Living with AIDS for four years now has been a rollercoaster ride that I tried to get off many times. But, my seat belt was too tight and the Angels around me wouldn’t let me cut the strap. So…. I am dealing with it. Having this disease is difficult in many ways. Adjusting to this new life is something that I try to do every day. I now see why many people still do not tell people that they have the disease, because along with the status comes great responsibility and loneliness. My family shunned me. My friends ran away, and the people I try to have a new friendship with disappear after I tell them what I have. Today, I have a beautiful dog that gives me joy beyond belief. I don’t try to make friends anymore, because when they see that I am disabled and I explain to them the reason why……they run away. So, why go through the heartache of rejection? This is why people hide their status. And if asked during sex not to use a condom….they go along with it trying not to raise a suspicion. Oh well, someday there will be more honest people in the world I hope, so that no one has to go through….the surgeries, the loss of mobility, the rejection, the scorn from your own mother, the ridicule from your own brother and the shunning from your own father……like I did. AIDS can stop today…if we all said, “wrap it up, and trash the condom afterwards!” TRUST is a Fairytale! We All Have a PAST, Let's protect ourselves in the PRESENT, so the We all May Have a FUTURE!
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