Amabali ayinyani: Ukuphila ne-HIV

Umxholo

• U-Chelsea White
• UNicholas Snow
• UJosh Robbins

Bangaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1.2 abantu e-United States abaphila ne-HIV.

Ngelixa inqanaba lokuchongwa kwe-HIV elitsha sele liwile ngokuzinzileyo kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, ihlala iyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kwincoko- ngakumbi inikezwe into yokuba malunga neepesenti ezili-14 zabo bane-HIV abazi ukuba banayo.

La ngamabali abantu abathathu abasebenzisa amava abo okuphila ne-HIV ukukhuthaza abantu ukuba bavavanywe, babelane ngamabali abo, okanye bafumanise ukuba zeziphi iindlela ezingcono abanokuzisebenzisa.

U-Chelsea White

"Xa ndingena egumbini, into yokuqala endayiqaphelayo yayikukuba aba bantu abafani nam," utshilo u-Chelsea White, ekhumbula iseshoni yakhe yokuqala yeqela nabanye abantu abane-HIV.

UNicholas Snow

UNicholas Snow, 52, ugcine uvavanyo lwe-HIV rhoqo ebomini bakhe bonke kwaye wayehlala esebenzisa iindlela zokuthintela. Emva koko, ngenye imini, "wayenokutyibilika" kwizenzo zakhe zesondo.

Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, uNicholas waqala ukufumana iimpawu ezinje ngomkhuhlane, uphawu oluqhelekileyo losulelo lwe-HIV kwangoko. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu emva koko, kwafunyaniswa ukuba une-HIV.

Ngexesha lokuxilongwa, uNicholas, intatheli, wayehlala eThailand. Sele ebuyile eUnited States kwaye uhlala ePalm Springs, eCalifornia. Ngoku uya kwiProjekthi ye-Desert AIDS, iklinikhi yezonyango ezinikele ngokupheleleyo kunyango nolawulo lwe-HIV.

UNicholas ukhankanya ingxaki eqhelekileyo xa kufikwa kusasazo lwe-HIV: "Abantu bazichaza njengabangenazo iziyobisi kunye nezifo, kodwa ke abantu abaninzi abane-HIV abazi ukuba banayo," utshilo.

Yiyo loo nto uNicholas ekhuthaza ukuvavanywa rhoqo. “Zimbini iindlela zokwazi ukuba umntu une-HIV - uyavavanywa okanye agule, utshilo.

UNicholas uthatha amayeza emihla ngemihla - ipilisi enye, kanye ngemini. Kwaye iyasebenza. "Kwisithuba seenyanga ezimbini ndiqalile eli yeza, umthamo wam wentsholongwane egazini uye ungabonakali."

UNicholas utya kakuhle kwaye azilolonge rhoqo, kwaye ngaphandle komcimbi kunye nenqanaba lakhe le-cholesterol (ifuthe eliqhelekileyo lamayeza e-HIV), usempilweni entle.

Ukuvuleka kakhulu malunga nokuxilongwa, uNicholas ubhale kwaye wavelisa ividiyo yomculo anethemba lokuba ikhuthaza abantu ukuba bavavanywe rhoqo.

Ukwabamba inkqubo kanomathotholo ekwi-intanethi exoxa, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuphila ne-HIV. "Ndiyiphila inyaniso yam ngokuphandle nangokunyanisekileyo," utsho. "Andichithi naliphi na ixesha okanye amandla ndifihla le nxalenye yenyani yam."

UJosh Robbins

“NdisenguJosh. Ewe, ndiphila ne-HIV, kodwa ke ndisengulaa mntu unguye. ” Olo lwazi lukhokelele kuJosh Robbins, iarhente enetalente eneminyaka engama-37 eNashville, eTennessee, ukuba axelele usapho malunga nokuxilongwa kwakhe kwisithuba seeyure ezingama-24 zokufumanisa ukuba une-HIV.

"Ekuphela kwendlela usapho lwam oluya kulunga ngayo kukuba ndibaxelele ubuso ngobuso, ukuba bandibone kwaye bandichukumise kwaye bajonge emehlweni am babone ukuba ndisengulaa mntu."

Ngobusuku uJosh afumana ilizwi kugqirha wakhe ukuba iimpawu zakhe ezinje ngomkhuhlane zibangelwe yi-HIV, uJosh wayesekhaya, exelela usapho lwakhe ngesifo asandula ukufumanisa ukuba une-immune.

Ngosuku olulandelayo, wabiza indoda awayifumana kuye intsholongwane, ukumxelela ngesifo sakhe. “Ndiqaphele ukuba ngokucacileyo akayazi, ndaye ndenza isigqibo sokunxibelelana naye phambi kokuba isebe lezempilo likwazi. Lo yayingumnxeba onomdla, ukutsho nje okuncinci. ”

Nje ukuba usapho lwakhe lwazi, uJosh wayezimisele ukungayigcini imfihlo yokuxilongwa kwakhe. “Ukuzimela kwakungengokwam. Ndacinga ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokulwa ukubekwa amabala okanye ukunqanda ukuhleba yayikukubalisa ibali lam kuqala. Ndiye ndaqala ibhlog yam. ”

Ibhlog yakhe, ImStillJosh.com, ivumela uJosh ukuba abalise ibali lakhe, abelane ngamava akhe nabanye, kwaye anxibelelane nabantu abanjengaye, into awayenobunzima nayo ekuqaleni.

“Andizange ndibekho namnye umntu owandixelela ukuba une-HIV phambi kokuba ndifunyaniswe. Bendingazi mntu, kwaye ndiziva ndililolo. Kwaye, bendisoyika, ndisoyika nangempilo yam. ”

Oko wasungula ibhlog yakhe, wayenamawakawaka abantu afikelela kuye, phantse i-200 yabo isuka kwingingqi yakhe yeli lizwe kuphela.

“Andisenasithukuthezi tu ngoku. Kuliwonga elikhulu kwaye kuthobeke kakhulu ukuba umntu angakhetha ukwabelana ngebali lakhe nge-imeyile ngenxa yokuba beziva benodibaniso oluthile kuba ndenze isigqibo sokubalisa ibali lam kwibhlog yam. "