Living Positively: Your Roadmap to Living Well with HIV
The go-to resource for people newly diagnosed with HIV: what you need to know about lab tests, treatment, disclosure, and more.
Testing positive for HIV can be a life-changing experience. You may feel nervous, confused, scared or angry. Right now, the important thing for you to focus on is that you are not alone, and that you will be connected to people who will make sure you’ve got the resources, information and support you need to continue to live a healthy life.
Living Positively is your guide to living with HIV. The guide has info about next steps after an HIV diagnosis, how to take care of yourself immediately and in the coming months and years, info about HIV treatments, the types of HIV lab tests with explanations about what results mean, how to talk about HIV with sex partners, and more.
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