Whether we test positive or negative we must treat this virus as a war against humankind, we will stand together to fight against it like well-trained soldiers. When my sister's T-cells temporarily drop I am there to relieve them. I will pass the heavy baton on to the next sister who will hand it to the sister in front of her, never allowing it to hit the ground. Testing negative does not mean we are out of the woods and can freely walk into the sunlight. It only means that we are able to maintain regular T-cell counts that will allow us to stay in the ongoing fight much longer.
Many people prefer to remain anonymous and donate money towards research.
I prefer working with black women living with HIV by reaching our community through education and literature. Wherever we choose to dig our foxhole, we are fighting in this battle together. We must remain aware that HIV has crash-landed on our planet. Its intentions were to leave no survivors. But all of us who remain alive are survivors.