With almost 3,500 people accessing HIV care, a rate of 15 HIV diagnoses per 1,000 of the population and the… Read more The domino effect
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.
Where’s the first place you’d turn?
Continually attending the Hathersage Centre sexual health clinic in Manchester for my bloods and consultant appointments for the past six years… Read more Where’s the first place you’d turn?
Give the Government an F
The Government’s decision this week regarding statutory Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) and Sex and Relationships Education (SRE)… Read more Give the Government an F
A peer review
As I finish this sentence a little Facebook messenger group chat with three other HIV+ friends just reached 101,925 messages. 101,925 reasons… Read more A peer review
7 days in
One down, 51 more to go! The first week of 2016 has flown by already and Christmas seems like a… Read more 7 days in
Expect the unexpected
I’ve the Sunday moody blues, heading down to London ready for work in the morning, the walk across town was… Read more Expect the unexpected
One day
More than any other year that I can remember 2015 has presented moments where I have woken up thinking I… Read more One day
Dizzy
When I started my new job in August World AIDS Day was one of the future milestones, a massive focus… Read more Dizzy
Let’s have a conversation…
Every bit of time and energy we all put into this “WAD” will be hindered by four letters. It is… Read more Let’s have a conversation…
#HIVTestWeek
My last HIV test was in October 2009, a long time ago for very obvious reasons – I discovered I… Read more #HIVTestWeek
Alex Sparrowhawk 