I can’t even begin to imagine what kind of pain Laura and Kathy and Rick are going through. If I were diagnosed HIV, I would probably loose hope and end my life. I feel the most saddened by Kathy’s testimony. Kathy being diagnosed with HIV at such a young age breaks my heart. At age 21, down the line we dream about graduating, starting a career, getting married and having kids. Kathy had great hopes for the future before she was diagnosed with this disease. She was going to have a baby with the man she loved. HIV ate most of her dreams away. My long time boyfriend and I have always used condoms during sex, but I started using the pill because I didn’t want to take any chances just in case the condom broke. The switch was no big deal because he was my first sexual partner and I was his, but when I started to see other people, HIV and AIDS never came to mind. I don’t want to face the same battle that Laura, Kathy, and Rick are facing today. I made a smart decision to schedule an HIV test over the weekend. And I’m happy to discover that my test result was negative. Now that I am more informed about HIV and AIDS, I will be more careful with decisions I make about sex.