Positive

Living with HIV/AIDS

By: David Menadue

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Paperback | 1 August 2003 | Edition Number 1

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An uplifting story of resilience and activism, the memoir of David Menadue, one of the longest surviving people with AIDS in Australia.

Positive is an account of a special life fearlessly told, as well as a chronicle of an era. Fifteen years ago, HIV and AIDS meant one thing - death. In 1984 David Menadue was one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV in Australia. He was just 30 years old and thought it unlikely he would make it to 40. He turned 50 last year and has been living with AIDS for longer than almost anyone else in this country.

Positive is about many things: recent Melbourne history, the distress experienced as the gay community was decimated, and desire. But it is also a story about optimism and the ability to take things day by day. It is about continuing to live when everyone around you expects you to die.

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Memoirs Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with / Advice about Illness & Specific Health Conditions Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Aspects of Illness & Addictions Social Aspects of HIV & AIDS Popular Medicine & Health Biographies

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Preface	p. 1
Acknowledgements	p. 3
No Visitors Allowed	p. 5
	p. 13
A Secure Place	p. 15
Testing Times-1984	p. 23
A Soulmate	p. 31
Panic	p. 47
Turmoil	p. 59
Leaving Work	p. 66
Living with a Prognosis	p. 76
Attitudes to Death	p. 83
	p. 93
Sandpits and Building Dlocks	p. 95
Bullies	p. 109
The Golden Nine	p. 117
Secrets	p. 136
Lucky Breaks	p. 146
Love and Lust	p. 159
	p. 169
Celebrations	p. 171
AIDS Politics	p. 187
New Hope	p. 205
Education	p. 217
Support	p. 229
Positive	p. 236
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Living with HIV/AIDS

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