End The Stigma!

While scrolling down through my Twitter timeline before I went to sleep last night, I got a chance to read a good article and I can't help but share it as it brought me to tears.

If You Were In Their Shoes

This morning upon checking my poz Twitter account, I saw in my timeline a picture of a certain treatment hub's hallway with a few masked and unmasked people sitting on the benches, with the caption that goes something like "Ang dami-dami na ng may HIV ngayon." It's not verbatim, but that's the idea. It was posted by one of our blood brothers.

Know Your HIV Status

Really alarming! The new HIV cases in our country hit all-time high.

Blue Sky

My current mood put in a song:

When do stars fade their light
Does the moon and the sun make it right?
For you the world may be
Like an endless storm chasing a mystery

New Strain

Ngayon na nga lang ako nakanood ng news sa TV, ito pa talaga ang naabutan kong report.

He Is HIV Free!

This morning I saw my ex, MV, posted on his Facebook account a picture of himself with a blood bag beside him. He had just donated blood, it says on the caption.

Alam ko before ka makapagdonate ng blood, to ensure safety of these life-saving products, mayroon nang mga preliminary screening tests na ginagawa. Para naman hindi masayang yung 450ml of blood na kukunin sayo only to find out hindi ka pala pasado. More so after blood donation, mayroon pang tests na ginagawa para talaga makasigurado na pasado for usage yun blood products.

Ganun ginagawa sa hospital na napasukan ko before. I don't know sa iba. I'm no medical technologist nor a pathologist. Enlighten me then. :)

Ayun na nga, so what's the big deal? Well, I think that means he is HIV free! And I'm happy for him. Alam kong hindi ko siya nahawa and hindi niya rin ako nahawa.

2nd Year Anniversary

It was a lazy, cold Friday dawn when my alarms synchronously rang and I just kept on snoozing them. My mind was telling me to get up but my body was telling me otherwise. Thirty minutes later, the struggle of getting up finally ended. I took a quick shower, and ate a light breakfast. I don't want to be late for my 2nd year anniversary consultation.