Hi! my name is justina and I'm from Syracuse Ny and I'm living with the HIV viurs and I'm only 15 when i meet some one they think that I'm a cool person but when i tell them that i have HIV they don't want to be around me. some times i get mad but i no that i can teach people how to stay safe, heathly tell them to use a condom and get tested. how i chuaght the viurs was being to grown running the streets not listen to people when they told me that this viurs was out here i drop out of school but i just didn't get the viurs i got preagant i thought i was all that and then some but that one day change it all. one morring i felt so sick but nothing like a cold i chouldn't get out of bed so i went to the doctor to see what's wrong with me he ask me alot of Q's  then he tested me to see if i was preagant and i had to get more test done because if i was preagant they want to keep the baby Healthly. i had to wait two weeks to fine out if i was having a baby siting in that doctor room was scary but when i seen his face i new some thing was up he told me that i was preagant then he told me that i had Hiv at the moment i didn't know what to do but a few months later i lost my son he was born 6mounths early he die two weeks after he was born but it didn't change the fact that i had Hiv but it didn't stop me from living. i take my pills every day and i feel good because i have hiv it not going to stop me from the thing that i want to do.

You have the best attitude.  Yes you have HIV but your life is not over and I hope as a young lady you take full advantage of every opportunity presented to you.  Dont let anyone hold you back.  I am sorry to hear of your status because today we are the largest newest cases of hiv but hopefully you take what you said and roll with the punches.

I wish you well and GOD Bless.

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The greatest gift in the world a human being has received from GOD is LIFE. Take advantage and live life to the fullest :)

I would just like to say that I am VERY proud of you. You are not hiding the fact, and you are not letting it take over your life.. YOUR LIVING. That is the problem. If more people told there story, it would make other people come out about other STD's and make it easier for the youth to go get tested. Keep your head up, and stay strong.

I am so very proud of you! You have HIV but it doesn't have you; you're still in GOD's hands. Your story is, wow, so powerful and moving. And you are still a cool person because you're not being defined by the HIV virus; you're telling people that it can and does happen, that it's real. Will you send me an email at writerlin2003@yahoo.com, Justina? I want to send something very special to you. I hope you like to read. Linda R. Herman Author of Somebody Prayed for Me www.LindaRHerman.org

Thank you for being honest and sharing your story. If people were more honest like yourself maybe that would stop the spread of HIV/AIDs. I pray that the lord will continue to bless you and give you strength everyday. Thank you. God Bless You Sis