{"id":15211,"date":"2019-08-15T21:24:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=15211"},"modified":"2020-12-28T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T13:05:23","slug":"can-i-tell-my-boyfriend-after-being-on-early-meds-for-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/15211","title":{"rendered":"Can I tell my boyfriend after being on meds for a month?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for writing &#8211; and for the several questions.<\/p>\n<p>First, it is good you started treatment and that you are doing well without side effects.<\/p>\n<p>HIV meds only work while you are taking them though. This makes it really important that you keep taking them every day.<\/p>\n<p>You are right that the meds are good for your health but they are not a cure. If you stop the meds, your HIV will quickly come back in a few days,<\/p>\n<p>Talking to your boyfriend raises lots of questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you know how he will react or how he feels about HIV?<\/li>\n<li>Does he know anyone who is positive &#8211; either now or in the past?<\/li>\n<li>How does he react if your talk about HIV or if this is taken about on TV?<\/li>\n<li>Also, do you think he might also be HIV positive?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everyone has views on HIV. If your boyfriend is generally hostile on this, maybe find a way to get him more accurate information first. If he is more open-minded, try bringing HIV in a conversation at home.<\/p>\n<p>Have you told any of your family or a close friend about being positive?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps talking about these thing to your health worker or a friend first will make sure you have support when you tell your boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>There is no easy answer to this part of your question. Although it is better to be able to share this information with your partner, I am nore concerned that you are settled and happy first.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi<\/p>\n<p>I am 23 yrs old and i tested positive and started my meds immediately in window stage.<\/p>\n<p>I have never seen any side effects and i feel that am healed from the HIV disease. <\/p>\n<p>It is one month now since i started my meds.<\/p>\n<p>Can i disclose to my boyfriend that am under medication?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,15,28,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-disclosure","category-newly-diagnosed","category-side-effects","category-starting-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}