Living with HIV in the Philippines

I’m taking 3 different ARV’s and 2 anti PCP’s. I researched the internet and found a lot of literature about them. 1. The Nucleosid...

I have a virus inside me. It’s hurting my immune system every day. But I am still alive and I still have control over myself. I can keep ...

We went to RITM in Alabang yesterday to get my baseline CD4 and viral load test. I called in before we went there to make sure that we can...

Tag and I talked this evening. He opened up about his regrets. Regret about not being a Phil Health member or having a health insurance. R...

I've been taking 3 medicines:  tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz. The doctor from the hub said I can tolerate the first two meds. Th...

I was shocked when I heard that I am positive. From my researches in high school and college, I figured that I already have AIDS which w...

Global Fund made all the ARV's to be delivered to HIV/AIDS patients for free. Great. There are 3 hubs here in the Philippines that del...

Once I got discharged, I was given medications for my PCP for 21 days. They were Bactrim 1600mg TID and prednisone, 40mg OID. My symptom...