HIV-

I took my first ever HIV test today. I went in knowing that there is virtually no way it could be positive. Still walking toward the room I was incredibly nervous. I could feel my heart beating quicker and quicker as I listened to the pretest counseling. I knew that I would be negative, but I was terrified. There was part of me that though "Oh God, what if I am positive?" Another man was also there and did pretest counseling with me and took the test at the same time I did. I can't imagine how terrified he must have been. For me it was a formality, for him it was life. That man came knowing that the result to this test could change his life forever- that took a lot of courage.