[Viva] It Doesn't Matter How I Got HIV - HIV/AIDS Resource Center for the Newly Diagnosed - TheBody.com

[Alana LaMalice]

What pisses me off, is i spoke up at an alcohol & drug treatment centre, in
alberta recently...and this young girl was in shock of my age,and made this
remark, "wow, HIV is doing you good"! gsus fawk! Wow, thanks for the
compliment! She thought i was not overweight bc of my HIV. I have worked
out for ever... i was once 210 lbs before i gave birth to my gift of life,
Michaela who weighed 8lbs 11 ounces. I am in recovery, alchol and drug free
over 13 yrs...and have been living with HIV coming up on 3 yrs in may...

Others, ignorance of my diagnosis, i came out, i was speaking at the school
on my reserve back home, and people in my community were staring. Kids
running home and telling their families. Just recently i was back home on
my reserve, and i was missing my weights. So i would go running for the
cardio. Thing is, i always prior to my HIV would work out, and people would
think it was because of my HIV, " I'm skinny'! ugh! I work out to be
strong! In bc, i'm healthy looking, up north, i'm skinny! lol

Rant done. lol

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> So true! I think people either want to know they are "safe" or there is a
> juicy story, ie. sex, drugs or rock and roll. I think it is even worse to
> ask a woman because they have no idea what kind of trauma may have led to
> her infection and that question could be making her re-live that traumatic
> stress.  Then there is the whole judgement scenario ... depending on how
> you got it how "guilty" or how much you are to blame for your illness. None
> of which are respectful or helpful.
> It still happens all the time tho!
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is a great article.. sometimes I truly believe people ask you how you
>> got it so they can say to themselves.. "ok, I don't do that.. I'm safe
>> phew!"  I notice that people with HIV never ask me and I never ask them..
>> we don't care.
>> Denise
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
>> margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks! Great site .... I signed up for their weekly publications
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 8:48 PM, CHARLENE ANDERSON <pickles4 at shaw.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Kath, great article.
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~~~~~ Char
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 23, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Kath Webster <kathwebster at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Here's a well written story by a poz guy on being asked "how did you
>>>> get it"?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> www.thebody.com/content/75116/it-doesnt-matter-how-i-got-hiv.html?ap=2009
>>>>
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