KUANTAN: Although Asiah Jaafar (not her real name) is paying a heavy price for a mistake, the 40-year-old is not sitting down complaining about her cheap coach purses fate.
She is determined to make sure others learn from her, and to show that life doesn't end with an HIV diagnosis.
Asiah was found to be HIV-positive in 2006, a couple of years after she had a relationship with a foreigner.
"I had the blood test three times to be sure. It was a difficult moment. I told myself it was the end of the world for me."
She said her ex-boyfriend was charming and looked healthy, so it never occurred to her that he could be infected with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus.
"I kept the diagnosis a secret as I was afraid my family would ostracise me. I later told my brother and he advised me to seek treatment," she told a talk held yesterday in conjunction with World AIDS Day at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital.
The talk was organised by the Drugs Intervention Community (DIC), a non-governmental organisation that works with drug addicts.
Asiah went to a shelter for HIV patients in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, and was given intensive treatment for three months.
makeup brushesWith the help of the volunteers at Rumah Solehah, she regained her strength. And she realised she had to do something to help others.
"I became a volunteer, and I have taken part in programmes to create awareness about HIV and AIDS."
Last year, Asiah married 39-year-old Suhaimi (not his real name), who is also HIV positive.
They adopted a 4-year-old boy with HIV.
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DIC patron Datuk Dr Ahmad Shukri Ismail said many HIV patients were abandoned by their families, making it difficult for them to build a life.
"This is unfair as no one contracts HIV by choice."
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