"After feeling sorry for myself for a few months, I picked myself up and have never looked back."


I was diagnosed 12 years ago and was so ill I should have been dead, according to the doctors. After feeling sorry for myself for a few months, I picked myself up and have never looked back. I feel incredibly fortunate to live in a country where treatment is free and medical staff are understanding and not patronising.

My life is not affected because I won't let it. Sexual relationships are more difficult than they may be but if someone can't deal with the compromise of wearing a condom, then they're not man enough for me anyway. I am a much stronger person because of HIV and—in a way—it's been the making of me.

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