is diagnosed HIV-pos and managing their health responsibly. The stats are that it is safer sleeping with someone HIV-pos than the average hetero person because the average hetero person isn't tested as frequently as recommended which makes them feel they are harmless and the HIV-pos person is actively monitoring their viral loads and know what their body is capable of passing on.
Stigma is so old school and only playing into sex phobia.
Good luck with your outcome being what you prefer but just know that people with a HIV diagnosis are just as important as anyone else.
(I have a thyroid problem I take medication for so I also have an autoimmune disease! Illness is illness.)
Anonymous
Feb 15, 2018 at 9:13pm
Gee, condoms?
Yes it will....
Feb 17, 2018 at 10:28am
please keep your fluids to yourself.
OP
Feb 17, 2018 at 10:29pm
After years of being sexually abused and a lifetime of feeling unattractive and unwanted, I keep making not-so-great decisions about sex. I can't seem to change this, and there is no help to be had. I would have gone on PrEP sooner if I'd been able to afford it, but it costs as much as rent, and I mean rent here in Vancouver, which I already have a hard time managing. Now that the government is covering PrEP for people at risk, I've started taking it. I get tested fairly regularly for HIV and have for years. I tested negative before I started PrEP, but I know I could be positive and in the window period where it can't be detected, or I could have been exposed between testing negative and now. The only thing I can do now is wait until enough time has passed for me to get tested again.
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Feb 15, 2018 at 7:30pm
Get tested now and again in 6 mos and start learning about how to prevent the spread of HIV. Don't share needles or straws when drugging and learn to love condoms while looking into Prep for yourself if you are HIV-neg after testing or for partners if you are pos.
HIV isn't the death sentence it once was. Viral loads can be managed and you can live with the same dignity as any other patient of a medical condition.
I respect people with HIV as much as anyone else. There is nothing wrong with being a person with a history as long as you're responsible about not spreading infection to others.
I am HIV-neg and I would absolutely date and have sex with someone who is diagnosed HIV-pos and managing their health responsibly. The stats are that it is safer sleeping with someone HIV-pos than the average hetero person because the average hetero person isn't tested as frequently as recommended which makes them feel they are harmless and the HIV-pos person is actively monitoring their viral loads and know what their body is capable of passing on.
Stigma is so old school and only playing into sex phobia.
Good luck with your outcome being what you prefer but just know that people with a HIV diagnosis are just as important as anyone else.
(I have a thyroid problem I take medication for so I also have an autoimmune disease! Illness is illness.)
Anonymous
Feb 15, 2018 at 9:13pm
Gee, condoms?
Yes it will....
Feb 17, 2018 at 10:28am
please keep your fluids to yourself.
OP
Feb 17, 2018 at 10:29pm
After years of being sexually abused and a lifetime of feeling unattractive and unwanted, I keep making not-so-great decisions about sex. I can't seem to change this, and there is no help to be had. I would have gone on PrEP sooner if I'd been able to afford it, but it costs as much as rent, and I mean rent here in Vancouver, which I already have a hard time managing. Now that the government is covering PrEP for people at risk, I've started taking it. I get tested fairly regularly for HIV and have for years. I tested negative before I started PrEP, but I know I could be positive and in the window period where it can't be detected, or I could have been exposed between testing negative and now. The only thing I can do now is wait until enough time has passed for me to get tested again.
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