25 Years of Living with HIV - Part 1 (PatientsLikeMe)

[happy85love]

I am 26 and I'm born with HIV

[ajones35]

Is he still alive?

[fkoff99]

OMG what a cute TEDDY BEAR!!!!!!

[DCFunBud]

I hope you live forever.

[Olekander]

Thumbs up to that!. What a remarkable man.

[davidrosspatient]

HIV tests in 82???? An insurance requirement for a test [in 82] that wasn't invented until late 84 early 85?

I'm confused.

I was diagnosed with GRIDS in March 83 and the only 'test' was a cd4 count and presenting OI's. Blood stored in 83 was later confirmed HIV+ in 85 [after the test was invented] as part of the LAMS Cohort study that tested thousands of samples with the all new Elisa and Western Blot tests.

[CoolConejo]

There is a problem with the opening, It should say " Its been 25 Years, since the Manufacturing of HIV "

[FellowTraveller]

I shared a needle with a "get high buddy" & had the classic sereo-conversion event happen to me in '84? Treatd at a VA facility They DID keep some of my blood I tried to join the NY Air National Guard, at Westhampton NY I was in the first batch to be tested for GRIDS I tested + on weston blot and elisa tests I have never taken any HIV meds & feel okay the wife is also negative (she never shot dope? is my best guess) she is still - today I stil ahven't taken any meds- whatever

[HoneiiDiiva]

IM SO GLA DIM NOT SEXUALLY ACTIVE

[KirstyRusty]

this is so amzing!!down to earth its ubelievable how they cope!! got so much respect for them!! im not HIV positvie but a nursing student studing to work with ppl who have an incurable illness such as HIV and Cancer!! hopefully i'll find a real cure!!!!

[HerrBenedikt]

cute guy, great interview

[Liberal2245]

God Bless him Im hiv positive and I THANK GOD FOR HIS LOVE AND GUIDANCE I BEEN INFECTED SINCE 88 These pharmicutical companies have also help alot its a struggle but Im able to work and live a normal life

[talltangirl]

liberal2245, how did you become infected? What was your reaction when you found out?

[ZR1Terror]

Nice, I am very happy for you, wish everyone could live a normal life.

[HomeAndAwayFan30]

amazing!

[mponisci]

If you look at the webpage that appears at 4:29, it says "infected 9/82, diagnosed: 9/83", so maybe he just misspoke about the year of diagnosis.

[burntflybog]

my aunt had a blood transfusion in the 80s, and she died 5 years ago, with three young children left motherless. For everyone that we cast aside for doing something "wrong" to get HIV, we let people like my aunt get sick and die. Oh, and to the denialits, she didn't have a staph infection, never used drugs, was physically fit, and got all of the vitamins and minerals she needed from her abundant back yard garden and local farmers market. and no, she never took ARVs.

[jpack27]

I'm surprised to hear that he was able to get a test in 1982. In the US the test for HIV didn't become available until 1985. Guess things must have been a bit different in the UK at that time.