Hi there your taking a big step forward by telling people how your feeling,it took me so long to open up.Just try and stay upbeat and just keep talking to people who are or have been where you are.Take care hugs and all my best wishes

Truvada is great!

I actually hadn't heard of Truvada and I'm going on 22 years with this virus. Good luck with the treatment.
As for coping, that's the bigger part of it. Therapy (and maybe psych drugs) are important. Then there's the usuals: exercise, water, good diet, supportive friends. I also think reading and writing are important in coping with the virus. Many studies indicate that long term survivors are usually people who are active in volunteer work, so that may be something to consider.
Keep coming back here and posting questions and discussions. You are not alone.

It is frightning at first. I remember looking at a tree that I had planted in my front yard, and asked my self how big it will get before I dye. The tree is now bigger than I ever thought, and I go on planting more. Don't think that you have been given the death sentince, and Truvada is good. It brought me back to undetectible. Just worry about all the new people you will meet, and have a good life. Today we are so luck to have the drugs that we do.

i recently started truvada and i have had no problems w- it!as far as your question about coping.....i found out a year and a half ago and i still have a very hard time w it! it consumes most of my thoughts during the day and i still cant even believe it is true.i often wonder if i have lost who i am forever or will one day i wake up and feel like myself again....i hope things get easier for you! take care

hey, been where you are, it gets easier. No one handles this well...Please, know that that this is something to be handled. I thought for a long time that it was a death sentence~I have been possitive over 10 years, I know others who have passed 25 years...It is hard to be told "you're terminally ill" just know that there are support groups; HIV ANONYMOUS is out of California BUT you can get the big book from them in PDF...Write, talk & pray...You are NOT alone in this.

read up on truvada. learn everything you can possibly learn, from all angles, and from all sources. this is a good idea for any and all medicines we take these days.

educated patients are healthier patients. if you cant find the information about truvada, i'll be glad to look it up for you and send what i find, while im in the course of my own research everyday, stopping to help others find information is a nice way for me to take a break from my own stuff, and do some good for others.

be well, drink lots of water with these hiv meds, it makes a difference in the long run with liver and kidney. water water water....

how do you feel after several weeks?

-taoe

I also take Truvada as well as other meds. I have been on them for over a year now since being diagnosed. Have faith that each day will get better and that this disease will not take your will to live. You are not alone. I pray all the time and thank God that I was allowed to know that I was positive and not be in the dark. It will get better one day at a time but you have to believe that it will. God will bring you through this. I will keep you in my prayers.