Letters of Gratitude

I just would like to say that you are doing a great job for the "pozzies" including me......had i not read your blog, I would have succumbed to too much anxiety. I was referred to RITM-ARG (Dr. Annie "Rosanna"), I was hoping to visit the   hub next week, can i contact Ate Beth during the weekend? One more, I hope to be of help to others, If its not too much to ask, I'd   like to involve myself in your advo...

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Email 343: Questions About the HIV Test

Hi Pozziepinoy. may tanong lang po ako. ang hiv virus po b e mabilis din dumami s   katawan ng tao khit po isa kang athlete at malakas po ang resistensya   mo?saka po khit po ano dhilan or source na dhahilan para makuha ng tao ang virus s loob po ng 3 mos e malalaman n kung ikaw e positive or negative?at conclusive po b ang resulta if you are negative? ngpatest n po ksi ako at negative po ang resulta sa plagay...

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Email 342: Overthinking About HIV

Hi Pozzie, It's me XXX, how are you, it's been a while. I don't know what to do. I'm encountering dreams that I saw when I was sleeping last February and now I'm seeing them today. I saw in my dreams that the result of the  second test is reactive. I'm very scared regarding this. Yes I have again a sexual activity. But it is now protected. But I'm still having goosebumps regarding the test. I'm preparing my self...

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Email 341: STD Tests?

Hi  I'm Kelly, female, 24 yrs. old. Nakita ko yung blog mo habang nagsesearch ako ng std testing centers.. Yung sa RITM ba, pwede din ba magpacheck up dun for std, chlamydia, herpes at any sexually-related infections or diseases?  At mga kagkano kaya aabutin? Gusto ko sana macheck lahat if clear ako..  Thank you.. TRANSLATION: I'm Kelly, female, 24 years old. I saw in your blog, while doing some research about STD testing center...

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Email 340: Any New SET Schedules?

Hi Pozzie and to the rest, Good day! I have been reading your helpful blog and hell yah I am also positive.  Anyhow, I would just want to ask if there will be another set of SET Schedule/s in the future. Thank you, OnceIamaking ...

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Flu Shot and Dr. Tayzon

Today I went to The Medical City and saw my previous infectious disease doctor, Dr. Tayzon. Last night I texted her about the new flu shot and she told me that she will administer it to me. I informed Dr. Ditangco about it and she said that I need the yearly flu shot and gave me the go signal. I came to Dr. Tayzon's clinic this morning for the flu shot. She was so impressed about my CD4 (537 now) and my VL being undetectable. She said she was...

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Email 339: HIV and STD Test Prices

Good day po.. Ask ko lang po sana kung how much magpatest ng hiv at std tests? Thanks in advance. TRANSLATION Good day. I would like to ask how much is the HIV test and STD test? Thanks in advance. XXX...

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Email 338: Concerned About His Friend

GOOD DAY! I need your help. I know somebody close to me have HIV, 5 yrs ago pa nya nalaman, pero wala pa syang ginagawang hakbng para mag pa gamot or mag pa check up uli. I believe na hhrapan pa din syang tanggapin... Anu po b magagawa ko para matulungan sya. Pwede pa b sya maka pag trabaho ? maraming salamat po hope to hear from you Jeda ...

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Email 337: Future of ARV Delivery?

Hi Pozzie, I have just encountered your blog yesterday. I must say, even if I have google'd and talked to lots of people, I still learned a lot from your blog. Not to mention the insights from other PLHIV. ...

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Email 336: More Questions from Rolled Over

Hi Poz, Good morning! I hope you and Tag and the rest of the pusits are in good health.  Well, this is really it, I already have my first set of ARV, Lamivudine, Ziduvudine and Efavirenz but I am planning to start my treatment next month because I have a a lot of summer fun this month and I don't want to skip nor forget a dose.  I have always considered the fact that I have to be religiously taking the medicine as it has an adverse...

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Email 335: My Story

hello pozzie. just callme patient r12 xxx. last year i had pnemonia and was confine twice. my doctor ask me to undergo hiv test and was found positive. it was heartbreaking, knowing all the uncertainty and possible infections may happen. ...

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Email 334: I Want to be Tested!

Hi,  I want to get tested from HIV. Is that for FREE? or is there any amount that i need to settle?  thanks,  XXX...

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Email 333: Cousin is HIV Positive!

hi pozziepinoy we need help for my cousin Nico who is hiv positive please e-mail me/us back, what should we do to help him get well? thank you very much and godbless. XXX...

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Email 332: Asking for Help!

Hi Pozzie, This is in relation to may previous email (301) about a kid who needs some serious medical help. His condition has deteriorated since I last emailed. He has not taken ARVs because he has serious trouble with his kidneys and livers.  As I do not full understand his condition, salmo I can only share what tests/treatments he is undergoing like 1 or two times in a week.  ...

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Email 331: "What Should I Do?"

hi  just want to ask f what are the signs and symptoms of hiv? i already got herpes before and i cured already.. it is possibility to turn into hiv? pls help me before i got that herpes. i feel the other signs of hiv like when i got a discharge it have a foul smell. but after 2moths it is back to normal and i got rushes its like fish scale in my back until now i will have this kind of skin desease its already my full back and i got a so...

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ADVISORY: SET 2013 Slots This April

ADVISORY PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT  THERE ARE STILL SLOTS FOR THE SELF EMPOWERMENT TRAINING HAPPENING THIS APRIL 20 & 21 AND APRIL 27 & 28 PLEASE TEXT POZZIEPINOY AT  0916-286-2066  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED! OR ATE BETH 0917-836-0312 HURRY!  ONLY 15 SLOTS PER CLASS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SET, PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS BLOG ENTRIES: 1. About the Self Empowerment Training (SET) 2. How...

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Email 330: Negative and Want To Help

Hi! I wrote again in your blog! yesterday i called up my friend (a medtech) then tell her everything what i feel recently and asked her about hiv she asked me if i did undergo test i said no then she told me she can give me a test if i am willing to be tested for hiv then i said yes (with fear but the truth is in my mind i refused to go to be tested cos i cant face the truth if im positive) just to set my mind in peace and i want to settle...

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ADVISORY: New Flu Vaccine

ADVISORY PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE NEW FLU VACCINE  FOR THIS YEAR IS NOW AVAILABLE  IN THE PHILIPPINES! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HIV DOCTOR IF YOU WANT TO GET  THE NEW FLU VACCINE "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. NO PLHIV is alone with his or her struggle with HIV!" -Pozziepinoy- If you have comments or questions, please click this link: Contact Pozziepinoy © Copyright. All Rights Reserved...

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Email 329: What Should I Do?

Hello! I was diagnosed na reactive ako sa HIV-1 and 2 sa RITM MALATE. They said under confirmatory test pa ako is it possible na maging non-reactive ang confirmatory test ko? BTW  I think ako ang pinaka batang may HIV I'm just 18years old (you can show my age) nag start lang ang sexual encounters ko nung 17 lang ako and ngayon eto nag reactive ako sa HIV hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko saan ako mag uumpisa. Sana makahanap ako ng mga taong...

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Email 328: Supplements to Gain Weight

Hi Pozziepinoy, Please refer to my case on email no. 220 (Jan 29, 2013) of your blog as background. Reading from your blog, we have been taking the  same line of ARVs. I started the HIV treatment in the last week of Jan this year thru SAGIP, while taking my PTB meds, the latter ending on 1st week of May 2013 (at last!). ...

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Is HIV a Disability?

To begin with, what is a disability?    A Google web search defines it the following way: Noun 1.    A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. 2.    A disadvantage or handicap, esp. one imposed or recognized by the law. If we accept the definition above, then disability is an umbrella term.  It covers impairments, activity limitations, and participation...

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Email 327: HIV in the USA

Dear Pozzie, Im very grateful that i found this website again your blogs makes me feel very good inside  even with all the circumstances and hindrances i have felt right now but to look for a better positive view in life again is very refreshing.This is my 2nd time in writing you but i would like to thank you for responding me on my first email.I am the one who lives in the USA with my wife and not long ago diagnosed positively.Now i felt...

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Email 326: Rectal Bleeding

Hi!  Last october i had an unprotected sex with this guy and then i decide to be tested on december last year also and the result is nonreactive...the story is i had sex with him again last february 2013 but now it is safe sex the problem i notice some few blood on my rectum when i wipe it after having sex... my partner is hiv negative... Now i am worried or i need someone to explain this matter.... thanks in advance... more power... ...

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Email 325: STD Tests in RITM Satellite Clinic

Hi,  Besides hepa B syphillis and HIV test, does the RITM clinic in manila have any other tests for other stds such as gono or chlam? XXX ...

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Email 324: OFW and HIV Test

Hello Pozziepinoy. I'm XXX. XX yrs old working here in XXX (somewhere in the middle east),,,,gusto ko sanang mag pa hiv test pag nag vacation ako next month,,,kasi XX yrs nako dito ,,,,meron naman kaming medical test dito every 2 years,,,,which is good,,,kaso im now finishing my last contract sa XXX,,,gusto ko sana mag pa test bago ako mag renew ng contract ,,,kasi mahirap kung dito pa nila ma detect kung meron ka,,,kasi youll be sent to prison,,,,tapos...

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Email 323: Traveling to Singapore and Malaysia

Hi!  Last year, I booked a ticket to Singapore and Malaysia for a tour scheduled mid this year. I got tested HIV+ early this year. I've learned that these countries have strict regulations regarding entry of foreigners who are HIV+. Once proven HIV+, foreigners are immediately deported. Although HIV test is not required once arrival esp. when the stay is less than 10 days, they screen pills and medications. There is an option of getting a...

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ADVISORY: SET Postponement!

ADVISORY PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THE SELF EMPOWERMENT TRAINING  SCHEDULED TOMORROW AND SUNDAY APRIL 13 & 14, 2013 HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE WAIT FOR FURTHER  ANNOUNCEMENTS! "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. NO PLHIV is alone with his or her struggle with HIV!" -Pozziepinoy- If you have comments or questions, please click this link: Contact Pozziepinoy © Copyright. All Rights Reserved by...

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The People Like Us!

Perfect song for The People Like Us! "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. NO PLHIV is alone with his or her struggle with HIV!" -Pozziepinoy- If you have comments or questions, please click this link: Contact Pozziepinoy © Copyright. All Rights Reserved by Pozziepinoy 2012 Credits:  Image by YouTube Tags: HIV Manila, HIV Philippines, AIDS Manila, AIDS Philippines, HIV/AIDS Manila, HIV/AIDS Philippines...

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Email 322: HIV and Employment

Hi! I just wanna know if the result shows that I’m positive for HIV kung makakahanap pa din ba ako ng trabaho and how about the medical that company requires? Ano yung best na dapat kong gawin kasi kung positive man ako ayoko makita ang sarili ko na parang inutil instead of that gusto ko I prove sa sarili ko na kahit meron akong ganitong sakit kaya ko pa din magwork and mabigyan ko ang family ko ng magandang buhay. Thanks. ...

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HIV Anxiety Syndrome?

I have been assisting a handful of people who have had low risk encounters with the same sex or prostitutes and yet are exhibiting symptoms that usually linked with HIV. There is almost always signs of depressed immune system as they get sick all the time, some with even oral thrush and rashes but on the HIV testing, their results were all non reactive. Still, the anxiety lingers and these people still experience the HIV-like symptoms....

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Email 321: About Adherence

Dear friend, I happened to read your advice on how to stay adherent to ARV medications. This is so helpful to me. I just started the medication. Thanks God i dont have much side effect. But one thing i need to get your advice is how to always stay adherent. Now I take ARV at 22:30 everyday and i sleep around 23h. Some days i feel very tired when I want to have an earlier sleep like 22h. Do u think I can take ARV during 22h - 22h30 and it's...

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Questionnaire About the SET Experience!

ANNOUNCEMENT IF YOU HAVE ATTENDED THE  SELF EMPOWERMENT TRAINING (SET) AND YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANSWERING A QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT IT, PLEASE EMAIL ME AT  pozziepinoy@yahoo.com ...

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There is Light At The End of the Tunnel!

Hi Pozzie, Good day to you and Tag! It's been two months and 2 days since I was first diagnosed with HIV. I know I have a long way to go and visiting your website whenever I can kept my sanity intact.  I have read several stories and I too have my own.  I don't know if it is fear that is driving me away from completing my baseline tests or it's just the busy schedule.  I have been guilty these past few days because I know for...

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