As we previously reported, Jonathan Van Ness revealed he is living with HIV.

Since coming out, the Queer Eye star has been hitting the media circuit to share the message of Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U), the global consensus that when someone’s viral load is suppressed (“undetectable”) it is impossible to transmit HIV to sexual partners.

In his new memoir, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love, which is out today, he opens up about his journey — including childhood sexual abuse, depression, drug use, sex addiction, and a positive diagnosis.

“The first thing I remember asking [the doctor] is: ‘Do you think I still could live to be 75?’ I was 25 at the time,” he writes of the follow up appointment at Planned Parenthood upon discovering his diagnosis.

“The doctor chuckled. ‘I’ll keep you alive long enough to die of cancer or a heart attack like everybody else,’ she said. She informed me that HIV treatment has come a long way and it is no longer a terminal illness, but a chronic one that is relatively easily managed with daily medication.”

Jonathan’s HIV was undetectable in his blood after two weeks of being on treatment. 

“I take a pill every day now, and I see a doctor every three months, but other than that, I’ve done nothing but get cuter, realize my dreams, look better topless than I’ve ever looked before, and my new figure-skating curves? Don’t even get me started. Postdiagnosis, I’ve accomplished more than many HIV-negative people will ever have the chance to do,” he writes.

Recently, Jonathan joined with Planned Parenthood “for the fight to bring affordable sexual health care for everyone,” as he wrote on Instagram.

JVN… keep going!