One year ago, a happy go lucky guy, gay guy. Had it all together: friends, independence, a boyfriend, a job, a whole lot of dreams waiting to be fulfilled. However it all came crashing down when he found out he was HIV positive. That guy was me.............I had donated blood a year before : September 7th , 2007. It was my boyfriend's cousin who had met with a bad accident and he needed blood in a rush. So i volunteered given the circumstances. A year later : i received a letter from The Blood Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. Letter dated July 29th, 2008 signed by Dr. Kenneth Charles. The letter was an appointed for me to see Dr. Charles the following week in his office concerning my blood sample from September 2007. I remember all the possible scenarios i created in my mind of what this could have been. I told no one about it. It was the week later and my visibly terrified face was being noticed by my supervisor. I broke down . She was convinced that i was not HIV positive and this whole thing must be about encouraging me to donate more blood to them. I bought into the idea for t
he moment so that i could peacefully slept that night since i had an appointed with her doctor the next day. I tested positive that day: Tuesday August 5th, 2008; Dr. Roopnarine........ poor fellow, i think i was his first patient that ever tested positive. He was more broken up than me.....Yesterday i had my appointment at Medical Research Foundation in Pos. These are some of the pix i managed to take.....
