Living Positively with HIV and Keeping Healthy

Danny West is a trainer, coach, and leadership consultant, has been living with HIV for the past 24 years, and remains healthy today, having been treated successfully with antiretroviral medications (ARVs) for the last five years. What's the secret to his longevity? He feels that positive thinking and the determination to live a fulfilled life in which he can make a significant difference is the most important thing. He tries to avoid stress as much as possible and to manage stress by getting adequate sleep, having a balanced diet, exercising, having massages, swimming, taking walks in the country, and balancing work with time to relax. One of the most significant factors is that he has a very good support network of people around him who he can talk to and share his thoughts and feelings with. He has access to multiple support groups and his own coach. Danny thinks it's important to talk about HIV, your feelings, and what's going on in your life on a daily basis. He can't say for sure why he's still alive and healthy today, but dying of HIV has never been an option for him. He's had an incredible life because he MADE IT HAPPEN. For more information, visit http://www.ryl-training-consultancy.co.uk/ and http://www.AIDSvideos.org/. This video is freely downloadable from http://www.archive.org/details/LivingPositivelyWithHivAndKeepingYourselfHealthy . [Do you want to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS? Are you fluent in a language other than English? Then volunteer to translate this video into another language! Click http://AIDSvideos.org/translate.shtml to learn how you can help!!! © Copyright 2008-2011 Global Lifeworks. All rights reserved. This work is licensed to be used for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.]

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[omarleony]

what combination of drugs do you take? would really need to knwo

[AIDSvideos]

This is Eric; I'm not a doctor. Knowing what combination of ARVs he takes won't really help anyone else because the combination that's right for his strain(s) of HIV won't necessarily be right for another person's strain(s) of HIV. Talk to your doctor if you have questions about what ARVs are right for you personally.

[Atitoinnyc]

great video. very helpful

[Rebelliousbynature]

thank you for posting this is very very encouraging

[pizovic]

i am not hiv positive my self but, listening you talk how you deal with it just makes me want to better my self and my life. Good work