{"id":2459,"date":"2020-12-01T06:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T06:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsafehands.com\/blog\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2021-04-30T04:45:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T04:45:59","slug":"life-with-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsafehands.com\/blog\/life-with-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life with HIV | Rohit Malik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi I&#8217;m Rohit Malik. I&#8217;m 30 years old and I&#8217;m sharing my story of how I got infected what happened next afterward. I was dating a guy and we usually do bareback. I knew the facts and the risk of getting infected by bareback sex even but I didn&#8217;t take it seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months later, I got sick and was in hospital for a week. At first I thought it was nothing serious, I took leave so I could rest well and get back into shape. But when I got back to work, people noticed that I started to lose weight. I didn\u2019t mind it, but then I started getting coughs and colds quite easily, which lasted for months. I was also experiencing night sweats, some swollen lymph nodes behind my ears and on my neck, as well as a prolonged fever. I knew something was wrong. Then I started reading all over the internet about common <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drsafehands.com\/sexually-transmitted-disease\/what-are-the-types-and-symptoms-of-hiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signs and symptoms of HIV<\/a><\/strong>. Still praying that I didn\u2019t have it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My doctor suggested I go for voluntary counselling and <a href=\"https:\/\/drsafehands.com\/blood-test-in-india\/hiv-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testing for HIV<\/a>. I met my counsellor who conducted the pre- and post-test counselling for me. We waited for two weeks to get the confirmatory result. While resting at home, I got a call from her and she told me that they had gotten the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We talked for a while before opening the letter. She handed it to me, and still I\u2019m praying, even though I already knew the result. As expected, the result was positive. I felt numbness all over my body \u2013 then I started crying. I thought it was the end, I felt so much devastation. The councillor called my mom and gave us time to talk. I handed the results to my mom, seeing my mom crying while reading the result, it tore me apart. I was ashamed to be open about my condition due to fear of embarrassment and humiliation. I was also repelled by my own past actions. I was so angry and resentful at having to keep the truth away from family and close friends. Every time I lied about my condition it hurt more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t take what happened to me negatively, it won\u2019t do me any good for my health. But moving forward, I\u2019ve learned to love myself more. 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