We are brought here today by the letter "E" & the word Educate. In it's simplest form, educate means by whatever means to introduce information or skills to someone. While education is usually seen as going from one person/entity to another. In regards to HIV, the most important part of the matter is that of self-education.
When you are +, your doctors will tell you some of the story, your pharmacist another part & case workers another. Still that is no where near the whole story. I hate to say this, but when you are +, you are mostly on your own to teach yourself all the things you need to know about living as a + person.
Some things you will bumble through & learn from the experience. However, much of this is going to be found by talking to other people & researching the matter at hand on the net. What topics will you pursue?
- Assistance programs & support groups
- Disability
- Legal aspects of being +
- Medications & interactions
- Overall health matters for the + person
Those are just a few of the things you'll end up having to find out for yourself. There will be a lot more than that. I would say that easily 85% or more of what I know about being +; my meds, disability & everything else I had to research. A large part of the information I received from my doctors & other professionals was either completely wrong, not applicable or outdated.
Your health is your responsibility. It falls to you to be diligent & educate yourself about every aspect of your + life. You can really only count on yourself to find out the information you need to know. Don't let it overwhelm you. Start with one thing & research it. Slowly you will develop a knowledge base of information, web-sites, informed people & other resources to help you through this all.
Happy Hunting & Cya
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