My name is Travis, i am 43, live in Oregon, love the woods, love to garden medicinal plants, and i work with developmentally disabled adults.
I have been positive 15 years, the last 3 on medication.

Hello everyone. I'm Bob, 58, was diagnosed positive in February 1989. I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in. Been on a raft of drug cocktails and quite a bit of supplementation with herbs. The Crixivan/D4T/3TC combo I was on for several years has resulted in some lipo issues, and a heart attack three years ago that gave me a membership in the zipper club. Nevertheless, I exercise regularly, take tai chi and chi kung classes weekly, occasional acupuncture treatments, and keep an optimistic attitude. I retired on disability in 1992, moved to the beautiful northern Shenandoah Valley next to the Blue Ridge, and went back to school studying music. My lover died in 2000 and I've been learning about being alone since then. I'm grateful for every breath I take, and for a great support network, here on Tribe and in the non-digital world as well. And I've got a wonderful canine friend courtesy of Hurricane Katrina. Cheers, blessings to all, and thanks Travis for moderating. Bob

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Hi!

Ron Hudson here from Durham, NC. I am 49 and have been poz since 1985. I founded and manage the International Carnival of Pozitivities, a blog carnival for people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies. I am partnered and very lucky and happy for the past year and a half. I worked for 14 years in the pharmaceutical industry as a clinical computing professional, programming for drugs studies and had a role to play in the development of AZT and many other drugs that we all use.

I have been very lucky to remain relatively healthy, but am facing a number of challenges right now, including starting a completely new 4 drug regiment on Saturday. I have neuropathy, kidney issues and muscle/joint problems, but try to remain happy and in a positive state of mind.

Let me know if you want to know more or if you would like to be added to the mailing list of the ICP. I just need an email address to send you a monthly notice of where the host blog for each month is located.

Peace to you all.

Ron

Hi. My name is Betsy Sue Anderson, I'm 43 and I love to cook, clean and sew for my loving Husband. I like long walks on the pier, hanggliding with my cousin Ennis and if you elect me , I will work for world peac- Oh wait, wrong intro.. =P


I'm Timothy..

43, living in Chicago. 12 year veteran of the HIV virus.. Currently staying in Chicago, but considering warmer and less emotionally frigid locations when my lease is up in the fall.. I am a massage therapist, web designer, and advocate for green and sustainable projects. Working on trying to raise awareness amongst the GLBTQ community about environmental issues...I am going camping for a week to celebrate the arrival of spring and Beltaine (May Day)..

My name is Tos. I've had hiv for almost 3 years. I love living in the middle of beautiful nowhere New Mexico.

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I am FraterLSD - aka: Mark

Thelemite, Presently living in the S.F. Bay Area.

I practice Magick, Reiki, Tai chi. I have a 4 year old son whom I am the primary parent to.

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Neal Hughes, I live in the far north of Alabama, on top of a mountain beside a creek. My hobbies include fattening up rescue dogs, gardening, and working on my friends' dissertations and monographs, teaching youth to question authority, hiking and enjoying nature. I have been officially a Latter Day Leper since January of 2005. Oh, I am an educator by profession, an academic librarian, but I am currently freed from the constraints of practice, allowing me to focus currently on research and editing (that is French for "unemployed," I think). I believe in acting silly to children and governmental agents, kindness towards most, and strong cafe con leche as a panacea and that the Socialist Revolution will come one day . . . like a thief in the night! One will be grinding at the mill and be taken .. . oh, that's the Rapture. Never mind.

I'm healthy fellers! [And might even pass for stable emotionally at first glance.]

Dislikes: organ meats; poseurs; Republicans; Fundamentalists; social vertical strata, and boredom.

im ah outsider raw vision artist painter & childrens book writer,my frist book of probverbs/chilrens book press/
eye am single, living in oakland calf, yet i spend as much time as can in oaxaca mexcio/// its very cheap, eye have close pals there/ i love the art/ and it has alot of queer/muxes!/ history, and it is a mystical place... been hiv plus since 2001 found out eye was ok with the help my pills on 911! eye love the radical faires, yet if do any kind of drag, its to push my comfort zone as just wanta smear makeup as it feels gross on my skin, eye also think drag is more of big leather thing as most macho queenz are not aware of their own drag. even if its drag king...rafaga means rant in spainsh, yet, im nice and funny some what into budda and magic, want to learn more,,, eye wanta lover! my place of rest is not very big for 2 people but me and my roommate work it out, he has o.c.d. so it can get hard to deal with! i just got back on a housing list, so maybe i will be able to have a normal art studio one day, i dont have my own computer so some times my posts are even more strange than normal.... eye have long hair im born a mexainan in texas.. im pass 40! eye would love to live in spain again for the heath care.. i cant belive u can work and not have deal with heatlh care shit in europe , as eye here! do the royalitys on the book make my heath care go zany.. i plan to make a few wonderfeul paintings then have big art show at a muesum and get get get gone after i sell a few !! i smoke pot as u can tell...im smooth and love to bike ride and swim naked,,im some what freaked out about the new beer belly and need to eat better.. thank u i can be sad and lonely and hide out as its hard to do anything these daze with price of a gallion milk about the same as price of gas here/ 4.00 bucks/! i love to drive but dont have car.//ilove to take pictures , nature, camping out, even sex,... thanks.. be well and free to give me advice or ask me out or buy drawing or painting..wink wink ....

gary 42 filmmaker live in SF
have had HIV for 2 years

Hi guys. Newbie here (to the tribe). I live in the mission district of San Francisco, make my living as a nurse and have been positive for 20 years. (Isn't there a medal of some sort of that?) LOL! I use a combination of western medicine, meditation, yoga and supplements, and stress reduction to keep myself healthy. I'm a quiet sort and will chime in when I feel I have something positive and informative to add to the conversations. I am also up for meeting nice guys that are in the area.

hello every one
My name is john AKA Lorax was a tree surgeon for 15 yrs. i been poz for 18 years .I am 49. I didn't take any meds for the first 10 years until i got cancer , then all hell broke loose. but i am undectable, and on two meds. i live in beautiful santa cruz ca. I am a landscape designer and do yard maint. for my bread and butter. i enjoy sailing (when my freind goes out w/his boat.) hiking, also a burner (not this year).and i love to be nude at the beach.