Man who was diagnosed with HIV aged 17 reunited with therapist who helped him in 1980s
A man who was diagnosed with HIV in the late 1980s has told of his 'emotional' reunion with the therapist who helped him through his darkest moments nearly 30 years later. Marc Thompson, from south London, was diagnosed aged just 17, when the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS was at its peak, and believed the disease would 'probably kill him'. Struggling to cope, Marc sought help at the the Landmark Centre in Brixton where he had regular counselling sessions with a volunteer called John, who gave him 'comfort and support'. Almost three decades later, the pair were reunited by BBC2's Save...