AIDS

I was 55, and a mother of 4, when I was told that I was positive for the HIV virus that caused aides. The doctor had told me it could have been dormant in my system for more than 15 years, and didn't necessarily come from my husband. I wasn't sure if that made me anymore comfortable with the diagnosis.

I left the clinic that day, trying to figure out how this was going to affect me family and I.