Hey everyone,
This week has been a stressful one so far and today especially wasn't a good one! I just heard about the bomb threat in UCF, my sister and friend were stuck there for three hours waiting on their cars because both garages (H and A) were closed! It's really sad to know that we're not even safe in our school anymore!
Anyways, let me tell you guys about how much I liked the M&Ms Project; I think it was a very different assignment and a great idea that brought me closer in realizing what it is really like to be living with HIV and managing 20 pills a day and suffering from their side effects! I don't know about you guys, but I had a hard time remembering all 20 pills everyday. I also chocked on the big M&M with peanuts! That was no fun. I can only imagine how hard it is to have to go through that for the rest of my life, not just seven days like we had to for this class!
I am going to attend the Men's Panel on the 18th of this month and I am excited to go and meet people who actually know what it's like to live with HIV. I also watched the movie Philadelphia for the extra credit assignment and it was a really good one that showed how to characters fought for the right for a HIV+ person to live a normal life just like everyone else. This actually brings me to the QOTW; I really think having a discriminating law against HIV+ people enforced in the U.S is the worst idea ever! I believe that it's everyone's right to live a normal life with full freedom regardless of their health issues. After all, this is a free country!!!
Did you know?
According to NewKerala.com, a study in David Geffen School of Medicine and University of California Los Angeles, showed that HIV positive people who experience stigma have less access to healthcare and are less adherent to Antiretroviral Therapy than the ones who are not stigmatized!
"We were surprised to find that in our models, experiencing high levels of internalised HIV stigma was one of the strongest predictors of poor access to medical care, even after controlling for gender, race and ethnicity, income, insurance, since HIV diagnosis," said lead study investigator Jennifer Sayles, assistant professor of medicine at the DGSM.
Reference:
Fear of stigma likely to cut off HIV patients from healthcare. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-135817.html
6 comments:
I LOVED the M&M project. It really did give me a sense of what it is really like to be HIV positive. I wish there could have been more projets like that one this semester. I feel we could have not learned what we did this past week by reading or writing about it.
I too watched the movie Philadelphia, I enjoyed it, I am glad the jurors were able to put aside the fact that Andrew had AIDS and really look at the situation that was going on. I am excited about the men's panal on Wednesday, I went to the womans panal I think it is awesome that we can actually ask someone a question and get the true understanding of the virus, instead of reading about it.
The m&m project was quite interesting, really gave me a new perspective as well. I really like m&m candies too so that made it all the better haha. Very nice write up this week, I''l be attending the Men's panel as well so I'll see you there!
Hey guys,
Yeah, I bet the whole class liked the project just like we did, and I can't wait to see you guys there :)
I have to say that the M&M project was probably my favorite Module of the semester. It was difficult at first to remember to take all those pills and as the days progressed I found myself really thinking how it would be like. Your Did You know section surprised me. I never thought that they would have less access to healthcare.
I didn't know it was a bomb threat that help people up on campus. I bet your sis was mad! I think the school is safe. They made sure it was safe for the student to get into their car and leave. They could have just ignored it and possibly blew up everyone. But they didn't.
The M&M project was....challenging. Especially for someone like me who HATES taking pills.
They shouldn't be stigmatized for their condition. They already have it harder than most, now people want to give them shabby healthcare?!
Bomb threat at UCF huh? I live at Fort Hood, so this week has been crazy for my husband and I. He is a soldier who was on the base at the time of the shooting. My school, Central Texas College, is across the street from the base, and was in lockdown for hours. The day after there was a shooting in Orlando. What's up with the madness?
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