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ebook group called the red ribbon you can find useful information there as well as get valuable advice from knowledgeable people believe me you can learn a lot from that facebook page i m a member there posted by juan de la cruz at 12 35 am 2 comments labels facebook group plhivs red ribbon friday june 21 2013 three years after well what do you know i marked my 3rd year as a plhiv last march 26 and it was only early this week that i remembered that significant date after i mentioned about my blog to a new friend of mine i met through social media three years of living with this incurable ailment three years of hosting a virus that i contracted through unsafe sex three years of ups and downs as far as my health is concerned so you might ask how have i been doing since i learned that i was hiv positive on that fateful day of march 26 2010 as of this writing i am doing good so far i can t say the same though in the months that followed after i learned that i am a plhiv after i started taking antiretrovirals arvs i contracted fever and rashes all over my body which meant that the first line of arv given to me caused an allergic reaction so it had to be changed i was weak and had to stay in bed for more than a week as my body adjusted to the arvs which wrought havoc on my work sked i also suffered from bouts of folliculitis on my scalp cellulitis on my legs and then i had shingles since march 2010 i d been hospitalized twice and would see a doctor every now and then for various bodily ailments as a result of my body s adjustment to the arvs i was taking it was such a struggle way back then and i nearly gave up on living if it weren t for fellow plhivs friends who knew about my status my family and my partner who would help me deal with my condition i would have been six feet underground a long time ago it s a daily struggle to adhere to a healthy lifestyle and taking my arvs on time i also have to be on guard every day against any health menace considering that my immune system is already compromised even if i am taking arvs it is no guarantee that i won t get sick there are times when i suddenly become unwell so i have to go and have a checkup whenever it happens even if it is just a case of ordinary fever aside from this i also have to deal with occasional bouts of depression as a result of my condition and an effect of my arvs it can be difficult at times but thankfully i am able to manage well i know there will still be difficulties and challenges ahead as a result of my health status but with god s help and the support of my friends my family and my partner i know that i can overcome them with flying colors so to speak and as a felllow plhiv would often tell me keep on fighting posted by juan de la cruz at 7 40 pm 4 comments labels anniversary arvs experience health status looking back plhiv struggles higher and higher another grim statistics for hiv in the philippines department of health official doc eric tayag erictayag reported today that doh adds 388 new hiv cases for apr 2013 highest ever for monthly new cases total for 2013 is 1 477 total since 1984 is 13 179 every month we have been posting the highest ever monthly new cases and i don t see the end in sight this is because i believe that the increasing number of cases of hiv in the philippines is not anymore due to the lack of information and the conduct of an aggressive campaign against the spread of the ailment but more already on the apathy of those who belong to the high risk sector of the society because they prefer unprotected sex over safe sex they already throw caution to the wind and do it what do you guys think posted by juan de la cruz at 6 57 pm 3 comments thursday may 2 2013 really sad hiv stats the reliable dr eric tayag of the philippine department of health who i follow on twitter reported this for march 2013 370 new hiv cases bringing total to 1 089 for the year and 12 791 since 1984 when the philippines started recording hiv cases we now have 12 new hiv cases everyday doh when i was diagnosed as hiv positive in march 2010 the number of new hiv cases everyday was between 3 and 4 in just a little over 2 years it has grown to 12 new hiv cases daily no matter how much the private sector and government try to stem the growing number of hiv cases in the country through various activities and aggressive campaigns on safe sex and not sharing used needles among drug users it still keep rising and i blame this already on poor personal judgement decision choice why because no matter how much we all hanker or prod the vulnerable sector of society to refrain from doing unsafe sex and sharing needles it is still up to the persons involved to decide if they will follow it or not i am sure they are old enough to understand the dire consequences of unsafe acts that may lead to contracting hiv but if they insist on doing otherwise then that is their choice i hope something is done about this a draconian measure if needed to stop the growing epidemic posted by juan de la cruz at 9 09 pm 6 comments thursday april 11 2013 my anniversary visit and my new cd4 count i went to my treatment hub yesterday research institute for tropical medicine for my cd4 count and other so called anniversary tests blood chemistry physical laboratory tests done yearly and i was already dreading the thought of going there particularly the travel to and from my place since i took a day s leave from work i was thinking maybe i would not stay long in ritm and spend the rest of the day at home i tried to keep my spirits up but there was this nagging feeling that i may encounter a hitch on my way to ritm and during my stay there i woke up at 5 a m showered dressed up and left for ritm at 6 a m with no breakfast because those set for anniversary tests should go fasting the night before also cd4 count is set from 7 a m to 8 a m only i arrived in alabang a little past 6 30 a m and went to the public transport station for ritm bound vehicles and just as i was approaching the station a vehicle was leaving and i had to run to catch it alas i didn t so i had to wait for several minutes for another vehicle to ferry people to ritm i got in ritm before 7 a m and i sprinted to the laboratory to submit my lab request papers that i already had in my possession i had my x ray first then blood extraction for cd4 and cbc i chanced upon a plhiv friend of mine and chatted with him for awhile as my turn for the blood extraction was still sometime later i went to the aids research group arg clinic to submit my philhealth papers and ran back to the laboratory i was touched by the gesture of the nurse in the arg when he saw my records and greeted me belated happy birthday as i marked my natal day the day before after blood samples were taken from me i went to the canteen to eat as i was famished after breakfast i went to the clinic for my ppd shot and met ate ellen who told me that i have to wait until 1 p m for my physical checkup and so i would know my cd4 count darn i was already done with my lab tests past 8 a m and i really didn t want to stay too long in ritm having no choice i decided to stay in the clinic where ate ellen was and got bored so i went to the arg clinic to wait and also got bored i went back to ate ellen past 10 a m and luckily my cd4 count result was already forwarded to her my cd4 count is now 457 from 409 in april last year i was downhearted upon learning of the minimal increase in my cd4 count but consoled myself with the thought that an increase is much better than a decrease ate ellen told me i could go home and the physical examination by the doctor on duty isn t really important unless i needed to consult the doc about something that i was suffering from hiv related ailments or what ate ellen told me she will just forward my cd4 count result to the doctor when he or she arrives at 1 p m however ate ellen noticed that i was wearing a charm bracelet then she told me i shouldn t have worn it in ritm since it would absorb the negative energy in the place argh i bought that bracelet in binondo on chinese new year s eve last february to protect me from harm sicknesses and other bad things and to attract money well that means i have to brace the sweltering heat and go to the shop in binondo where i bought the bracelet to cleanse and re energize it there goes my earlier plan to go home from ritm to rest sigh so from ritm i proceeded to binondo to have my bracelet cleansed and re energized in the shop where i bought it and asked if i should not wear the bracelet in a hospital the shop owner a filipino chinese lady told me that generally speaking i could bring it in a hospital since it would protect me from any negative energy or ailments while i am there but its power would wane a bit after having a quick lunch in chinatown i went home i arrived in my place at 1 p m took a shower right away and had a nap with a smile because of the good result of my cd4 count posted by juan de la cruz at 8 44 pm 1 comment labels anniversary annual checkup cd4 good vibes ritm visit monday april 1 2013 discrimination in one s family i read awhile ago in a facebook group created for plhivs advocates and supporters about two young filipino plhivs who have been ostracized disowned kicked out of their families according to the post in that group the two plhivs need temporary accommodations and food to sustain them they are both working and need a place to stay something they can only do after office hours this isn t the first time i have come across such cases though their situation makes me very sad and very angry at their families for doing such a thing it maybe due to ignorance of the manageable ailment disgust anger denial or whatever it is very sad to learn when a young plhiv who has just learned of his status and is at a loss on how to deal with it gets kicked out of his or her family which should be the first one to support and understand him or her i don t mean to rub salt on those plhiv s wounds so to speak but i am lucky that when i came out to my two siblings we don t have parents anymore they were devastated to learn of my status but they didn t have second thoughts giving their complete support and understanding this brings mean to the issue of coming out about one s status to whom or when do we do it i believe that before a plhiv especially one who is newly diagnosed should come out to anyone including his or her family the plhiv should be equipped with adequate knowledge of hiv and aids so that if questions arise from the person or persons the plhiv comes out he or she can give a sufficient answer know the level of knowledge of the person or persons you plan to come out to a plhiv can do this without necessarily revealing his or her status but through general or generic questions from there the plhiv will determine if he or she can be trusted and he or she can be assured of that person s complete support understanding and can be bound to secrecy i can say that the lesser a person knows about hiv and aids the higher the likelihood or chance that person will discriminate a plhiv a plhiv should take time before coming out to anyone he or she should think it over several times before doing so consider the pros and cons be completely ready emotionally and psychologically in coming out it is not easy coming out to anyone about one s status i should know because i ve been through it and lastly pray pray to him for guidance strength and help in what you will do believe me prayers can do wonders posted by juan de la cruz at 8 38 pm 3 comments labels coming out discrimination family fear sunday march 31 2013 a friend s unpleasant experience at ritm arg hello guys so how was your lenten break or vacation i hope everyone had a peaceful respite from the daily grind and managed to reflect or observe the holy week as solemnly as possible mine went well and i stayed home most of the time and went to church to attend the lenten activities or rites it s back to work for me today and it s been a slow day so far so i took the opportunity to update this blog early this morning i texted a plhiv friend of mine to ask how he was and coincidentally he was at the research institute for tropical medicine aids research group ritm arg this morning for his regular lab tests cd4 count cbc etc and he complained that he was informed only last saturday a non working holiday that he needs to submit or have philhealth membership documents already for his lab tests he was pissed off because he was only told about it last saturday but how could he gather them when it was a holiday so the nurse in charge asked for the philhealth documents when he went to ritm this morning and he explained that he could not submit them since he was notified only last saturday good thing he was allowed to take the lab tests and the philhealth documents will just have to follow to backtrack a little plhivs who are not taking arvs like my friend are not covered by the philhealth package for plhivs so they would have to pay for all the necessary tests like cd4 cbc etc i guess that policy has now changed because my friend is now required to submit philhealth papers so his laboratory tests would be taken care of by the government agency regardless of he she is taking arvs already anyway like all other plhivs who are enrolled at ritm and have previously complained of the shabby treatment from arg staff and bad service they get from the ritm arg my friend has decided that he wouldn t want to go through the same kind of situation next time and has decided on the spot that he will transfer to philippine general hospital pgh aids research group he also said he has had enough of a nurse at ritm arg who acts as if she owns ritm as of my last text he is gathering all his records to bring them to pgh already i can imagine the legwork and stress my friend went through this morning and in working on his transfer from ritm to pgh stress is a big no no for plhivs with the bad experience of my friend i hope i do not suffer the same at ritm arg when i go there for my cd4 and other so called anniversary tests on april 11 i m keeping my fingers crossed posted by juan de la cruz at 8 06 pm 3 comments labels annual checkup cd4 laboratory tests philhealth ritm transfer older posts home subscribe to posts atom followers about me juan de la cruz makati philippines i have a lot of things to write down if i were to describe myself but what i can say is that i love life more than ever now after i learned that i am hiv positive i am a good friend to many and i can be a shoulder to cry if you need one i love cats which explains my profile photo view my complete profile blog archive 2013 24 june 3 plugging three years after higher and higher may 1 april 2 march 3 february 10 january 5 2012 1 february 1 2011 15 october 1 august 2 july 1 june 2 may 4 march 3 january 2 2010 46 december 5 november 3 october 6 september 4 august 2 july 2 june 3 may 9 april 12 simple theme 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