Older People & HIV: Personal Accounts
 My Evil Hitchhiker (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Betsy Yung.
From TheBody.com
 Is the Ribbon Enough? (Regularly Updated)
A blog by Rev. Andrena Ingram.
From TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: An Interview With Peter and Kathy McLoyd (December 22, 2012)
While many believe HIV is a challenge too big for a couple to overcome, nothing could be further from the truth for the McLoyds. Their love is a glue stronger than HIV, and it is crystal clear that they are each other's hero.
From TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: A Trailblazer Still Marches Forward (December 12, 2012)
Gil Kudrin has marched with ACT UP, helped found Nightsweats & T-Cells (which employs HIV-positive people and gives them work skills and experience) and has raised two young, homeless boys as his own sons.
From TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: An Interview With Ronda Hodges (December 5, 2012)
Ronda has begun to deal with the feelings of isolation that come with her diagnosis, the loss of loved ones and the challenges of starting down a new road in her life journey.
From TheBody.com
 Rae Lewis-Thornton: A Diva Talks About 25 Years on HIV Meds (Video) (September 24, 2012)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: An Interview With Patricia Nalls (September 19, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 The Golden Girls (and Boys): What It's Really Like to Grow Older With HIV/AIDS, Part 1 (September 19, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 This Positive Life: In the Midwestern U.S., Forming a New Life (August 14, 2012)
An interview with Tommy Chesbro.
From TheBody.com
- All but Forgotten: Middle-Aged, Older Black Women at Risk for HIV (August 7, 2012)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
 Positive and Past 50: Words of Wisdom to My Newly Diagnosed Self (August 1, 2012)
From TheBody.com
 My Horrific Seven Months: A Blog Entry by ScotCharles (June 13, 2012)
"I have been careening from one health issue to another and haven't had the strength to write. I have learned quite a lot from these illnesses. I am still struggling to reckon the past seven months."
From TheBody.com
 Worry Your Way to Longevity: A Blog Entry by Philip D. (June 9, 2012)
"According to a book I read recently, those who worry in moderation appear to outlive their overly cheerful counterparts. If that's really true, I may be around to blog for a very long time."
From TheBody.com
 It's My Birthday: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (May 22, 2012)
"I'm going to let my videos speak for themselves ... It's been a good day so far ..."
From TheBody.com
- Miracle of Life: Counting Down to 50! A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (April 14, 2012)
"People are always talking about God 'curing' me but even with AIDS, I'm a walking miracle, a living miracle. I want you to see the miracle in my ability to keep pressing no matter what I face day to day. See God do what we all thought was the impossible; Live beyond the days of expectation."
From TheBody.com
- Monday Reflection: Weathering the Storm -- A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (February 20, 2012)
"We just don't know what the long-term impact on the body is for people like me who took the first generation HIV medications ... Yep, I've taken 19 of the HIV medications in some form or the other, not to forget the host of medications I took in those early days to prevent AIDS-related opportunistic infections ..."
From TheBody.com
 Living My Life Positively (February 4, 2012)
"I've been ridiculed and criticized because of my HIV status," writes Louisiana resident Millicent Foster; "But that has just made me more determined."
From TheBody.com
 Why and How I Volunteer: A Blog Entry From Volunteer Positive (January 12, 2012)
"As I sit here with singing and music echoing from a nearby Thai festival, I realize that nothing is more important than being present in the here and now and to be living the experience of international service, and that an experience specifically focused on HIV-related issues is even more rewarding than I had originally anticipated."
From Volunteer Positive
- Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream, Part One: A Blog Entry From Volunteer Positive (January 10, 2012)
"From the time President Kennedy introduced the Peace Corps while I was in high school in Rhode Island I wanted to someday be a volunteer. ... but [at nearly 60] they did not want me because I was HIV positive. ... It is now January 2012, and at the vibrant age of 65 I am proudly serving with the inaugural Volunteer Positive endeavor in Chiang Mai, Thailand."
From Volunteer Positive
 A Day in the Life Video Series: Robert Darrow on Taking His Meds and Living His Dreams (November 21, 2011)
From TheBody.com
 A Day in the Life Video Series: Eva Hansen on Traveling While Positive -- for 28 Years (October 19, 2011)
In the latest edition of our "A Day in the Life" video series on HIV treatment adherence, Eva shares why she adores traveling -- and what she's learned about trotting the globe with HIV meds in tow.
From TheBody.com
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