Would you want to live a full life, loving yourself, regardless of your HIV results? I will not wait for your answer. I have even better news. You can live a long and fruitful life whether you test positive or negative for HIV.

This is how to do it. The whole issue boils down to management. How you manage your life. The little disciplines that you must keep in order to live a healthy and wholesome lifestyle.

How then, you may ask, can a person manage their own life? The answer is through taking the right steps to secure it. First, ensure that you know the facts about your health, so that you can choose to live with them. You see, you are the only person that you cannot run away from.

So, friend, it makes sense to get to know your HIV status now. Pay a visit to a near health facility where you shall get tested for HIV. The best news about your test results is that there are many interventions for you, whether you test positive or negative, so this visit is very important.

If your HIV test comes back positive, there is no need to fret. There are plenty of people out there who by following instructions from health professionals, are living long and happy with the virus.

One intervention involves getting on ARV medication.

These medications are supposed to start immediately, and not later. They enable one’s body to start fighting the infections in order to keep the CD4 count high. In the past, a HIV positive person would only be put on medication when the CD4 count was below 500.

For those whose test comes back negative, they are encouraged to take steps such as using of condoms to protect themselves from other sexually transmitted diseases. It would be good for those who are in potentially risky lifestyles such as men who have sex with men, and other people groups under very high risk of getting infected with HIV, to seek further information from health professionals on how to stay HIV negative.

So yes, you can still live a full life regardless of your HIV results. Get tested. Start Treatment. Live Well. #Anza Sasa