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.

Chi59:

Here's a brainless one.

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

Randy100:
You managed them, are you one. I was opportune to take PEP for Hiv for 1 month. The side effect from those drug made me wish I was death. Headache, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea. Take a look at their gluteal muscle. It is always flat. It is a death sentence to me.

Poseidon000:

Aptly put, dear!

I've been on sleeping pills for a while now(largely because of my sleep regimen and corona), and decided on a hiatus after pang of drug-sickness, but the withdrawal symptoms is indescribably painful, how much more living permanently on drugs. Oh.. Imagine. And to think the drugs come with heavy side effects.

The knowledge of living all your on drugs should save as ample deterrence to those who may want to throw caution to the wind, because HIV is not a death sentence

XshegzzyeeiX:

Actually, you could pass your message across without being insultive.

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.

Menance:


Does this sterilizing clippers with fire really work.. Because most barbers do it...
I had to rush to get my own clipper serviced because I felt exposed. But I just want to know.

Anybody that is informed kindly answer me.

unscripted:
u r just a trash talker

Skmoda:

I no fit forget 2017.....I can't just type ni sha
But thank God it was negative

OutharryHIV:

I'm really sorry you got it the way you did.. I'm not really good at writing or expressing myself.. took me a great deal of time to put that one together.
I can take it down if you wish.

MISSCONGENIALITY:
My brother hiv still better pass cancer, corona virus and even hunger.
At it stands now, I they say I should chose I will go for hiv. But you see hunger, and corona virus them bad pass any type of hiv

Kevsmart88:
I wonder why most of you on this platform go about reading without comprehension. OP put this out to encourage those living with the virus and not to school you on morals. If you lack morals, go back home and be groomed properly over again. Nairaland is getting annoying by the day.

Hisduchess:


This is very very insensitive of you, don't always want to be a Savage always,it isn't necessary.since you started using this your alternate you always sound very wicked without any form of empathy.donstan18 just have sense

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?

MENTORCH:


Bruv, 94percent of the time is through sex. I have bleeped so many girls raw in the past, but I will never try that nonsense again until I get married. I’m going to buy many packs of condom today.The one I ordered online is wasting time to arrive. Lol

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.

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.

Chi59:

I think your hypocritical eyes glossed over the phrase "dead corpse" the fo.ol used to describe people living with hiv and scd, innit?

21cents:
HIV no dey show for face.

I once chased a girl out of my room cos she demanded a raw sex and I didn't yield to it.

to the op, i conclude your GF gave you HIV since you said you don't fuçk around. continue to stay strong bro.

Ningen:
I think you got it from your girlfriend.
Damn. She must be a very talented actress.

sammycashly:
you are joking abi you are joking abi

lefulefu:
true..the quickest way to get it is sharing infected syringes with each other(common with drug junkies) then also unprotected sex.the believe that hiv virus can remain in an infected blood when that bloodstain is exposed for a long time for a long time when exposed is completely false.