Testing positive
It was a bit of a surprise when she leaned across the table, held my hand and said “I’m sorry to tell you that you’ve tested HIV positive.”
15
August 2016
15
August 2016
Sex and Hep C – What’s the risk?
Hepatitis C is a more robust and infectious virus than HIV and it isn’t fully understood just how easy it is to acquire sexually.
5
July 2016
Take action and beat anal cancer
With a steady increase in anal cancer worldwide, it's time to take action, and beat anal cancer.
15
March 2016
Finding the confidence to get back out there
Once you become poz, then what? Do you stop having sex, be unhappy, overthink, not go out, feel fearful and anxious?
15
March 2016
A few things that keep me going
Like many people living with HIV, I work full-time. I worked before my diagnosis and I’ve continued to work since my diagnosis.
15
March 2016
Muslim and living with HIV
I was thirty two and a mother when I was told I was HIV positive at the refugee detention centre.
15
March 2016
Women and PrEP – some differences
A number of major international studies show the use of Truvada as an oral PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) can help prevent the transmission of HIV.
15
March 2016
Being my own detective (with side effects)
In 1995, at the age of 37 I became HIV+. At the time I felt my whole life was falling apart.
15
March 2016
Returning to work and dealing effectively with Centrelink
I have HIV and a number of other chronic health conditions including living with a mental health diagnosis.
15
March 2016
How gender impacts the lives of women living with HIV
As a heterosexual woman living with HIV for the past 21 years, I am acutely aware that the lived experience of women with HIV today is still mired in ignorance and invisibility.
