HIV Scotland
promoting positive change
promoting positive change
Finding out you have HIV is probably one of the biggest challenges you could experience in life. It may prompt other changes in your life or help you to make a decision you’ve been putting off.
Sooner or later life changes, whether it's a new relationship, a new job or house, going into education, starting a family, or meeting new friends. Some changes are exciting and positive, others might be more difficult.
When we’re asking ’What next?’, the answers can involve an extra complication: how to manage HIV in the midst of it.
Remember:
You might find that familiar themes crop up during periods of change
Keep these themes in mind as you browse through our sections on relationships, a new family, employment and home, getting older, and HIV treatment changes.
Living with HIV every day can make you feel differently about yourself and about your relationships. Sorting out your feelings can take time after you’ve been diagnosed.