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Happy Birthday To Me!!!!
#270099 - 01/11/13 10:37 PM
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“Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change,
he courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”
A year ago today I found out that I was +. If I could go back and change things, I would do it in a heart beat...but I can't so I figured why not celebrate the 365 days that I've dealt with this and hope and pray for many many more to come!
It hasn't been an easy journey by any means! I've come a long way and I've grown into a better man. I'm most thankful for all of you here at the body for the words of encouragement and kind words when I had nowhere else to turn!
So here's to a life full of new people, positive energy (no pun intended) and healthy habits!!!
-Corey
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lovableo
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I'm glad things are doing better for you. I just celebrated my 14th year this month with hiv. As the years begin to pass, you finally find yourself in a regular routine. You might not think about it as much as you once did. Just always keep your head held up high and know that you are family here. So you now have one year down and so many more years to live. Have an even greater 2013yr.
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"I have HIV, HIV does not have me!!!"
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Here is the full Serenity Prayer....it's beautiful.
God grant me SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change, COURAGE to change the things i can, and WISDOM to know the difference.
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a a time. Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace. Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that YOU will make all things right if I surrender to YOUR will. So that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with YOU forever in the next.
AMEN
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Congrats! Mainly on still being alive and kicking! So many aren't with us any more.
Part of life is making mistakes. The thing intelligent people do is learn from the mistakes and not intentionally make them again.
Everyone I've ever spoken with has things in their lives they wish they could go back and change or undo. It's not possible, so the next best thing is to live your life from here on out as best you can.
I sometimes wish I hadn't become HIV+. Then I think I'm still alive and relatively healthy. And, I think about the positive (no pun intended) impact I try to have on other people's lives. An impact that wouldn't have happened if I weren't here now. I work with an HIV housing facility and conduct the weekly support group. I've been numerous times to do testing at outside locations. I've spoken in the state capital and several local colleges. I hope that someone somewhere has listened just a little and perhaps taken precautions to not become HIV+. If I can prevent one other person from contracting this disease then my having it doesn't matter to me.
I celebrate my HIV birthday in September. But, starting this year I think I'm going to celebrate in May with my regular birthday.
It's just occured to me when reading your post that this is 25 years HIV+ for me. I'll be 49 this year. I've reached that point where I've been positive more than half my life. Not a small feat considering when I first tested positive there was no viable treatment. No meds. No experienced doctors. Just statistics coming from the CDC about a disease that was killing people. The CDC didn't even own a microscope to see the virus.
You've come a long way for yourself. You still have a longer way to go.
Charles
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