Week 8: Halloween Week!!!!!!

Happy Halloween! This week been working on a little extra credit and reading through my class slides. I'm trying to get prepared for this quiz I have on friday so I can do pretty good on it. The slides are on myths, transmission, and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Pretty interesting.

DID

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KNOW!?!?!?!


It is totally not safe to have unprotected sex with another HIV positive person if you are too! Some people actually think, "Oh, it's fine for two HIV positive people to engage in sex. They are both positive, so it's not like they can get anything worse!" WRONG! Accoding to my teach, Ms. Sharon Douglass, each person can have a different strand (yes, there are different strands of HIV) and transmitt it to the other partner. Then, one has to worry about new medication because the medication they are currently taking may not have any effect to the new strand. That is just waaaay too much to deal with. So people, be wise, and strap up EVERYTIME. (Infected or not)

(Douglass, S. (2009, October 24). Question Reguarding HIV Transmission with a Positive Partner. Retreived October 28, 2009, from Blackboard Learning System website:www.webcourses.ucf.edu/webct.entryPage.dowebct )

HIV/AIDS on Oprah

Ok, this week, I have alot I want to share with you guys. I watched Oprah today and guess what the topic was, spreading HIV through sex.



There was a man that new he was infected with HIV and had unprotected sex with over 25 women over the term of at least 13 years. The 5 women that were on the panel were older women with teenage childeren and some grandmothers. They all dated the same man and were intimate with him unprotectly.



The thing that got to me is most of the women asked him about his status or asked about using a condom, but no one thought of asking to see the papers or to say no sex without a condom! Oprah asked should you really ask to see paper work on the status becuase that isn't really romantic. I practically yelled at the t.v "yes!" OMG! I know about trusting your partner and taking their word but when it comes to your personal health, you need facts and proof. So what it may not be "romatic" at the time but romance can be brought back. You want to have health issues for the rest of your life all for some nice sex. Get for real. Tell your partner to take the confidential HIV test. It has their name on it.



DID
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AIDS is a home for oportunistic disease. Oportunistic diseases are diseases that usually only occur when they see a weak immune system. Having any or a combination of these sometimes rare disease can be a definite red flag. Some of these disease are:
-Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
-Mycobacterium avium complex
-Cytomegalovirus
-Tuberculosis
-Cryptosporidiosis
-Hepatitis C
-Human papilloma virus

(Living with HIV/AIDS, 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )

Week 6: HIV confidentiaity in Jamaica

Let me start off saying that I felt a boost of confidence this week. I didn't here anything special. I didn't see anything special. I just felt that things can get better in this class. It's not over and it's not too late. I just have to bust my butt for the next 6 weeks for this to become an success.

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Did You know...
Some people think they don't have to worry about getting HIV/AIDS because there are drugs that will keep them well.
True, but those drugs are expensive and can have serious side effects.

(Top Ten Myths and Missconceptions about HIV and AIDS. (2009) Retrieved October 14, 2009, from Web MD website http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/top-10-myths-misconceptions-about-hiv-aids)


EXTRA!

The Government of Jamaica support the ten key principles of the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS.
Outside the workplace, HIV discloser is voluntarily disclosed according to the consent of the individual. That includes inside the workplace also.
HIV testing can not be an requirement for employement.
HIV testing should not be required for insurance purposes.
Annymous HIV testing can be done in the workplace as long as it is for scientic research. Emplyees must be notified.

( Fact sheet on HIV screening. (2009) Retreived October 14, 2009, from The Jamaica National HIV/STI Control Programme

Week 5 of Blogging

How am I doing in the class? Terrible. Everything is worth hundreds of points and I've probably missed out of hundreds of points. Some of the work I try to do very well gets many points taken off. I proofread my papers, but I'm sorry I'm not the greatest writer. I can talk your ear off, but when it comes to my writting, I know my writting is bad. I know that and is constantly reminded of it. I don't have anyone here but me, so its up to me to find corrections without a second opionion.
I feel that I'm too far behind to catch up. Yea, there's bonus points and still time, but I've lost so many points doing it all will still give me an F. I'm extremely bored and don't know what to do.