How Tina Fought Off Hiv Fear ; As World Aids Day Aims to Increase Awareness of the Disease and How People Can Protect Themselves Against It, Health Reporter Emma Brady Spoke to a Birmingham Mother-of-Two Who has Lived with Hiv for 13 Years I Was in a Terrible State, All I Could Think About Was Ending My Own Life, What Would I Tell People, Would I Be Around to See My Baby Grow Up

Birmingham Post › December 01, 2005

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When Tina Crossley* left school in the summer of 1991 the world was her oyster - she had plans to take a year out before going to university and was looking at a possible career in the police.

Then she met her first serious boyfriend, and her life seemed to be complete.

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How Tina Fought Off Hiv Fear ; As World Aids Day Aims to Increase Awareness of the Disease and How People Can Protect Themselves Against It, Health Reporter Emma Brady Spoke to a Birmingham Mother-of-Two Who has Lived with Hiv for 13 Years I Was in a Terrible State, All I Could Think About Was Ending My Own Life, What Would I Tell People, Would I Be Around to See My Baby Grow Up

But several months later Tina, who lives in Sheldon, was distraught to learn he had been diagnosed HIV positive.

Unfortunately her case is not unusual, and figures published last week by the Health Protection Agency revea...

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