Showing posts with label AIDS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AIDS. Show all posts

March 11, 2014

Tested





I've been wanting to get tested for HIV for the longest time, just like everybody else, medyo afraidy aguilar ako. Kaya tumagal ng tumagal yun plan na mag pa test. Medyo aktibo kasi ang sex life ko recently...slight lang naman....Wag na kayo kumontra kasi. LOL although lagi naman ako protektado pero mabuti na din yung sigurado.

A recent event lead me to finally do it, kelangan lang pala may motivation kaloka. With the help of a good friend, sinamahan nya ako sa Love Yourself Clinic. This is a discreet HIV clinic in Malate, Manila. They are a non profit organization na nagpo provide ng free test para sa LGBT-MSM community. Matagal ko nang naririnig itong grupo na ito kaya naman tiwala ako dito gawin.

Super kabado ako on the way palang. Andami kong worries. Andaming takot. Andiyan yun tanong na:

Pano pag positive ako? Pano work ko sa abroad? Pano pamilya ko, breadwinner ako....Pano ko sasabihin sa kanila. Sa mga kaibigan? Pwde paba ako mag work abroad kahit may sakit ako? kaya ko ba itago yun?

Ilan lang yan sa mga tumatakbo sa isipan ko nun. Mabuti nalang jolly itong kaibigan ko, kedaldal, nawawala tuloy nerbiyos ko kahit papano.

Dumating kami dun around 10am na ata. Nakapag pa check na itong friend ko dito before kaya alam na alam na niya san puntahan. Hindi nga halos mapapansin yun clinic. Tama nga sabi nga niya, tago ito, at di obvious masyado. May nakasulat na RITM at OB-Gyne sa karatula.

Natawa pa nga ako at nagbiro na buntis na pala kami.

May ilan tao na sa loob nun pumasok kami sa waiting area nila. May couples. May solo lang, na bilib ako kasi ang tapang niya. Sari sari ang kaharap namin sa upuan. Medyo awkward lang kasi magkakaharap kami sa pagkakaupo.

Napapag aralan ko tuloy ang mga katapat ko.

May isang desk at andun ang receptionist/nurse. Tinanung kami if papatest daw kami. Binigyan kami ng form at sinagutan. Simple lang naman. Name. Age. Nakailan partner na ganyan etc.

Hindi ko sinulat real name ko. Nilagay ko ang apelyido ng lola ko hehe. Pero the rest ay real na. Medyo natawa ako kasi obvious na di ko real name yun kasi may mga bura ako halatang hindi sigurado!

Ipinasa namin sa nurse at nilagyan ng number ang papel namin. Tandaan daw namin ang number na ibinigay sa amin, yun ang gagamitin niya to identify us.

May mga tao na din pala sa second floor. Naririnig ko mga yabag ng tao. At dinig ko pa ay medyo madami na daw ang client at iilan lang ang andun na counselor. Kaya parang kelangan na daw pagsabay sabayin ang orientation at maiksing lecture about HIV-AIDS.

Tinawag ang mga number namin at umakyat kami sa makitid na hagdan paakyat sa second floor. Doon ay binati kami nun isang counselor. Sorry nakalimutan ko name nya, but he was so pleasant and accommodating. and cute. hihihi

Sorry weakness ko talaga semikalbo ang buhok!

Nag umpisa ang maiksing lecture about HIV in a way na madaling maintindihan ng lahat. Diniscuss lahat ng mga dapat malaman, at mga facts, mga dapat gawin sakaling positive ka at mga options mo. Pinaka tumanim sa isipan ko ay : Hindi pa katapusan ng buhay mo kapag may HIV ka.

Ayun, maganda ang mission ng grupong ito. Saludo ako sa kanila.

Pagkatapos ay isa isa na kami muling tinawag para sa test itself. Blood extraction na. Mabilis lang. Nilagyan ng proper label ang vial ng dugong nakuha sa akin at siniguradong name ko andun. Mahirap magkamali.

Pinababalik nalang kami after a few hours. 3 hours ata, Im not sure na. Last December kasi ito 2013 lang, sorry malilimutin na lola nya. Basta after the test ay pumunta muna kami ng Robinson's place manila at nag lunch sa Yakimix.

When its time to come back to the clinic ay umatake na naman ang kaba ko! Parang babaligtad sikmura ko. Ito na kasi ang moment of truth, ang resulta nito ay maaring magpabago bigla ng buhay ko.

Nun bumalik kami sa clinic ay halos wala na tao sa waiting area. Nauna na marahil yun mga nakasabayan namin kanina.

Tinawag na agad ang number ko. Iginiya ako nun semilkalbo na counselor sa isang private room saka niya isinara ng mabuti. Sinisigurado na confidential magiging usapan namin sa loob.

Pinaupo niya ako at nilibang ng konti sa pamamagitan ng pagtatanung about myself. Alam nyang tensed ako. Pinakita niya sa akin ang small white envelop na naglalaman ng result ng test ko.

"Ready ka na ba? hinga muna ng malalim" sabi niya ng nakangiti.

Nagulat ako na siya ang nag open. I thought kasi ako una titingin. Pero okay na din, atleast maihahanda niya ako just in case.

Sinilip niya muna at saka huminga ng malalim nun makita ang nakasulat. Halos tumalon ang dibdib ko sa takot nun mga sandaling yun huhuhu.

Saka niya inabot sa akin ang envelop. Kinuha ko na halos nanginginig ang kamay.

Hinugot ko lahat ng tapang na maari kong mahanap nun mga oras na yun at saka binuksan ng marahan ang sobre at binasa ang nakasulat dito.

Result:

Non-Reactive

Inulit ko pa ng tingin...non reactive nga!!!!

Saka ako ngumiti ng maluwag sa kaharap ko. "tinakot mo ko!" sabi ko sa knya. Gusto ko sana siya akapin at halikan sa tuwa ko! charrrrrr

Nagdagdag pa siya ng ilang payo at sinabihan na mag ingat ako lagi. After ng maiksing kwentuhan pa ay nagpaalam na ako sa knya. Saka kami nag kamay at nagpasalamat akong muli.

Nag iintay na sa labas ang friend ko at agad akong ngumiti sa knya. Gets na niya na negative ako sa HIV. At ganun din siya.

What a relief!

at saka kami nag sex ni friend pagbalik sa condo.

Charot!!!!






If you wanna get the test visit nyo lang ang  http://www.loveyourself.ph/ for details. Mas mabuti nang alam natin para mas madali maagapan at masolusyunan :-)

January 28, 2011

What About You?


These questions have been running and bugging me whenever they got a chance to, they just "popped out"! I tried to ignore it, but its so persistent, so guys, why don't you help me out? '

Am I the only one having this thoughts and actually do this? Lets compare answers! Game!

Do you honestly think, God created us? to be actually gay?

Yes or no?

I can't really answer this one. Honestly. How about you?

Do you even pray that God could give you a decent and loving guy to make you happy? or you're too ashamed to ask God about it when in fact they said in the bible that gays could burn in hell?

Yes or no?

I still pray. Do you?

Do you think you could still get married with a woman and have children? without the urge to get a guy and have sex with him?

Yes or no?

I could say yes. Why not. Its possible. How about you?

Do you still believe that maybe in the near future, gay could be totally accepted and respected in our country? and be married???

Yes or no?

Maybe in the year 2080? LOL. What do you think?


Are you afraid to get tested for HIV?

Yes or no?

Yes I am! are you that brave?

Do you apply powder on your face?

Yes or no?

I do! (pressed powder pa nga!hahaha). I have an oily face so, I apply frequently as discreetly as possible! LOL

Do you spit or swallow? I cannot believe I'm asking this haha!

Yes or no?

A big No-no-no! haha I just can't do it! I don't even like the guy coming inside my mouth what more to swallow it! *fainting*

Do you exchange saliva with your mate (not thru kissing ha!) like he's on top and he will drop a large portion of it on your waiting open mouth! haha

Yes or no?

For me, its no way! too gross! what about you?

Do you like to be given a bouquet of flowers from your boyfriend or suitor?

Yes or no?

I don't think so! You like the idea?

Do you have the guts to kiss your boyfriend in public?

Yes or no?

I can't!!! hahaha. kaya mo???

Do you kiss then suck d*ck then kiss and then rim and then kiss again?

Yes or no?

I'll leave that question for you to answer! hahaha

Good morning everyone! Have a great weekend!

May 11, 2009

My PDOS

Today at 11:10 am I was already at Pasay city and looking at the venue of my Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS), it is a requirement for all overseas Filipino worker (OFW) before going to another country to work. It will give you an idea on how it is living on another country, about their rules, laws ,whats not to do and what to do when you reached your destination first time, a pretty helpful thing, I totally agree with the purpose of this seminar.

(requirements for PDOS: referral slip from your agency, ball pen, and a 100 pesos)

I was perspiring all over when I got there, my god, the sun was so angry that he gave all of his UV rays today!LOL. Good thing that the place was air conditioned! There wasn't much eye candies at the seminar, most of my participants are older and are seaman's, electricians, DH's and IT's. I tried to be friendly talking a little to some seated near me and they didn't know what an RT again when they asked me what will be my work at the middle east. Well, whats new anyway!!!

(What the hell is an RT?Read here)

It lasted 5 and a half hours!I almost fell asleep haha.My god, seminars are very good sleeping venue!I paid 100 pesos for the PDOS certificate, then another 100 pesos at that OFW family club thing, that it is for our ID that this guy was telling about, that if we have their ID, they will help any OFW who are in trouble overseas (But what are the Philippine Embassy's for????!I wanted to asked him haha)

In my mind I thought, a little too expensive for just a laminated I.D, there were like 40 people in that room and they could have 4,000 pesos in just minutes wow!!!!20 pesos will be fine, right?! Well, they are NGO's so I just convinced myself that they need funding.But what I don't like about it was, they could have give us an option whether we would like to join the club or not.Not compulsory.

I like the first speaker though from metro bank,(cutie) he told us about their banking system wherein we could send our remittances to our families.Then I got back to myself again when the next speaker talked about sex and AIDS. I already knew what he was talking about, how we could get aids, how to avoid it etc etc.

I'm just bothered by the Tagalog translation haha, you see, when an English word was translated to Tagalog, it gave a very rude, indecent and funny feel to it!Like vaginal secretions--hima, semen--tam*d, and mind you, he said those words so many times that I already got an erection!LOL

sabay sabay tayo: tam*d...tam*d...tamod..ay di ko naalis ang "O" sa last one!!!

Anyway for the sake of sharing information about AIDS I will give you this lists:
  • Aids cannot be transferred through kissing or their saliva.
  • It cannot be transferred through hugging,cuddling.
  • You cant get it through nasal secretions, tears, sweats, urine of a person with HIV/AIDS
  • Even oral sex are low probability.But I think if you blow someone with HIV and he pre-ejaculated or cum on your mouth that's when the time its scary. So guys be careful with anything you put in your mouth haha.You never know who has it, they looks exactly like us.Like a perfectly healthy good looking guy.They could be the one you picked up on a bath house,a spa,a bar or wherever.
  • So wear a condom. Or just be faithful with your partners and if your single since birth, be faithful with your left hand like me LOL!
  • The only HIV/AIDS transmission would be through, sexual intercourse both vaginal and anal, needle sharing, blood transfusions, and mother to baby. But the probability that the baby could get it if the mother is positive is only 15 to 25% so it is very possible the baby will be aids-free.Wow!
  • If wanna get your self checked, you have to wait at least I think 3-6 months after sexual activity since there's this thing called window-period.
Well, that's all in my coconut shell about AIDS, hope it helps hehe. Anyway, the last speaker was a lot of fun,its about foreign language, he taught us some Arabic words like:
  • As-Salam-Alaikom which is a general greetings wherever whenever
  • kaif al-hal? which means how are you?
  • kuayyis which means I'm fine
  • shokran which means thank you
  • whismak? which means what is your name?
  • and you will answer it with esmi mac which means my name is mac
Those are the basics hehe, i bought a Tagalog-Arabic dictionary too. But all in all I'm not satisfied with the seminar, its not as comprehensive as I thought it was. I mean there's a lot of stuffs i wanted to know, like how about the gay scenes there, are gays allowed to wear gowns there?LOL! or can I bring my gay love story DVDs?those wholesome ones of course. Are we allowed to date other gay men there? go to the hotel and spend some night together?(libog na to!LOL) so please if you are a reader of mine from the middle east... help me hahaha!