MrMicholo:
Thank you 4 this OP. I discovered my status few months ago 2, I felt my life was over, it was a terrible period coupled with the fact that I had no knowledge about the medical evolution & breakthrough being done on the virus.. I thought it led to death like it was years ago.. My C.O noticed my always lost and confused state and just gave me leave to get my shit together and one Nurse (A Lieutenant) counselled me ehh, told me whatsup and cleared my doubt ehh. I realized there was hope.

Am stronger now, back to leading my men.
Do you belong to any support group, Op?

LedRock:
This girl goes around insulting people.

Randy100:
You didn't tell us the side effect of all those antiretroviral drugs that you have been popping since five years. My brother HIV is a dead sentence.

simplepee:
Are you Hiv positive?.

lefulefu:
the virus lines the anal cavity plus the mucus and secreations of the vagina.so weda na anal or vaginal u do and u no protect urself u wil stil catch it

Veryfoolishboy:
The best thing is to stick to a partner and avoid sharing sharp objects.


Heck! A man should be able to afford a 5k clipper, instead of sharing a barbing saloon clipper.

Veryfoolishboy:
The best thing is to stick to a partner and avoid sharing sharp objects.


Heck! A man should be able to afford a 5k clipper, instead of sharing a barbing saloon clipper.

OutharryHIV:

Just like every other drugs, arvs has their own side effects and just like other drugs, it affects a few people and doesn't affect others... I have not actually noticed any side effects although I was warned that there might be occasional dizziness or headache.

I have been working in my full capacity ever since, I fall sick and treat malaria like I used to and become strong in 2 days..
HIV is not a death sentence.. non access to arvs drug can lead to death or waiting for pastors to heal you.

lefulefu:
i believe the advice some churches give that intending married couples do HIV test b4 marriage is a wise idea.Imagine getting married to a girl with a wild past and not knowing the infections she might have carried.if she say no to the hiv test then u two can break up.

fieryy:
To anyone struggling with the virus, HIV is not a death sentence. As long as you are taking your medications and monitoring your viral load, you should be fine.

Nonetheless, nobody wants to be in a situation where they have to take a certain medication everyday, Educate yourselves and stay safe. It's actually scary how many 'educated' people here are implying he got it from his wife, despite him mentioning working with HIV patients in the past. HIV is not only contracted through sex!

fieryy:
To anyone struggling with the virus, HIV is not a death sentence. As long as you are taking your medications and monitoring your viral load, you should be fine.

Nonetheless, nobody wants to be in a situation where they have to take a certain medication everyday, Educate yourselves and stay safe. It's actually scary how many 'educated' people here are implying he got it from his wife, despite him mentioning working with HIV patients in the past. HIV is not only contracted through sex!

klenton:


oga, what exactly is the moral of this your story, that once someone texts positive they should just marry their partner and procreate HIV free kids and everything will be okay??

if you don't want to tell a story and let people learn from your experience then dont
leaving out completely how u got the virus, handled the stigma and healed defeats what ever lesson your trying to put out there.

prevention as always is better than cure, from your story is obvious your family is rich and that explains why you have to get married immediately with the financial implications involved in not just the marriage but raising a family, yours might be an exception and that is not a lesson.

Veryfoolishboy:
read your own post again. Now read it to yourself slowly

Don't learn the hard way bro. Go and buy your own clipper

Remijuice:
You dash your girl HIV abi na she dash you HIV ??
Oh! You said she both of you didn't care and moved on. Very Anyhow People.

I don't roll with this kind of folks.

Oga I think you should tell us how you contacted this disease. For us to be Away and not fall into such situation with you.
Thanks.

Lostz:



a woman I married with my own money will cheat on me and still infect me with HIV?

I will just smash your head against the wall in anger

internationalman:
I fear getting a girl who I don't plan on marrying pregnant more than contracting any of these viruses...

Chi59:

Here's a brainless one.

Rossycee:

HIV isn't a dead sentence. I have managed cases of people living with HIV. Stigmatisation Is usually the problem they face but once one accepts his or her status and adhere to their drugs they can live a normal life.

OutharryHIV:
I "accidentally" found out I had HIV in 2015... Worst year of my life.. I know you might be thinking that I'm a promiscuous person but I assure you, I'm very far from that... So this is how it all started?

I did my NYSC in my dad's company and finished in late 2014 and I was given a full year to go read a course I didn't even want. So I instead volunteered for Youth In Action Against HIV and poverty in Tanzania. My dad was furious but my mum understood.

It was 6months filled with lessons, tears, experience and a firsthand witness to the sufferings of others... We tended to the poorest of the poor in rural Tanzania.

I later came down to Borno and later North bank area of Benue state, I realized there were a lot of vulnerable people that are hungry and can't afford even cheap medical care thus they die of common malaria.

I didnt stay long in Borno before I started having this feeling of fatigue and blurry vision, I thought it was cuz of the stress that comes with what I do, so I decided to go home. Few days after getting home I started feeling this head splitting headache, I thought it was malaria/typhoid of which a lab test later confirmed.. Out of curiosity, I told the doctor to run a full check up.. Just to be on a safe side.. Which he did..

You should imagine my surprise when he told me I was HIV positive.. Nothing has ever prepared me for that moment.. It was funny how a malaria treatment could turn to an HIV nightmare.. I thought of just ending my life right then.

But i braced myself and took the drugs, I was surprised that it was free in Nigeria sef.

I rushed home and took my girlfriend to run the test and it turned out that she has it too...
We've been taking the drugs for the past 5years now with an high Cd4 count and a low viral load.. The virus is not detectable in our blood stream anymore and we are happily married and our first twin boys are negative.

If you're out there and you've been in my shoes.. Its not the end of your life.. Life just happens and its not entirely your fault.

I don't smoke, drink or live a reckless life or sleep around, like I've been in only one relationship all my life, so its not about your lifestyle.
I don't know if I got it from the idp camps or my girlfriend(she was the only person I was with at that time), we just didn't care, we moved on.

So lovelies, Take your ARV drugs, take fruits, eat well, within 3-6 months you can still have unprotected sex throughout your life with your partner without infecting them or your children.. You can live your life to the fullest and more.

P.s: HIV patients do not look skinny and dried up.. That's just an archaic stereotype...
It is also not a death sentence.

Eulalia:
So touching.

Op, thing is, you might not be promiscuous but do you know about your partner? That is why celibacy is the best safety measure.
Many people don't care to know their partners hiv status before diving into them. They don't even know their partners sexual history. like how many men they've slept with and the kind of men; whether they were promiscuous or not. They just go ahead and start having raw sex.

I know you're taking your drugs and you all are fine and all that but how convenient and comfortable is it, living the rest of your life taking drugs? what about those who may not be able to access the ARV drugs at all times or even have the luxury to live a healthy lifestyle like you?
I'm not trying to create panic of any sort but just saying it will be more appropriate to warn people to desist from any caresless lift style that will expose them to the dreaded than making it look like its OK to let off their guards since its not a death sentence. Though I understand you were actually addressing those who are already living with it but care should be taken in doing that so some people will not get it twisted and use it as a liberty to go on an unprotected fucking spree.

All I'm saying is, there's need to still let people know of the dangers of having unprotected sex and that HIV is dangerous.

May God perfect His healing upon your life and family.

Thank you.

OutharryHIV:

Like every human, she was shocked and couldn't accept the result but like I said earlier, we chose to put it behind us and move on.
And she didn't blame me.. she knows me and the kind of life I live and what I have been doing..
We dated for 8 years before marriage.

OutharryHIV:

Like every human, she was shocked and couldn't accept the result but like I said earlier, we chose to put it behind us and move on.
And she didn't blame me.. she knows me and the kind of life I live and what I have been doing..
We dated for 8 years before marriage.

simplepee:
Ehen, they don come, they want to hear the WHOLE story. Oga they are married with kids, leave the rest.

Catchfirez:
Nice op. HIv is not a death sentence. Currently Dating a Hiv positive Lady. I must tell you, she is an angel and that didn't change our sex life because I'm negative. Her viral load is undetected, she can't infect me as long as she remain undetected. Hiv is not a death sentence, as long they take there drugs and eat healthy. So many people are ignorant about this. They need to be educated. A Hiv positive person is more healthier than the partner you are dating at the moment. Because he or she knows his or her status.

Catchfirez:
Nice op. HIv is not a death sentence. Currently Dating a Hiv positive Lady. I must tell you, she is an angel and that didn't change our sex life because I'm negative. Her viral load is undetected, she can't infect me as long as she remain undetected. Hiv is not a death sentence, as long they take there drugs and eat healthy. So many people are ignorant about this. They need to be educated. A Hiv positive person is more healthier than the partner you are dating at the moment. Because he or she knows his or her status.