James’ Story
Globally, there are 37 million people living with HIV. I am one of them and I want to share my story. Today, we have a chance of defeating this virus and this is me, standing up to play my part.
Globally, there are 37 million people living with HIV. I am one of them and I want to share my story. Today, we have a chance of defeating this virus and this is me, standing up to play my part.
Since I started treatment and got to undetectable I’ve felt a lot better about meeting guys and having sex again. But because I know I’m not infectious, I’m not sure whether I need to tell them about my HIV. What do you think?
Since my diagnosis in the summer, I’ve told one or two close friends but am finding it hard to be more open about my status and haven’t told my family yet. I’m going home to see them at Christmas and would like them to know but am worried how they’ll react. What shall I do?
I was 24, in my final year at college and was planning to go to university when I was diagnosed HIV positive in a small town in Yorkshire. I had been for the test having had a sero-conversion illness some months earlier. I received pre-test counselling for about an hour and the counsellor went through some of the issues and made an appointment for me to come back in two weeks’ time.
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