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HIV nutrition

In this chat I talk to Yvonne about HIV medication and the meaning of wellness. When I first got diagnosed, I had to navigate my way around what wellness actually meant. Once I established a routine...

Submitted on : Jun 20, 2023

HIV Empowered Me!

HIV empowered me - and now I am free. When I first found out I had HIV - I believed my life was over. I come from a catholic upbringing, and even though I no longer practice, those feelings of guilt and shame still lingered.

Submitted on : Jun 3, 2023

Quality of Life and HIV

Taking into account the aspects that make up our quality of life, it will be important to understand that it improves and is enhanced not only from taking our treatment.

Submitted on : Apr 17, 2023

Golden goal

My lovely people, January is my favourite month. Not only because it is the beginning of a New year where we can start afresh, we also still have the whole year ahead to work on whatever we set our mind to.

Submitted on : Jan 30, 2023

A RISKY Move, a REWARDING Experience

Five months back, I had taken an IMPULSE decision of relocating from my comfort zone of Nagpur to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis of BANGALORE. After all, I am a metropolis girl and Nagpur...

Submitted on : Oct 17, 2022

Living in the Times of COVID: I Contracted Omicron

I really don't know where to start! I know that I always, or most of the time, start with that same phrase. It's been extremely hard to deal with this pandemic, to see the suffering that I have witnessed, and live myself!!!

Submitted on : Mar 25, 2022

Who Ate My Brownies and Other Philosophical Questions!

Didn't you always know that there were ways to call desserts vegetables? One day I explored ways to use zucchini and found Zucchini Brownies! This was an easy recipe that turned out so yummy, and yes...

Submitted on : Sep 15, 2021

Best Thing to Happen to Me

They say that it takes tragedy or someone hitting rock bottom for them to make changes to their life. I guess that's what happened to me when I was diagnosed. My diagnosis, in conjunction with...

Submitted on : Jan 24, 2020

The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself on the Inside and Outside

This blog is dedicated to my best friend sister, Nichelle Daniel. While walking through the mall with my best friend (sister) for twenty or more years, we were talking about the importance of taking...

Submitted on : Dec 1, 2017

The question was: Why do I make myself look attractive if I have HIV?

I am Maria Hiv Mejia-Laing. I am here as a living example that HIV/AIDS is not the end!

Submitted on : Mar 24, 2016