Hi all,

I am an older, single adult female who contracted hiv fairly late in life. I
have been pos for nearly 14 years, asymptomatic, not on meds and my count
varies. Some concerns of mine are:

1. small rural area where I grew up and live necessitates not revealing my hiv
status. Also
Support groups that are few and far away from where I live.

2. Social life??????? dating negative men would mean revealing my status so
that leaves only pos men and how do we meet them locally w/o revealing our
status? Hmmmmm, around in circles we go.

3. My few experiences with government agencies left me hoping that I
never have to rely on them for anything. I, personally, would turn to them
only as a last resort and in dire need. And I do realize that people do have to
deal with government agencies and God help them as they navigate through the
system.

So I guess my concerns would be social stigma, social life, support groups and
help from government agencies.



Chicagoheteros@yahoogroups.com wrote:


There are 2 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. Re: Digest Number 243
From: TesPoz@...
2. Re: Digest Number 243
From: "lulujojo"


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:43:50 EST
From: TesPoz@...
Subject: Re: Digest Number 243

Hi, my name is "Vee" I am hiv+, African American female non symptomatic,
also undetectable, I am not medically knowledgeable about this disease as most
(IT IS TOO DEPRESSING) I just live day to day and when problems do come, I
will just have to face them then, I have know my status for several years, I
have not dated since finding out in 1997, too afraid of the disclosing because
of the impact it would have on my family and myself. I too would like to see
an article on hetero dating and how hard it is to find ppl which are open
about their status yet are interested in dating.......also where can I get a
copy of poz magazine I am a westsider, only get a chance to catch up on
articles when I visit the doctors office every three months.


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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:44:32 -0000
From: "lulujojo"
Subject: Re: Digest Number 243


--- Hello everyone...Test Positive Aware Network is getting ready to
do a Positively Aware Straight Issue...I will be writing about these
very topics that you bring up. Please give me your feedback on what
you need and want, I will be sure to include some great resources.
If you are in Chicago, join us on Wednesday nights for our Women's
Support group and Socials. Feel free to contact me at
b.marcotte@.... Vec, come visit us at TPAN or pick up a
Positively Aware, we have some really good medical info and easy to
understand. We have Poz at the office as well. I would be happy to
send you out stuff or meet with you.
773-989-9400

Barb


In Chicagoheteros@yahoogroups.com, TesPoz@a... wrote:
> Hi, my name is "Vee" I am hiv+, African American female non
symptomatic,
> also undetectable, I am not medically knowledgeable about this
disease as most
> (IT IS TOO DEPRESSING) I just live day to day and when problems do
come, I
> will just have to face them then, I have know my status for
several years, I
> have not dated since finding out in 1997, too afraid of the
disclosing because
> of the impact it would have on my family and myself. I too would
like to see
> an article on hetero dating and how hard it is to find ppl which
are open
> about their status yet are interested in dating.......also where
can I get a
> copy of poz magazine I am a westsider, only get a chance to catch
up on
> articles when I visit the doctors office every three months.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





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