HIV/AIDS IS REAL, IT KILLS!

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With confidence I was sited at @Air-clinic HIV center, waiting for my test result, ‘negative of course is what the result will be’, I thought to myself. Finally, I was called to the counselling room, and ….
My name is John, am 22. I grew up in a small town located in an unknown space in Sagamu, Ogun State. When I was growing, health educators taught that HIV/AIDS can only be contacted through sex and the ABC of HIV/AIDS (Abstinence, Be faithful, Condom) has always been on my mind. Well, my parents have always imbibed in me the value of total abstinence and up till this moment I am yet to experience sex.
‘Have you ever been tested?’ said @adoore-eu, the counsellor. ‘No’, I replied, then she asked me what if I tested positive to HIV, what I would do. ‘I can’t be positive, how would I have contacted HIV,’ I said. Then she took me through the educating process and readjusted my thinking and asked if I ever shared sharp objects with others or been a recipient of blood through transfusion. It struck me, I could be positive, I do not have my personal clipper for barbing, I do not hesitate to use razor blades that are neither new nor mine.
She dropped the bomb, oh no, positive it is! Then and there, I felt like the entire world was crashing down on me, instant depression came. How would I tell my parents? My mom could run mad. Oh, how do I convince them it was not through sex? How will people look at me? Would my friends still play with me? I will begin to look thin and pale and sickly. I would never enjoy sex without the fear of spreading HIV. Where do I go from here? Which suicide is best and less painful? All of these ran sporadically through my mind while the counsellor was talking. I just wish I could open my eyes and it was all but a dream. Me, HIV positive, Unbelievable!
Well, I got help @Air-clinic specialists through counselling. Now I live as healthy as I could through anti-retroviral drugs. I live a normal life!
MY MESSAGE
Go to @Air-clinic today and get tested. It is free.
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