This paper explores the meaning of living with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) using Parse's theory of man-living-health as the conceptual framework. The design of the study is based on the qualitative descriptive method. Analysis of the data gathered from interviews with fourteen subjects reveals the emergence of three themes related to the meaning of living with AIDS: (a) an abrupt shift in patterns of being give rise to changing priorities, (b) fluctuating possibilities arise in the uncertainty of being with and away from close others, and (c) changing hopes and dreams surface from the insights of suffering. Practice propositions were identified from the findings of the study.
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