Years ago I was a volunteer with an HIV/Aids service. As well as runninga helpline I was a "buddy", which meant befriending someone affected byHIV.
It involved everything from helping a man with Aids with home care, toworking with a young mum whose partner had recently died. When I firstmet her she was skeletal, still grieving and struggling to cope. Thiswas compounded by a nightmare story.
When she had become pregnant three years earlier and went to the doctorfor a check up she saw the letters HIV written at the top of her file -this was despite the fact that she had tested negative. Medicalprofessionals made her feel like Typhoid Mary (her words) and thedelivery of her baby was a nightmare.
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