Email 562: FREE Baseline Tests?

Hi,  i was just dx with hiv and my doctor wants some test such as cd4 , viral load, hbsag and cbc he told me it will cost roughly 10k and he referred me to natl kidney inst... do u have suggestion where can i have them for free?  Thanks im hopeful for ur quick response. XXX...

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Facebook Group?

Hi Pozziepinoy. I just want to ask if you know some group/s on facebook that promote HIV advocacy in the Philippines? XXX. POZZIEPINOY'S RESPONSE Hi there. Thank you for your email. You can check out our FB Group, The Red Ribbon. It is an international group of advocates, supporters and PLHIV's. It is a private group so just add me first, pozziepinoy in FB , then just private message me there that you want to join the The REd Ribbon...

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Thank You!

Dear Pozziepinoy, After 6 months of trial on arvs, finally, I have my cd4 test again and from 303 it jumped to 619!! I'm so thankful to God that my cocktails did work after a change on the combination. I did what my good doctor (Dr. D) told me and she did a great job on my meds combination. She is an angel, pagkausap ko siya gumagaan ang loob ko and after that test she told me na...okay, from this day on huwag mo ng isipin...

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PLHIV Story: Love Yourself!

Let me share my story before I become a pozzie. Okay ba?! Plsss. :D I came from a perfect relationship with a perfect guy that everybody wishes to have in their life. For me, my love story is such a fairy tale to share. I was a freshman student during my college days and member of sociocivic orgs in the university. I'm also an officer of the Student Council, the USC. I come from a poor family. Salat sa buhay na ang mga kamag anak lang...

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The Love Fund: August 2013 Report

Here is the list of the beneficiaries of The Love Fund for the month of August 2013: Patient's Direct Assistance: 1. R10vtc: asthmatic patient, assisted with maintenance inhaler 2. R13aaj: asthma patient, was given financial assistance for his medicines 3. New Patient "J", confined in the hospital up to now, is being given assistance for his medicines, food and laboratory tests. Prophylaxis Assistance:  (each patient was given 30 pieces...

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YOU Can Take Charge of Your Life

I would like to applaud those who are living their lives successfully and productively even with HIV. They are my true heroes. They are the true fighters of our society. They are the real unacknowledged individuals who possess courage of conviction and commitment to life. In the world we are living in, a way of taking charge of one's health and life starts with the HIV Test. By taking the HIV test, we are being responsible. By taking the HIV test,...

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PLHIV Story: Make Life Meaningful!

Hi pozzie, It is been a while since I last share something in your blog due to my busy schedule, but I had promised myself to write again after I've got my follow up cd4 count, whether It will be good one or bad. I'm proud to tell that from 268, it goes up to 502, which my ID physician commended which coincedentally came also to the institution I belong.... what a small world haha. though it is good, I believe it can still rise a bit higher...

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Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry: July 2013 Report

The Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry of the Department of Health National Epidemiology Center just released today it’s July 2013 Report. In July 2013, it was reported that there were 449 new HIV cases in the Philippines. This is 18 cases higher than last month, June 2013 report. This is also 62% higher as compared to the same period last year and the HIGHEST number of cases reported in a month. 96% of the cases reported were male, with 91.75%...

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Email 560: On Anal Wart Removal

sir ask ko lang po kung may anal warts removal sa ritm malate??   and magkano po kaya ang aabuting cost?? student pa po kasi ako baka di po   kayanin ng budget ko.. salamat po ng madami TRANSLATION SIr, I would like to ask if RITM Malate has anal wart removal procedures. How much is the cost? I am still a srtudent and my budget may not be able t cover it. Thank you so much. ...

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Email 559: Questions About Me

Hello pozziepinoy, Your blog is a haven for PLHIV and sana mawala na yung stigma surrounding HIV. Tanong ko lang kung ilang months or years ka bago nadiagnose after ng exposure mo.  And nung nadiagnose ka, may oral thrush ka na noon? Stay healthy and God bless you more. You are an inspiration to many. Thank you. TRANSLATION Hello Pozziepinoy. Your blog is a haven for PLHIV's and I hope that the stigma surrounding HIV will...

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Email 558: Concerned About Liver Isues

Good morning,  Pozzie tatanung ko lang. Its my 6th day sa ARV Treatment ko, worried lang ako kasi yung 2nd med na nireseta sakin ay nevirapine and ayon sa mga nababasa ko it can highly damage yung liver? Pagbalik ba namin sa doctor for refill i check nya ba kami kung nagkaroon kami ng liver damage and kung kailangan ng ALT test? How much yung ALT test sa RITM- ARG o free ba sya? And what if mataas ang ALT mo what do they usually advice you? Thanks,  XXX TRANSLATION Good...

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Email 557: Coming to Live in the Philippines

Dear Pozziepinoy, I was very impressed by your courage to come out and create such an informative blog in the Philippines. I know that the issue of HIV is taboo there and could cause discrimination. Please, let me introduce myself. I have been living with AIDS/HIV for more than 30 years. Here in the US we call those people like me long term survivors. I am in perfect health at 63 and know that I might live many more years as longevity is...

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Email 556: HIV Test Fees

hi. i'm XXX. ask ko lang po if may bAyad po bAng mag pa check up kung HIV+ OR HIV-. mag kanu po b ung bAyad ? MSM po ako.  at ask ku din po malibAn s HIV anu pa po ang kailangan pa check ? please help me thank you. TRANSLATION Hi. I'm XXX. I would like to ask if there is a fee for the HIV test? I'm an MSM and aside from HIV, what other tests should I get? Please help me.  Thank you. ...

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Email 555: Cebu Pozzie

Dear Poziepinoy, Again and again, I'm the OFW who were deported from UAE to Philippines for being diagnosed HIV Positive last June though that was the most tragic thing that happened in my life, but that's the time also when I have experience the extreme happiness in my entire life after the Police freed me at the Airport. A very great journey indeed for at first I have questioned God, why of all the people on earth, I'm the chosen one to suffer...

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Email 554: What's Next?

Hi. I found this site from watching some clips on youtube. Is there any place that you can recommend for me to do the HIV thing yung medication po i have been tested here in overseas and found out to be postive i want to go back to phils to seek medication po sana but I got no idea where and how to do it. Thanks a lot...

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Email 553: How Long to Wait?

Hi sir i have a question about HIV... This month I got an HIV test, the result is negative but im still worrying because my friend told me na kaylnagan daw po is 6 months bago daw ako   Ako may pa test...  Kasi I had a unprotected sex yong nag training  po kami sa u.s. i think last week of may po ata ng may kami ng sex ng american co-worker ko . Then wala pa naman ako na experience na mga symptoms.. So napaparaniod parin...

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With Hope

Another "Star" has found his place in the sky, will be shining bright and will make the dark sky spectacular tonight...  You are home, where you are safe, where you are at peace. May all my readers say a prayer for him tonight.... This song is from us, your family and friends.... "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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We Need You!

We need you.  The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS for Asia and the Pacific, Dr. Prasada Rao, will be on official mission to the Philippines on 26-30 August 2013. He will have meetings with high level government officials from the Executive and Legislative branches of government, as well as meetings with civil society alliances, including religious leaders, to discuss the HIV epidemic in the Philippines.  From...

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