I didn’t find out about Dad’s diagnosis until I read his death certificate

📆 11/22/2024 3:19 PM

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📆 11/22/2024 3:19 PM
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When Jennifer watched Eastenders, she didn't expect to see her dad's story reflected back at her - she says it's helping break the stigma.

John’s fear mirrored my father’s life so closely that it was almost unbearable to watch The bar was heavy with tension as Elaine Peacock confronted her late-husband’s secret lover Drew on EastEnders. Elaine’s husband, John Carter, died of a heart attack over 30 years ago but it was revealed this week that he had been having an affair with Drew for years before that. Then came Drew’s disclosure that he’s been living with HIV since 1986.

My father’s diagnosis didn’t come until it was far too late. The journey to that point remains a mystery — how long had he known something was wrong? Did he ever suspect? I’ll never know because he never opened up to me about any of it. But what I do know is that stigma played a role in keeping him from seeking help. For his generation, HIV carried an enormous weight of shame, compounded by a lack of targeted education or healthcare outreach for older adults.

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