I often see articles discussing what it's like to live with HIV. I generally don't pay much attention to them. There are so many variables that affect a person's quality of life while living with HIV. My time with HIV has been very different than other peoples. Some articles talk about how easy & normal it is to live while HIV+. Others make life seem utterly hopeless due to outside factors like stigma & difficulty acquiring resources. Both are true for some people. I've never seen an articles that talk about how living with HIV is different almost every day. Some days are good while others are horrible.
I'm a white male with a notable Native American background in rural Oklahoma. I have very limited resources. I was diagnosed very late & reacted badly to some of the early HIV meds. I had very limited support & my HIV specialist was over 2 hours away.
My point being is that someone with decent support in an urban area who was diagnosed early in recent times, would have a very different experience than I did. We'd hardly be comparable at all. Living with HIV is different for everyone, just like life.
Cya...
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