The LOVE FUND July 2012 Report

For the month of July, here is the list of the pozzies that have been helped by the Love Fund.  1. HIV patient with severe rashes hypersensitivity reaction. We assisted with prophylaxis 2. HIV with cancer. We assisted with medicine (cream).  3. HIV with PTB. We assisted with her anti TB meds  4. HIV with herpes zoster. We assisted with her meds 5. HIV patient. We assisted with his ultrasound test. 6. HIV with optha case. We assisted for the 5 field fundus photo test 7. HIV with dogbite case. We...

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PP Prayer's List 7

I will be sending the PozziePinoy's Prayer List again to the heads of churches here in the country and in two church organizations in the United States this Friday evening. I have added new pozzies in twitter and I would like to add them have to this list. I also indicated a priority list for those who are in need of immediate prayer! Please email me fast or just ask for a name inclusion in the comment box if you want your name or your friend's name to be included here. In need of prayers: to watch over their health, to help them...

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Paracetamol and ARV's

I usually encounter conversations between pozzies wherein there is a question whether to take paracetamol or not while taking ARV’s, when one feels sick of fever due to colds and flu. I know I don’t have a problem with taking it but I usually ask my doctor first. From the very start I always advice my readers to ask their HIV doctors first before taking any medicine. However, it always comes up whenever one has a fever because of a cold.  So I interviewed Ellen Domingo, one of the staff nurses of RITM-ARG over the phone about it. She...

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June 2012: New HIV/AIDS Cases

Credits: Philippines HIV/AIDS Registry NEC/DOH FOR TOPIC SUGGESTIONS, please email me at pozziepinoy@yahoo.com DONATE to The Love Fund : The Love Fu...

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Email 33

Someone emailed 2 days ago however, he/she requested me not to post his/her email on my blog. Instead, I would like to generalize his/her question. Can a foreign national get treatment here in the country? I asked Dr. Ditangco about this and she said he/she can't if he/she wants to avail of the FREE treatment and FREE ARV's in the country. She said that only Filipinos are allowed because it is in the law and in the OHAT package. She said that he/she can get treatment for any infections in any hospital here however, when it comes to HIV/AIDS...

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Email 32

Hello Pozziepinoy,  First of all I would like to congratulate you on such a wonderful and informative blog. I am just so happy because I learned so much about HIV and AIDS all from your blog. My name is X and my boyfriend X of X years is probably HIV positive. I say probably because we do not yet have his official confirmatory tests from San Lazaro .....  X had Cryptoccocal Meningitis and he was confined for X weeks. As you know it is an opportunistic infection (OI) and he probably has AIDS already. He has been on Fluconazole...

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HIV/AIDS & DOLE

I've heard about this Department Order from The Philippine Department of Labor and Employment about the guidelines for the implementation of HIV and AIDS prevention and control in the workplace. Read on and know more about your rights as an employee. If you are an employer or part of the management of a company, please read on. Credits: www.oshc.dole.gov....

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Email 31: OFW Letter

I received this email last week and since I thought, I would be going to RITM this week, I told the person to wait for my answer. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go this week because of my tight schedule at work so today I just decided to call Dr. Ditangco, my doctor and the head of the RITM-ARG and Ellen Domingo, one of the staff nurse, also in RITM-ARG. My reply to his email is at the bottom of this email trail: INITIAL EMAIL "Hello Pozziepinoy, Mag ask lng po sana me kung pde ba iship abroad ung ARVs? (I would like to...

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What Are You Waiting For?

I have been communicating with new individuals who are waiting for their confirmatory result. The scenerio is, after getting a positive result in the HIV screening test, one has to wait for 2 to 3 weeks before the confirmatory comes out. The individuals that I was talking to were tested positive in the RITM Satellite Clinic in Manila and with the help of their counsellors, they were advised to get their baseline labs in RITM-ARG in Alabang even before they get their confirmatory result. I was not convinced yet that this is possible until I...

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A New Journey

Your initial HIV test turned out positive and you are made to wait for the confirmatory for 2 to 3 weeks. You are shocked. You don’t know what to do. You don’t know if you’re going to tell your family. You feel the world has come to an end. You want to cry. You want to scream. You want to spill out your guts. I know how it feels. I’ve been there. Like the rest of all the pozzies I knew, we all have been there. We felt the same way. You are not alone in this world. Now, you begin to read. Read articles about HIV and AIDS. You read...

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CD4 and VL Fees?

A lot of pozzies have been asking me about the CD4 and Viral Load fees so I asked all my friends, doctors and fellow pozzies about it. So far this is what I got. Note: to be sure, add extra cash just in case, but this table would just give you an ESTIMATE on how much it costs in each hospital/hub. If you wish to add to this table, just email me at pozziepinoy@yahoo.com. Any additional info would be greatly appreciated. FOR TOPIC SUGGESTIONS,...

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Tell Others to Get Tested!

My advocacy is really not HIV prevention. However, we got our disease from some people and at the same time, because we weren’t careful and we weren't able to have ourselves tested before, we may have passed it to other people. We need to reach out to those who we had sexual unprotected contact with before and inform them the importance of HIV testing. It is an obligation that we have to make. This is not only for their own health but...

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OFW and HIV

I have been coordinating with an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has HIV. He came back to the Philippines after he found out that he got tested anonymously there and found that he has the disease. He was so scared because the country where he is working at deports people who have HIV so he had to resign from his job work and come home. The minute he came home, we already were communicating. The following day, he went to RITM to have a consultation. However, the staff there said that he has to take another test here in the country because...

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Working hard for YOU!

Didn't you know that people all over the world are working hard to find a cure? Did you not know that there are people working hard to free you from HIV?  Keep the faith. Stay positive. The cure is almost there.  FOR TOPIC SUGGESTIONS, please email me at pozziepinoy@yahoo.com DONATE to The Love Fund : The Love Fu...

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There is Hope

There is so much progress. We should all wait for the biggest announcement!        FOR TOPIC SUGGESTIONS, please email me at pozziepinoy@yahoo.com DONATE to The Love Fund : The Love Fund                                                                      &nbs...

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Email 29

Hi Pozziepinoy,  I'm quite impressed sa blog mo especially your dedication para mag share ng info at update regarding HIV. I too have HIV, sa ngayon nasa ika-24th day na ako ng pag take ng aking ARV drugs.  I have a question regarding skin rashes.  Day 7 - while taking ARV and Cotri- (antibacterial), lumabas yung rash ko. It started sa waist paakyat sa katawan ko.  Day 9 - lumabas na din ang rash sa upper arm pababa sa lower arm. Day 11 - almost 70% ng katawan ko covered ng reddish skin.  Day12...

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