Interview 37  

Interview 37

Age at Interview: 31
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 29
Background: A 31 year old gay male care worker born in South America who currently lives in the UK. He found out he was HIV positive during a difficult time in his life.

Brief outline:He feels that he is a stronger person because of his experience with HIV. He is not currently on medication and had 680 CD4 cells. He now takes care of himself through exercise and diet. (Video and audio clips read by an actor.)

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Talks about the answer he came up with when he prayed to God to explain why he had got HIV. (Read by an actor.)

 



I was really, really depressed, I didn't want to hurt, you know I, I just ask why it's happened to me… But I just went like, why it's happened to me? I have helped people like that (with HIV). 

Before I used to be out, outside the part of the group, give support for these kind of people. Now I'm, I'm in here, made part of the group, why? You know and then when, I was very, very Catholic because my family's very Catholic and (I) pray and ask for… I was really upset. Really, really upset. I said like this is the pain that I get? I ask it to him (God), why me? 

But then I… after long, long time I ask questions, I have the answer. I said fuck you're stupid, because you're having sex without a condom! Only because that, that makes sense. 

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