Author: Ho, Lai Peng; Goh, Esther C. L.
Title: How HIV patients construct liveable identities in a shame based culture: the case of Singapore Document date: 2017_6_22
ID: rws2twyo_69
Snippet: . . . that gentleman [peer leader] showed me a website that showed people living with this medical condition and they are still living it well . . . So, I remember him [peer leader] telling me, "It's just like a pebble in your shoe that refuses to come out so you just live with it. Take it one day at a time, don't think too much. So, I just carried on. (Bryan) The analogy of the "pebble in the shoe which refused to go away" suggested a permanence.....
Document: . . . that gentleman [peer leader] showed me a website that showed people living with this medical condition and they are still living it well . . . So, I remember him [peer leader] telling me, "It's just like a pebble in your shoe that refuses to come out so you just live with it. Take it one day at a time, don't think too much. So, I just carried on. (Bryan) The analogy of the "pebble in the shoe which refused to go away" suggested a permanence to their medical condition but, at the same time, it was no longer an intense, acute pain but a niggling discomfort. It was an uncomfortable but manageable pain. John also talked about not wanting to "treat HIV as a big problem". They managed by reducing the significance of HIV in their lives.
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