I Thought She Was Different Until I Tested Positive for HIV
A year ago, I got stuck in traffic and noticed a lady selling by the roadside. We got talking, I liked her, and before long we started dating. She seemed like a decent, hardworking girl. Because of that, it never crossed my mind to protect myself whenever we got intimate. A few months later, I noticed something was wrong. I started feeling pain and irritation, so I went to the hospital. The doctor diagnosed me with gonorrhea and gave me treatment. When I told a friend what happened, he asked if I had also tested for HIV. I laughed and said, "How can she have HIV?" But he insisted. I went back for the test. Positive. My whole world stopped. I immediately called the girl. She swore she was clean and didn't have any infection. To clear things up, I took her for a test too. She was also HIV positive. As if that wasn't enough, she then revealed she was pregnant and claimed the baby was mine. That's when another shock landed. She already had a 6-year-old child she never told me about. Now she's saying I gave her the HIV, she's refusing to terminate the pregnancy, and somehow I'm expected to take responsibility for her, the unborn baby, and her first child. My rent is about to expire. I'm mentally exhausted and ashamed of how quickly my life changed. Sometimes I just feel like disappearing and starting over somewhere else. If you were in my shoes, what would you do? I'm currently in Kumasi, Ghana.
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