How HIV. /AIDS Victims can prolong their Lives

Below are the tips for hiv patients to live longer
1. Good nutrition: It is very important for people with HIV to eat a good, balanced diet.
2. Good hygiene: Wash your hands a lot, to prevent contracting other illnesses.
3. Safe sex: Use condoms to prevent reinfection and otherSTD's.
4. Go to a doctor as soon as you feel anything is wrong. Don't worry about being considered an alarmist. It's always better to find out what's wrong quickly. The sooner you get treatment, the better.
5. Good attitude: Winstone's attitude is "HIV won't kill me today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today." Live life fully, today.
6. Shit happens: There are things in life which we can't understand and can'texplain. Some people die from HIV, some don't. Shit happens. With life, you can run, but you can't hide.
7. Support. Develop a support network with other HIV positive people. If you can't for some reason, at least have a phone relation with one of the many hot-lines for HIV positive people. ( For example, the Women Alive hot line: 1.800.554.4876 is a great way to develop supportive relationships with other positive women and still remain completely anonymous.)
8. Self Disclosure: Find out who you are in this life, and love yourself.
9. Victim Mentality is Deadly: If you accept the role of victim, you can literally will yourself to death.
10. Willingness to change your life: Find out what is important to you, and focus on those things. Eric's are love,friends and community contribution.
11. Help change the collective consciousness of mankind from selfishness to social responsibility. Access to treatment is extremely limited in most of the world. Human rights violations must be addressed, and underdeveloped countries need our help.
12. Be an activist: This helps to get stress and anger out, and channel it in a helpfulway. And never/ be afraid to cry.
13. Manage your own health: Insist on a good relationship with your doctor. Remember, they are supposed to help you, and if you don't like him or her, then find a new doctor.
14. Genetic make-up: Much of your response to HIV has to do with your own physiology. Much of this is beyond our individual control.
15. Keep your moral and spiritual values intact: Live your life by The Golden Rule,"Do onto others as you would have them do onto you."