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Shortly after that while staying at a friends house, I received information in the mail about a seminar for HIV positive women that was going to happen on my birthday. I went... and you might call it the beginning of the end. The end of my roller-coaster ride. The end of my dysmorphic outlook on life. The end of my self destructive behavior and the end of my pity-potty! I didn't know then, but it would become the beginning of my life. How ironic that it would happen on the day that I initially began life.
I became informed and educated, and this empowered me. So much even that I went public with my status and began teaching others and sharing my story. With this, I began to grow and started feeling a sense of self worth, which has escalated ever since. It's not always easy and I still get scared at times. Especially those times when I am too weak to lift my head, unable to walk and barely able to breath. Or when I'm hemorrhaging and being transfused because of a low platelet count. Often times, I become overwhelmed with trying to do too much.
The pain and suffering and utter loneliness I went through shouldn't be felt by anyone. And they certainly don't have to be alone. That's why I put myself out there, in hopes of reaching that person going through what I went through, and to spread awareness to hopefully prevent someone else from being infected.
For me, going public has saved my life. HIV has taught me that I have a purpose and it has given me a reason to live! |
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