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Alex Sparrowhawk

Currently taking a break

Category: My first decade

Posts written and created during the first ten years Alex lived with HIV from the experience of their diagnosis in 2009 to living with HIV in the 2010s.

Hiatus

Posted on January 13, 2019December 29, 2019 by Alex

This blog has been on hiatus throughout 2018 and this will continue for the time being. The past year has… Read more Hiatus

The very beginning

Posted on July 12, 2018December 29, 2019 by Alex

A decade ago memories were triggered by the mention of a place name you once went on holiday, a song… Read more The very beginning

As cuts to sexual health clinics mean more people will be urged to test at home, I decided to experience home STI testing for myself.

Posted on January 15, 2018December 29, 2019 by Alex

Damaging cuts to public health budgets across England are forcing sexual health services to encourage people to order STI testing… Read more As cuts to sexual health clinics mean more people will be urged to test at home, I decided to experience home STI testing for myself.

The S Word

Posted on November 6, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

Today I mark a day in my life that I will remember forever, it is eight years since I received… Read more The S Word

80 days of HIV

Posted on September 13, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

I’ve not written anything for a while, or more accurately I have written a lot and left the contents of… Read more 80 days of HIV

Run out of rhino

Posted on May 7, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

I’m not the most patient of people and I’m also competitive – I’ve mastered being able to ‘win’ at anything,… Read more Run out of rhino

Scotland says ‘yes’ to PrEP

Posted on April 10, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

Scotland is the first nation to make PrEP available in the UK. In just a couple of weeks we will… Read more Scotland says ‘yes’ to PrEP

Toe in the water

Posted on March 2, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

Following my diagnosis it was a mere three months before I met my ex-partner. He was someone I spent another six… Read more Toe in the water

Changes

Posted on January 16, 2017December 29, 2019 by Alex

Merely two weeks into the year and it feels like a lot has happened already. Back to work, into the… Read more Changes

2016

Posted on December 31, 2016December 29, 2019 by Alex

As the end of the year approaches I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one glad to be getting off… Read more 2016

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