When I was first diagnosed with HIV in 1998 I was devastated. I remember the doctor prescribed my antiviral meds. I was taking 12 pills twice a day. It wasn't until I started working as an advocate several years later that I met people that would stop taking their meds but still monitor their viral load. Now please don't get me wrong, I'm not telling anyone to stop meds. Back then medications were making women so sick. They were getting humps on their necks and stomachs. It was called lipodystrophy. There were not a lot of women involved in research so the meds were geared towards men. It was a a hard time because the one thing that was supposed to help was making you sicker. Continue reading...
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