Window periods, diagnosis, antiretroviral therapy, undetectable equals untransmittable, PrEP and PEP.
Read that a twice yearly injectable prevention option was approved. Daily tablets have not worked well for me. Is this something I could realistically get?
Undetectable for four years on tablets. Clinic mentioned injectable treatment every two months. Tempted, but nervous about giving up something that works.
Took a home test on impulse and it showed reactive. I have not told anyone. I do not know whether this is a result or not.
Newly on treatment. U equals U keeps being mentioned. What am I actually meant to be doing to hold onto it?
Possible exposure Friday night, got to a clinic Monday morning, started PEP roughly 60 hours after. They took me seriously and started it but I keep…
Negative at six weeks on a lab test. I have read four weeks, six weeks, twelve weeks and ninety days in various places and I cannot…
Newly diagnosed and my first results are two numbers I do not understand. Everyone talks about them as if they are obvious.
Started treatment ten days ago and I feel rough. Tired, unsettled stomach, odd sleep. Is this the thing everyone warns about or should I be calling?
Tested at a community outreach service with a fingerprick. Negative. Should I repeat it properly at a clinic?
Been offered PrEP and told there is a daily option and an on demand option. Not sure how to think about the choice.
Started PrEP a few months ago. A friend seems to think it covers more than HIV. That does not sound right.
On treatment, undetectable for over a year. Someone new. I know the science and I still cannot work out how to say it.
Clinic mentioned screening for anal precancer. It came out of nowhere and I did not know this was a thing.
My partner has been on treatment for a few years and is undetectable. He has explained U=U to me and I believe him, but I notice…
Started PrEP and the monitoring schedule is more than I expected. What are they actually checking?
Started PrEP a couple of months ago. A friend says condoms are now optional, which does not sound right to me but I could not explain…
Not sexually active at the moment and it feels pointless to keep taking it. Can I just stop and pick it up again?
Had a possible exposure, tested at four weeks with what the clinic called a fourth generation test, negative. They told me to come back for a…
Newly diagnosed. I have read that life expectancy is near normal and I cannot tell whether that is true or whether it is what people say…
Diagnosed on Tuesday. I have a first appointment with a specialist team next week. Right now my head is full of things I absorbed years ago…
Dental appointment coming up and the form asks about medical conditions and medication. I am torn between honesty and self protection.
First trip abroad since diagnosis. Worried about customs, about labels, and about running out.
Diagnosed this morning and they offered to start medication today. It feels too fast and I wanted time to think.
Missed two days in a row when I was away. Panicking about resistance.
Diagnosed two years ago, undetectable. My partner does not have HIV. Is a pregnancy realistic without putting anyone at risk?
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