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HIV Life Expectancy: Aging with HIV
HIV Life Expectancy: Aging with HIV
October 25, 2024
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Members opened up about the emotional and physical realities of aging with HIV, sharing challenges including weight gain, fatigue, heart... Read more

Members opened up about the emotional and physical realities of aging with HIV, sharing challenges including weight gain, fatigue, heart issues, organ lesions, and navigating insurance and dating after decades of living with the virus. Several members offered hope and perspective, describing how modern medications have extended lifespans dramatically, with many feeling younger than their years and celebrating milestones they never expected to reach. A recurring theme was resilience in the face of isolation and health complications, with members reminding each other that despite the unique burdens of aging with HIV, they are not alone and can face the future with humor, gratitude, and community support.

A myHIVteam Member

You are not alone Mark7777,....you have US❤️🌈👋🤗

October 28, 2024 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

Well I was ready to die of Aids at the age of 37...Now Im nearly 66, having been on HIV treatment for 29 years. The problem is that lots of other things start to go wrong with your body when you get older. Prostate trouble,Cataracts, Joint Pain, Bladder Failure, Chronic Asthma,to name but a few. My Parents are deceased, Im completely alone, so sometimes I wonder if getting older was worth it.

October 28, 2024 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

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October 26, 2024
A myHIVteam Member

I’m gonna be 60 I look like I’m 45 lol. Getting infected at 58 I guess only time will tell what happens as you get older. But I look at it this way. life expectancy in the United States is 79 so if I can deal with 20 more years Im good to go lol

October 26, 2024 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

I use to ask an 89 years old friend of mine:

“How are you doing today” she would tell me, “you know like an old house theirs always a leak someplace but I’m doing ok.”

Another friend use to tell me, “the older the fiddler the better the tune.”

These friend didn’t have the HIV bug.

As for me I’d would love to do more, only I don’t have my car with me here in Milwakee.

October 26, 2024 (edited)

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