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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply June 17, 2013
  • Journal · 243 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

Please share your experience with HIV/AIDS

ziggy_001
  • By ziggy_001 · New reply June 11, 2013
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
  • I am having a very difficult time in my life and I wanted to hear stories from those on what their experience was like when they were first diagnosed with HIV/AIDS? I don't know how to feel anymore ...

I know better

Junior17
  • By Junior17 · New reply June 11, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • 4/12/2013 Last night I went out just because I felt like proving to myself that am still young and attractive knowing that I have to go to work. But I went out had a good time than later the guy I went ...

Painful peripheral neuropathy

David517
  • By David517 · Posted May 10, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • Hello all,I was diagnosed in 1990 with AIDS and during a 13 month pill vacation the Pain in my footsoles started up in my hand palms. Has anyone had any luck with pain meds for this? I was prescribed ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

colon cancer and HIV

Idahoeagle
  • By Idahoeagle · Posted April 7, 2013
  • Discussion in Living with AIDS · 0 replies
  • I am a 58 year old HIV positive individual who has been positive for 28 years. I have not been on anti-retroviral therapy most of my HIV diagnosis. I tested positive for HIV in 1985-86. In 1992-93 I went ...

dont know what to do ?

hope_lasts
  • By hope_lasts · New reply April 7, 2013
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 1 reply
  • i had anal sex 3 years ago with my friend we both are men,everything was fine but i had problem in my anus it was always itching and had irritation in it but i thought of it as yeast infection and did'nt ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

Love

Junior17
  • By Junior17 · Posted January 15, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I am not going to write a long entry yet I woiuld like to get some feedback, So I will keep the story short I met a guy on a phone line didnt think I was going to fall in love with but I did my sister ...

Christmas Is Coming/ Or Will It????

chuck821
  • By chuck821 · Posted December 12, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Might be nice to hear from other who have been waiting for this 2012 'thing" to occur. And if any of the claims of things that may happen, do indeed come to pass, Christmas may be interrupted this year ...

Media query regarding OraQuick In-Home HIV Test

John2
  • By John2 · Posted November 28, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communication Director, Inspire Dear members, A healthcare journalist with ABCNews.com contacted us today seeking help in researching an HIV-related article. She is hoping to interview ...

ITS BEEN A LONG LONG TIME

chuck821
  • By chuck821 · New reply November 15, 2012
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • I remember very clearly the day we all heard about the new disease heading "our" way. It was a wonderful beautiful day setting out on "Queer Pier", that day in Key West. It was just the beginning of summer ...

Cryoglobulinemia

laughingnana
  • By laughingnana · New reply July 18, 2012
  • Discussion in Symptoms · 3 replies
  • Does anyone in this group have Cryoglobulinemia. Many Hep C patients have this rare disease and may not even know it. The blood of a Cryo patients is affected by cold temperatures, changes in temperatures ...

Possibility

MaydayMeshell

Life Partner

MaydayMeshell
  • By MaydayMeshell · Posted July 7, 2012
  • Discussion in Living with AIDS · 0 replies
  • How is Hiv generation free possible, when marriages and child birth is an allowed risk ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

Getting into a relationship

Aronw
  • By Aronw · New reply March 10, 2012
  • Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
  • How do i tell this (im HIV)girl i want to get serious with and want to date for marriage purposes (I'm 34 ) in a way that won't completely send her running (is there even a way or an approach...to do ...

New relationship

Aronw
  • By Aronw · Posted March 10, 2012
  • Discussion in Questions · 0 replies
  • How does one know when And how to tell a girl that he wants to have a meaningful hopefully long lasting relationship with that he has HIV ? PLEASE HELP ...

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