Anon, 14
I turned 14 just yesterdaii when i found out i had HIV , now this broke my heart as i knew the dangers of hiv .... i knew the outcome ..... i knew what would happen..... the first the thing that entered my head was DEATH.
when the docter told me i froze for about 5 seconds then bent my head and cryed .. i looked at my mom and her eyes were full of tears.
you see i've heard ppl bad mouth hiv and up untill yeterdai i thought the only way of receiving HIV was sexually .... but i was wrong !!
i recived HIV through breastfeeding from my mom and my mom recived it through a blood transfusion.
and the person who had HIV recived it through ... well i dnt know.
from the age of 9 i was told all the medication and hospital visits were because of my weight and ect ...
so its like saying my parents lied .... but they didnt , they were protecting me and my feelings.
basiclly this whole story is to tell ppl as young as me that HIV is not at all deadly and will not effect your life.
and if you only just found out and u thought u were sick for another reason ...well try not to be mad at your family cos its not there fault ...
just put it this way .. its not the end of the WORLD ... imagin how ur FAMILY feel and staii strong !
god is with u all the way x
hope u understand and acknoledge this story xxxxx
Vannessa
Hello my name is vanessa and I don't care if everybody fines out that I have HIV. I am 15 years old I was born in Bronx New York I Moved to california when I was 5 then just recently I moved to Maryland.
I am here today to tell you about my life having HIV I was born with it. My mother found out when I was 2 years old because one day I had little tiny balls in my stomach and my mother was worried so she took me to the doctors. The doctors took a blood test to my mother, sister, and me me and my mom came out positive my sister was negative.
Today in days I live a normal life but I have to drink meds everyday my mother told me when I was 7 that I had hiv and I couldn't tell anyone. Today I don't care if everbody knows I have that cuz I like to educate people around the world.
Thank you for reading my story
From vanessa
Nic
My name is Nic, and I'm 15 years old. I've lived with HIV since I was 11, and everyday I wonder why the hell I had to screw up my life like that. You see I got involved with some heavy stuff, and I started using IV drugs. Not on a regular basis but you know here and there.
A good friend of my family's was a cop and he knew something was up. He follwed me one night to the man I got my drugs from and they busted him and me. It was later discovered that he had HIV. I got tested, and when they came back I was crushed. I couldn't live like that, didn't want to. So I took a knife to my wrist, and tryed to kill my self. My brother was the one to find me lying there on the bathroom floor. I was told later that I had died.
My family decided to move later that year, a fresh start they said, a chance to forget the past. I started a new school, in 7th grade. I sat in choir (was I really going to be this connected to the world again) and I felt alive for the first time in years. I went through life just a normal teen aged girl, one who had to take her meds lest she die.
The start of our freshman year I told my best friend that I was positive, and I was terifyed of how she would react. I was shocked when she laughed and said it's not such a big world after all. She told me she had been raped by a HIV pos. man and that the test had also come back positive.
When ever I feel down I know I can pick up the phone and call her. I know I have someone to talk to. But you know the question I ask myself everyday. Why the hell? Why did I do what I did? People don't make my mistakes. Don't be stupid. Live life to the fullest and never give up on your dreams. I know I haven't. I wake up every morning and I tell myself that I'm going to live one more day if only to see my friends embarass themselves again, or to walk down the hall at school screaming rock songs at top my lungs. I know that oneday, before my time, I will die, but I have atoned for my sins, and I plan to life a live that is as full as I can make it.
Be safe. Be smart, and live a full life!
--------------------------------Nic, 15, MI
Anon, 15
Well I'm 15 and I've been HIV positive since I was born. I first found out about it when i was 10. I've been taking meds ever since I can remember. My mom used to always tell me they were just vitamins. So I believed it cuz I didnt really eat a lot of vegetables and i was kinda skinny so it did sound reasonable.
Later when i was like 10 my mom told me that i had a virus and she told me the whole story about how HIV works. As soon as she told me this I knew what it was but I didnt want to say anything. So when i had my next appointment (i have one every 6 weeks) they all decided to tell me. The doctor said i took it rather well.
At first it didn't really take an impact on me but now when i hear people being so ignorant about people with HIV it just annoys me so much and even though i correct them they still keep going at it. I try to control myself but it gets me mad. So far i have told no one about my situation but i think i should tell one of my friends so she could be supportive about it.
Learning I'm HIV positive changed my life in the way that i knew i had to take my medicine but i've always had trouble swallowing pill and i had to take one that was big. So my doctor told me the only way for me to take my medications without having to swallow was to get a G-tube.. IT didnt bother me at first but as i started middle school it did start ot bother me because i came more beware of my appearance. I kept that tube until i was 14.
Since i got my g-tube removed i've been doing bad on taking the medication. I kinda gave up on it all.
Thats my story
AVERT.org: It can be very hard to have to take pills every day when you find them so hard to swallow. However, it can't be stressed enough how important it is to keep taking the tablets, so if there's any way you can train yourself to be able to swallow them then you should try to do so. There are some good suggestions here and here.
Things can seem very hard and very unfair when you're young and HIV positive. But is absolutely worthwhile staying healthy and taking your meds - you never know what the future holds.
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