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Cady Khudabux died in November 2001. Born in Africa with parents from
India and living most of his life in Europe, it was inevitable his life
would be extraordinary.
I met him first at Christmas in 1989 when he was trying to run a support
group of HIV positive haemophiliacs in and around London. His group was
small, usually only attended by two or three people. He met the
Birchgrove group that had come from South Wales and was amazed at how
many people there were over 30. He continued to try and run a group despite
fervent opposition from his hospital social worker and was part of the
first-ever functioning national Birchgrove committee.
Cady fell in love with Deborah, a European born in Africa and living in
London. They moved to Brighton to enjoy life by the sea but she became
ill. She was diagnosed with cancer and, with the two of them getting very
ill, he chose to take treatment in
order to be healthy enough to care for her. She died at home as she wished.
