Patient is in Denial About her HIV | Chicago Med | MD TV

[@destianadelore1850]

I remember having a bad cough for at least 2 years. Didn’t know what it was. Got a new partner last year & he said the cough sounds like more than smokers cough. He left me. After he left, I went and got tested because he was a new partner. Got a call 2 days later and they said everything was negative except for hiv. I cried and dropped my phone instantly. Ended up going to a specialist and found out I was in the aids stage. Now hitting my 1 year mark since my diagnosis in may of 2021, I’m doing GREAT! No cough, living a regular life & loving myself even more!

[@kymberlipomerants5520]

Bless your heart, we have to remember that we don't have to have sex with everyone you meet, esp unprotected, it is our responsibility too

[@incognitonegress]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@quiannafreeman1917]

God bless you

[@beautybysasha566]

God bless u u will live a full a happy life 🙏🏾

[@stroop3666]

May God richly bless and heal you!!!!! I am so very glad you recovered and are living your best life!

[@dmurray3653]

This video is powerful, just in the 80s people were dropping like flies. Thank God for today's medications. 32yrs and counting.

[@dawnlee866]

❣🙏🏽

[@StaceyNelsonTVNetwork]

🙏🏼❤️🕊️

[@sylviajefferson9100]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@27TaLisa]

God Bless U!! ❤

[@eve9287]

Amen ❤️❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘

[@chocolate82467]

I can understand the patient's reluctance to take the test. Sadly, stigma is still rampant surrounding HIV/AIDS. As someone that tested positive in 1992, I'm still dealing with the negativity. My family disowned me when I told them my status. People I thought were friends, ran like they were on fire when I told them. Not to say that this is everyone's experience, but this does happen, and for many, the mindset is, "if I don't know, I don't have to deal with the fallout or rejection."

[@jammier6483]

I am so sorry you and so many others were treated that way. I can understand some not wanting to know.

[@krisjackson6567]

Very true!!

[@sandrajohnson5397]

God bless you!!!

[@HexZatara]

I’m negative( thank god) those people who never really loved you it seems. Like the love is conditional so therefore they weren’t your friends and neither was family was your family because they would only love you if only you were healthy and not HIV Poz. But in reality, you don’t need them to move on with your life.

[@QueenEvil504]

If you need a southern sister I'll be your sister. I'm sorry your own kin disowned you, my dalring. 💙💙

[@kerrak.7452]

My grandmother fought that disease for over 18 yrs. She died at 50, 20 yrs ago. She’s no longer with us but I often think of what life would be if she was still alive. May she Rest In Peace .

[@ItsMeToYou]

I'm so sorry for your loss 😔💞

[@lisa196409]

So sorry to hear about your grandmother. What was she like? From what you can remember that she was a pretty fun person. Whatever she had if she got HIV someone put it inside of her women don't just catch HIV it has to be put inside of them either by a blood transfusion or a man

[@torletagross1917]

God bless.. My Mom and Dad and Sister died from it

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show

[@kerrak.7452]

@@aliceramdom.s yes

[@secondary955]

My cousin was diagnosed in early 2000's. He was only 19 and in denial for a long time. He finally started getting treatment. He is married and doing very well now.

[@mypescatarianlifejourney7617]

Glory to God!

[@tanit7741]

Married to a woman?

[@secondary955]

@@tanit7741 Why are you trying to make a statement and disguising it as a question? Stop being passive-aggressive.

[@tanit7741]

@@secondary955 it was an honest and relevant question

[@secondary955]

@@tanit7741 It was a attention seeking statement disguised as a question. Find some healthy attention.

[@SerendipitousTrio]

Diagnosed June this year 2024 from a routine test, was in denial for almost 3 months because I was so physically fit and never had any symptoms. I’m finally coming to terms with my diagnosis and I am starting treatment today September 7th 2024. I’m not mentally okay because of a very toxic and judgmental family I have, no support system. I only have my doctor by me and I believe I will be fine again 🙏🏾

[@dr.traceyhollis1522]

You got this! Dont give up.

[@MzBgLgz]

I don't know you; but, I care about you and wish I could give you a giant hug to let you know that someone cares. 😢

[@nitsom7209]

May God bless you and the love from your strong self-support and from people surrouning you: understanding med team and understanding people, so you get recovered soon to fight againts it. ❤❤❤

[@amandagonzalez6549]

I’m sorry your family is judgmental. Find a support group in your area to connect with others❤❤ take care of yourself.

[@emerysnow8153]

Sending you hugs and love... GOD bless you.

[@unicornsquad923]

35 years and I'm still standing

[@amandatillie9409]

You have treatment? Or take meds? If so how soon after that you detected you were and or when you were nfected? Asking for a friend

[@irisrodriguez7753]

God bless

[@rihannahaiti5570]

@@amandatillie9409 it's best to start treatment right away to keep immune system strong and prevent opportunistic infection and change diet to a healthy diet. But some people wait til their immune system starts to decline, but then you also risk spreading it.

[@keylimepie8426]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@denisestephanie6362]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️

[@larhondaidowu539]

I remember when I fell ill I kept going to hospital to hospital no one could figure out my illness finally I collapsed they found out I had Lupus stayed in the hospital a month fighting for my life it's always good to get tested no matter how scary things are.

[@555nadira]

💜🦋

[@marvelousmarvelous2529]

Hope you are doing well now....take care of yourself

[@keishahills58]

Same thing happened to me in 2013 , have been managing it every since

[@sugamamajackson6171]

@LaRhonda Idowu …i have lupus as well. After so many hospitalizations with pneumonia my lungs developed scar tissue and I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension. I spent 11 years on oxygen. 6/30/21 I received a double lung transplant after being on the list for less than six months. I’m declaring healing from lupus! God is still working miracles. I’m no longer on oxygen. I’m free. Glory to God. People don’t think God has forgotten about you. HE is working it out for you.

[@marjcutler7014]

❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ButterfliesInTheAir]

My mom has had hiv for like twenty years before I was even concieved. I, my father, and my brother are all negative. It really is manageable

[@JamaicanRain]

I just couldn’t do it. Because that chance is just…there. But, it doesn’t matter because I repel the opposite sex and am on track to die a virgin. 😜

[@donnahusbands3635]

by be because y'all are O positive blood type all bloods are not the same

[@samanthats1]

@@donnahusbands3635what??💀

[@slimdoc01]

​@@donnahusbands3635don't ever repeat that in public; and definitely never say that around healthcare workers, scientists or intelligent ppl

[@eldoramalijani4915]

@@slimdoc01😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@angellove1491]

My aunt contracted HIV from her first boyfriend at the age of 18. She lived a full life & had 2 children, a healthy boy & her daughter was born with the disease but she’s alive and well with a daughter of her own who’s completely healthy. My aunt passed in 2009 at the age of 47. She was surrounded around love before she passed my mom calls her a shero ❤️.

[@ambrosia1917]

...interesting choice to give a child HIV

[@juniorlodge9177]

So do the daughter kids have it

[@angellove1491]

@@juniorlodge9177 I’m not sure, I never asked my cousin but I’m hoping for great health over her daughter. Usually it’s a 50/50 chance of being born with the virus if the mother has it.

[@amb3579]

@@angellove1491 if the mother is on meds it won’t be passed down if she’s got the virus at an undetectable level

[@kayl4724]

Dying at 47 is not living a full life

[@sherlitawilson765]

I lost my brother in 2003 from this disease. It took a toll on me to watch him deteriorate mentally and physically. I miss him so.

[@thandazomabaso1050]

I relate to your story I lost my younger sister in 2017

[@aya9af]

🕊🙏🏽💗

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

We need a Vaccine against HIV by 2030. Far too many people have become infected over the last 40 years.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Sherlita Wilson we mourn with you because of the disease,

[@aliceramdom.s]

its a tv show

[@wildboy700]

I remember seeing those lesions on my cousin's body back in college, and how he kept his diagnosis a secret from his religious family for an entire year. It's sad to look back and realize how lonely he must of felt.

[@ibrahimobonyo7636]

So so sad ,

[@kendrawoods2625]

💔

[@jonathanfenton2601]

"I do not want to add you to this folder." Very strong message. I personally have seen one of these folders. Older doctors who have had patients succumb to ailments within their care tend to keep these due to understanding how much treatments have come for certain diseases. Working in suicide prevention, I also have one of these folders myself.

[@ButtonsCasey]

Is that even legal? Its sharing medical information and even the deceased are protected.

[@jonathanfenton2601]

@@ButtonsCasey Technically, yes, because it is considered educational; and the families may have signed off on being able to do so for case studies.

[@tintinismybelgian]

Doesn't showing the patient the pictures and medical files of those other patients violate HIPAA, even if they died a long time ago?

[@Alex-cw1ph]

@@tintinismybelgian in cases like this, it is very common for patients or families to sign off on using their stories for educational purposes.

[@camdenhunt7565]

@@tintinismybelgian Also it doesn't unfortunately because the patient is deceased at that point, most families sign off on their loved ones bodies being used for research after they pass.

[@bookbag6432]

Everyone please get tested EVERY YEAR even with the same partner GET TESTED, even with no symptoms GET TESTED.

[@Butterfly1798]

Yes. But get tested every 3 months

[@mmarie294]

Please listen to this message and test.

[@O.S.K679]

It’s get tested every 3-4 months

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Year???? That's EXACTLY why y'all sick now!! 🙄

[@TameshaRucker-d8t]

❤❤❤❤ or just say no it's to risky these days

[@ricardored207]

Good to see YAYA (ER NURSE) from America’s next top model on here…. I’m happy to see her growth from model to actress‼️🏆👉🏽👩🏾🔟💃🏾

[@evaburns7314]

Absolutely are girl Yaya is making a name for herself!

[@reinamacaren-a4132]

Good eye. I didn't recognize. She was a real sweetheart on ANTM

[@10lees]

She the main character on “Our Kind Of People”

[@TiffanyMoore1007]

Right I remember she was on Chingy Video too.. #endlessopportunities

[@dwonnettabrown1779]

@@evaburns7314 *OUR

[@sarahparker40443]

My sister died of AIDS she never new she had AIDS until she got hurt at work and needed surgery, I will never forget the look on her face when my Mom told her, that her Husband gave her AID'S she lived 3 months after finding out.

[@teelagway3284]

I had a aunt who got it from her boyfriend who knew he had it and didn't tell her. She got it and we lost her last year so people be safe get tested. Her now ex boyfriend went back to jail for doing what he did and didn't tell her

[@NwaAda_Igbo]

My daddy’s step sister, same story.

[@MrsKhamillionaire]

Knowledge means sustained life... FEAR is a horrible little demon.

[@leoqueen300]

👁 👁 👄 The fear of Stigma😥 that's why she didn't want the test( in fear of what her aunt would say)😞 Silence= Death💀after 40 years of HIV/AIDS being in America🇺🇸Stigma is still keeping people from knowing their status😩

[@Desi1992]

Amen

[@ABTHEYAPPER]

“Fear is a horrible little demon “ omg that’s gonna stick with me fr

[@tmm6884]

This just breaks my heart. I moved to NYC when I was 16 to go to college. It was 1993. I lost so many friends.

[@karmahleone1196]

Cause everybody wanna humty humpty hump G shock

[@lblack1961]

((hugs))

[@dee_Okoba256]

@@karmahleone1196I know people who were virgins and got it on their first encounter. One man got it from his only partner in his entire life, his wife!

[@kimmyjenkins6977]

I wish for everyone to stay protected and be honest so the world can get rid of HIV.

[@_ladiosanegra]

Stop sleeping with. Black men🧿🧿🧿 some of them target black women purposely when they are diagnosed because they hate dark skin black women so much🧿🧿🧿that's a start

[@cgrant7176]

i pray and wish for the same. but the way people like to bare and raw dog without getting tested is beyond me. i rather be safe then sorry, no love or like can fool me

[@kimmyjenkins6977]

@@cgrant7176 straight truth!

[@onlyhere4thecomments80]

And get tested as well

[@nikkimiddlekillsday5161]

Another problem is the babies that are born with it because people want to think the government "made" HIV so big pharma could make money

[@saralee6710]

One of my best hs friends has been openly positive since 96. We just got off the phone yesterday, and his largest fuss was preping his Halloween decor. We're middle aged, so things hurt anyhow. Please get tested, as there is no need to expedite the future everyone faces regardless, because you don't want know. Heck, I have leukaemia, so he's better than I am most days. Living concerned about what will kill you is no different than queuing up to die, instead of simply living until your number is called.

[@HealthToday99]

Working in healthcare I see this all the time. Once the test comes back positive, it makes it true. She knows she has it, but it's not true until they say it. It's very sad.

[@shawniehoward]

My niece's mother stopped taking her meds and died horribly from AIDS. I have an uncle who is on medication and has been living with HIV for over 30 years.

[@sofkinwhat8251]

As she should have, she probably infected people knowingly

[@PokeMageTech]

“Niece’s mother” You mean your sister or your sister-in-law??

[@isis3319]

Why did she stop taking her meds?

[@babydii3487]

​@@PokeMageTech Get a life

[@itzemr16]

@@PokeMageTechif she wasn’t married to her brother , she said just what it is.. her nieces mother. Mphr

[@patchwick17]

The sad thing is, the denial is coming from somewhere. It is the fear or being judged and labeled as something bad. It's sad. I have friends who died even after getting tested as they just want to end everything. Sending love to families who are undergoing the same situation in life.

[@FayHenderson-qv9wb]

I have been celibate for years! Clean and disease free!!

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

8 years come May!!! ❤❤❤

[@krislv9219]

In real life the hospital administrator wouldn’t show medical files to another patient. HIPAA Violation

[@liquidhot9]

Totally

[@Misunao23]

Even after a patient dies, they have privilege to their records. It’s a massive violation.

[@louiscyphre2267]

Who cares? They would be dead. No one could sue them for it.

[@moniquendondo8457]

You're right

[@SN-qb1xk]

It doesn’t apply if the patient is dead.

[@marycharro6191]

I lost a brother, cousin and ex brother in law brother in the beginning of aids....no meds at the time. Now i really happy there is treatment and living longer.

[@isasantos8577]

I know that's not important, but the actress doing the patient is absolutely stunning, even with makeup to make her look sick, she's pretty

[@deeevansnola8178]

Ladies be careful there a men in Atlanta with HIV and bi sexual and not disclosing there status.

[@giftsofwine5742]

If they don't know that by know they should catch it. Imo

[@blaqpho3nix142]

Not just Atlanta and not just men.

[@kosmicinclinations3333]

There are men like this everywhere. HIV is a down low disease idc what anybody says that is why gay men can't donate plasma or blood

[@shemeciahaskell322]

@@kosmicinclinations3333 the red cross changed that about 5 years ago. But gay men and women who have knowingly had sex with a man who has had sex with other men were banned from donating blood since the 80's but now they say that if a gay man has abstained from gay sex for 1 year they can donate blood. I believe that's only to be politically correct because how many are gonna abstain and how can they prove it ? I believe they just throw it away if the donor states they are gay🤷

[@vikingrolloishot1789]

@@shemeciahaskell322 why do they have to abstain one year? Don’t they test for hiv before giving blood?

[@brittaneycarroll3418]

I was diagnosed in 2009. Initially I was CB in complete denial because I had just started dating someone and I was sure they would run as soon as he found out. Well he fooled me and he’s still around. We got married in 2012. I still go through bouts of depression where I stop taking medication but I am working on getting better with that. It was awesome to see all the comments on here it definitely made me feel comfortable commenting too.

[@ItsMeToYou]

Thank God I don't have HIV or Aids, but I definitely understand the mental anguish that the patient was going through. You don't want to believe that you have it, so you don't want to hear about it or know about it, but eventually you realize that you need help and knowledge can help to at least treat it.

[@joshuahudson2170]

It occurs to me the scariest thing you can tell a doctor is "suit up for your own protection" without telling them why.

[@jadeduncan]

I salute everyone hear for sharing there stories, just reading y'all share how hard it is to live with it. The best is here how you are able to love yourself more after everything y'all have been through. Prayers for everyone 🙏 be happy and be safe

[@KellyTheReiss]

Yep! I'm quite proud of them.

[@kiara198923]

I have sickle cell disease and it's rare to have an ER doc be understanding instead of judgmental!

[@Meanie74]

That’s crazy considering sickle cell isn’t something you ‘chose’ like the unjust stigma around aid or S.t.I.s. Interestingly the fact that African people are more likely to be born with sickle cell is proof of evolution. In Africa, one of the biggest killers is malaria. Malaria is blood born and sickle cell is literally a genetic condition that changes the shape of your blood cells, so people with one gene for sickle cell (you can have one or two and two is more severe) survived better in that environment for having that trait than people without sickle cell. Generations later here we are. The people with it went on to reproduce offspring with the genes. In that environment a trait that is usually detrimental became advantageous and so more generations with that same trait were born. This is a key concept of adaption and evolution.

[@HaloHighlightz]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I was born with it too. What state you in? St Louis is pretty good about it

[@collinsoconnor5843]

What's there to understand about weak people? I mean, isn't it weird that people don't get the message? Weakness is a sign that nature is about to catch up with you soon, cz natural selection is good at thinning the herd.

[@ilovemycamaro115]

ER docs are trash

[@WarriorMaria1025]

@@HaloHighlightz Ohio is horrible I have it too

[@JusMo777]

The acting was very intense in the episode. Powerful

[@itzemr16]

I have a friend who is dying of AIDS and AIDS related cancer and he was in denial for the first 5 years of his illness.

[@mmarie294]

Sending prayers to you and your friend.

[@itzemr16]

@@mmarie294 thank you

[@misskitty4901]

I wonder if doctors in real life do that unspoken communication - eye contact thingy when they suspect a client has a particular disease

[@malinireddy1135]

They do😂

[@kiara198923]

Not at all. I have sickle cell disease and it's rare to have an ER doc be understanding instead of judgmental!

[@brendanleepa6346]

Health practioners in general

[@CrystalM1917]

RN here and yes it happens.

[@ms.gwendolynpittmantharpe9817]

@@CrystalM1917 Yes Crystal, it happens but unfortunately it doesn't work exactly like this in real life, the reason why I say this is because I was once a professional until I injured myself, why working in the OR. on my patient, Now am fighting for my life, I've been back blackballed, you name it, then count me in. However, I would like to talk more with you, / elaborate more in-depth. But not at this particular moment. This I will leave with you, this TV, not what happens in real life Crystal, respected today and hated later, chat later. Thanks, channel holder, great episode Ms. Gwendolyn Pittman Tharpe,

[@amandahunter9186]

I was tested and I tested negative by a doctor in the hospital. I'm clean as a daisy. I am definitely not going to take a chance with my health if it's that dangerous

[@irisrodriguez7753]

Amen to the many that died RIP and god bless to the many that are still living with the miracle meds

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

This episode was very emotional and somewhat like a reality about life in the hospitals. In Africa and Europe we need all the education that we need to ensure fewer people get HIV. The disease has reduced our life expectancy by 15 years since the early 2000s.

[@joshuahudson2170]

"The disease has reduced our life expectancy by 15 years since the early 2000s." You know; this is a case of a true statement being wrong. Rather it reduced a portion of the population's life expectancy by 40 years.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

@@joshuahudson2170 I am not an epidemiologist so I do admit my mistake.

[@Sleepy_B.i.t.c.h]

Doctors are amazing, they work with patients that could infect them and even unruly patients and still try to help diagnose and cure them. I understand not wanting to face a diagnosis or the fear of being stigmatized but to not get treatment for a contagious ailment and then allow loved ones around you without them knowing just does not sit right with me.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

This video is important to ensure that people are aware of the existence of the HIV virus. This episode was important to highlight the reality of HIV. Let us learn to ensure that we are educated about how to prevent this dreadful disease. We all need all hands on deck to solve the problem that plagues our Western and Eastern Societies. This episode is also important for other viruses like Zika Ebola and now the Covid19 outbreak out of this generation of the 2020s.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Is there a possibility that HIV was created in a lab in a bid to eradicate all Black people and minorities in the globe.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

It begs an issue as to where did the Virus ever come from. Bats or Chimpanzees.

[@OneWhoKnowz]

So how do u feel u could compare Covid to hiv? Are u slow? Cause aids and hiv and Covid are NOt the same. Millions upon millions black and brown people succumbed because Washington refuse to see these people as people who needed care. It took for that shit to hit their very own homes for them to see and make change! Covid is not the same and it didn’t take years for them to make moves! Also black and brown people were disproportionately affected!

[@HISTORYLANDER]

guys my cousin died 2 weeks ago of suspected Aids. she was very argumentative and refusing to disclose what she was really sick with. My Aunt tells us that she was intimate with men that she knew were hiv positive and she didn`t care. If she had listened to my aunt she could have gotten treatment earlier and avoided an untimely death. I think pride was also at work here

[@yoco7290]

I'm glad they had a black woman as the patient because we are disproportionately affected by HIV in America.Know your status.Protect your sexual health.Knowledge is power.

[@jedidjab4346]

Other races just assume they don’t have it. They do! So it’s not disproportionate

[@yoco7290]

@@jedidjab4346 We are disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States.We make up less than 15% of the female population in this country and account for over 50% of the new infections in women.

[@honeychile829]

Blessings! Agreed!

[@pigstars89]

I agree I worked in the pharmacy and I never saw us Black people buy condoms only two out of the hundreds bought them in the whole 5 years I was in the department. White people then Hispanic/Latino men last of all Asians bought them.

[@jedidjab4346]

@@yoco7290 it would be disproportionate if percentage of population was the same. It’s simple math.

[@malinireddy1135]

Where i am from screening for HIV,hsv and hepatitis is mandatory Its not a choice

[@Sapphire867]

Where is that?

[@malinireddy1135]

@@Sapphire867 india

[@Clicka85]

From my understanding most hospitals have this policy now. It is illegal to let you leave the hospital without telling you your status if it’s positive but it is standard.

[@honeychile829]

I wish it was mandatory everywhere..🙏🏽

[@dawnlee866]

Exactly.

[@bb3ll07]

People should watch this!!! I heard Houston TX numbers are on the rise

[@eerye70]

This young actress is so good. And so beautiful. What a captivating story

[@anitacoopert1668]

This is we have to stress young ppl about protecting themselves.. not just about pregnancy… honestly the world is already scary without getting a life time illness.

[@NontobekoN-N]

What if she was born with it

[@FrugalBeauty1]

Just because you don’t want to test for it… doesn’t mean it’s not there

[@starrahshine6735]

S. Epatha Merkerson deserves ALL the awards!!

[@treasuretroll5865]

YESSSSSS!!

[@sjtalksandlife]

Such a great actress..so underrated

[@RyoraSesshomaru97]

"These are you patients?" "Were." - She made that correction so that she could understand better the situation that she is in.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

This episode of Chicago MD was very intense. When a patient dies in the hospital one really feels the pain of death. As a Nurse I really appreciate life more than ever. The girl was quite smart and intelligent, Abena seems to have a Ghanaian Accent.

[@Rara-pr9wg]

Thank God im celibate...God bless everyone in the fight❤

[@generichuman2044]

The lady's worries are understandable. Even in the most developed countries where aids has now been understood for decades, people still don't want to touch or even know people who have been diagnosed. There was a real risk that the most important people in her life would have abandoned her

[@rachelgarber1423]

Yes, right here in the USA

[@dmvnewbie6938]

Take your meds so you can live a long healthy life

[@cfinley81]

I know consent is a big thing, and a very important thing, but AIDS tests should be done automatically.

[@tinadavis2083]

Yes

[@dawnlee866]

I believe they are now. When I get a yearly physical exam..my Dr. automatically test me for STD & HIV.

[@momonie4]

@@dawnlee866 Their NOT. I get a yearly physical too & the only times I was tested for ALL STD's was when I was pregnant.

[@atthismoment3006]

I dont get why you have to request the test at your yearly GYNO visit

[@shemeciahaskell322]

@@momonie4 * they're and exactly only when you're pregnant do they check you for everything and even then you have to give consent.

[@AndrewBarsky]

“I can’t have AIDS.” “Well yeah you can lol, please let us help you.”

[@karenashton5053]

I lost two friends to AIDS I never want to have this happen again

[@joannboyd8855]

How could she be in denial especially if a doctor told her?

[@saharaloveland]

It initially feels like a dream that's how and not reality until you realize no this isn't a dream this is a real life moment and I'm not getting this information in a dream I'm really awake. That's how it's hard to process it's reality for some because they never thought it would be them

[@kaymeatunde6129]

Left untreated, HIV is inevitably fatal, with a median survival time from seroconversion of 8 to 10 years .

[@bb22602]

In 1997, I was admitted to the local hospital with a 104 degree fever (I was 43 years old) and no other symptoms that could be identified. My blood was cultured, I had gynecological tests, a bone marrow biopsy, you name it. Today, in 2021, we still call it "The Mystery Bug" because I never got a diagnosis. After all these other tests, a nurse came in timidly and apologetically asking if they could please do an AIDS test? I said, 'What's the big deal, it's just a blood test." After all the others, I didn't care, I just wanted to know what was wrong. And it couldn't have been as bad as the bone marrow biopsy (horribly painful). After all the stabbing and probing and fear and testing and 13 days in hospital - I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS. Our very speculative guess at the present is that maybe it was Lyme disease (we live in the woods and they didn't test for it in 1997. No tick was ever found though. They just kept throwing antibiotics at me until it went away.

[@kamialexz]

My aunt had aids and she died in 2004 and I never knew she had it. I remember when I was little she was cutting something and I was in the kitchen with her and she cut her hand and she ran to the skin and I went to clean up the mess and she ran up to me and grabbed me and said I’m a scary voice don’t touch my blood and I was so scared. I always was cautious with her after that and I think she knew and she always tried to get me to be close with her again. Eventually she did but then she got sicker, she got weaker, she got hospitalized and went blind and died. I never knew she had aids until after she died. And I’ve felt like such an ass I was scared of her and kept calling her my scary aunt. She was still funny till her last days. My uncle went to visit her and said you look beautiful and she said “boy just cause I’m blind don’t mean I can’t tell you’re lying to me” 😂😂😂 I miss her so much the older I get.

[@JustCiku]

She sounds fun. May she rest well.

[@JustCiku]

She sounds fun. May she rest well.

[@rihannahaiti5570]

Im still trying to get over the fact that she's coughing up blood and she reached for her aunt and they have no protection on

[@AngieMartine23]

She looks like Lauryn Hill❤

[@vernonsmith6176]

Yes, she does...

[@yvonneshiva2]

Maame Yaa Boafo is her name. Ghanaian actress with beautiful work of art. You should look at her other work... especially "An African City"

[@Katlady001]

Sho nuff do!

[@marciabarrow8396]

This is a very good episode but the stigma of having the virus is very serious

[@nerdygirl2316]

I thought it was

[@gailjackson-chapman7085]

This video was definitely on point. There are so many people walking around or in denial oh HIV has also in Covid. Get help! Don’t wait till the last minute when your options are no longer good🧐😳🤔

[@thelifeofachicagochef]

What do u mean about HIV has also in COVID. I had covid but I didn't have HIV . My tests results for HIV and all sexually transmitted deases came out negative

[@gailjackson-chapman7085]

@@thelifeofachicagochef the oh in my was meant to say “of”. Maybe I didn’t word it right but you have people who are walking around with HIV or either Covid and don’t know it. I’m not saying you both. A perfect example, I went to the hospital for my migraines. I have chronic migraines and they admitted to the hospital. Once they admitted me they tested me for Covid, mine you I had both shots and the booster. Guess what, my test came back positive. Me and my husband both looked at each other with disbelief. Had I not went to the hospital, I would’ve been walking around with Covid. Did I make myself clear. I hope so

[@thelifeofachicagochef]

@@gailjackson-chapman7085 yes but how are u doing with your migraines? I her that migraines are worser than headaches is that true?

[@gailjackson-chapman7085]

@@thelifeofachicagochef yes, migraines are worse than any headache. When I get a migraine, my day is shot. In January, I was in the hospital for three days with my migraines. I was out of it. Thank you for asking ❤

[@thelifeofachicagochef]

@@gailjackson-chapman7085 your welcome

[@nicolewalton9670]

Why are folks mad it was a black woman depicting/playing this role as if black women cannot be in denial of their HIV status? Why not look at it as a message that it COULD be you black woman and get yourself tested!!! Even if you're scared, GET YOURSELF TESTED BLACK WOMAN!!!

[@Rastaferrari829]

It’s that very same thinking why they have such a high exposure rate.

[@honeychile829]

It’s a scary thought for anyone to be “scared” or in “denial” in 2022. I PROMISE ppl are getting tested & have no clue! Your Dr write the order for test samples & BAM! That bloodwork can be screened for EVERYTHING without a patient knowing.

[@aleshajohnson1065]

@@Rastaferrari829 In black men as well ! A lot men in general don't get tested it's sad ! That's why I trust no one with my body sex is not worth it. To many people scared of what can save their and others life. Everyone should get tested regardless of race, nationality or gender.

[@ladyleo944]

I'm not trying to sound judgemental But it seems some who are most sexually active & with multiple partner that have no concern at all of getting tested & I was with the same person for decades and got tested regularly why ..Because you can never trust anyone 💯..And there were times we went together..If your having unprotective sex ,with multiple people why would you not get tested, And demand a (recent test result from your partner)That is if you care ,Of course

[@ladyleo944]

@@aleshajohnson1065 I totally agree & if they cant produce a Recent test result....Dont go any further with them ..If they dont care about their health and status ,They wont care about yours

[@diamondhp74]

A lot of our young group needs to take heat to this

[@MheBSolid]

I lost a few friends to AIDS And My Brother lost his cousin to AIDS-Related Kidney and Lung Cancer.

[@Katlady001]

I’ve never heard of aids causing cancer.😮

[@MheBSolid]

@@Katlady001 it can.

[@Misunao23]

Why is she sharing private client information? That’s a huge HIPAA violation.

[@joshuahudson2170]

Unless I'm very much mistaken, HIPAA doesn't protect the dead. Or rather, it does on paper but doesn't leave anybody with standing to bring the case.

[@augustible9151]

@@joshuahudson2170 HIPPA laws protect any deceased person's files until 50 years after.

[@DDD11-11]

It’s a tv show. lol

[@StankFoe]

Little over 10yrs ago I had an uncle that blew his brains out not long after his diagnosis.

[@lintleramonate2470]

The comments are heart wrenching 😢

[@mahoganymuffin2628]

doesn't HIPAA still stand even after patients die??

[@sharticiagomez2458]

Yes, it does. A family friend passed from an unknown illness and she requested that her illness not be disclosed to her family after her death. No one knows her cause of death to this day.

[@honeychile829]

@@sharticiagomez2458 Wow!

[@kosmicinclinations3333]

Yes

[@macywood4619]

It stays like that for 50 years.

[@tracydeniser.n.1432]

It should..its dignity.

[@Coloradokid1949]

Dr. Charles!!!! I love you!!! ❤️💕

[@japan2155]

Yo my cousins baby mother thought she could BEAT or couldn't get that disease. She was told by the doctors she was HIV positive and she said they were WRONG. So she ended up spreading that shit to 5 other people including my cousin. She passed away in 2011 3 guy's that she was messing with have also died my cousin is just still got HIV.

[@chinareddjackson1295]

Omg 😳

[@japan2155]

@@chinareddjackson1295 FACTS true story.

[@mkb5984]

More likely the other way around....hell, were u in the bedroom? Or know all of everyone's private sexual lives? 😒

[@erehistruth2356]

That's sad as hell. Did she openly tell you that she had it or your cousin found out it was her that gave it to him? She should have been charged.

[@japan2155]

@@erehistruth2356 MY kids mother was friend's with her and the doctor came in the room and asked if my kids mom could step out for a minute and my cousins kids mom said she can stay she's family and that's when the doctor told her the bad news. When my kid's mom told me I didn't belive it at first. Then some few year's later she started getting sick and breaking out with lesionson her chest and face. We knew then she was HIV positive when she started breaking out with them was around 2000 she was told she HIV positive in 1994 she looked like stir fried shit at the end witch was 2010 and January 2011 she passed away. She had a very rough life but that's another story it's sad as HELL we all grew up together but didnt start hanging around each other till in the mid 90s. I'm just glad I never slept with her although I used protection when I ran the street's. I got married my cousin just started sleeping with any and every girl knowing he had that shit. The HEALTH department van was riding around looking for him. I have NO REASON to lie this is TRUE FACTS. She passed and they had her viewing funeral 2 weeks after she passed cause she didn't have insurance it's just sad she had 3 kids 2 of them were born with HIV one WASN'T.

[@RobertBrown-mm3un]

May God Bless us All‼☮💜💪🏽🙏

[@brandyvaughn1]

My father and uncle passed away from the virus back in the day

[@ameldamacklein4188]

My father also and 2 of my mother's sisters. Till today they lie and say my father passed on from stomach ulcers. He was not married to my mum so that was the story they spin us. I was 13 years old that time my father passed on

[@brandyvaughn1]

@@ameldamacklein4188 my dad came to talk to me and my brother s and told us All that he was sick my mom was tested but she was negative and she was just blessed because she had a ex boyfriend who tested positive for aids from doing drugs and they are all dead

[@ameldamacklein4188]

@@brandyvaughn1 atleast tour dad was honest you don't get any truth out of any hectic thing happening in our family. I'm breaking it if I will have my own family one day

[@BthoWms]

Praying for the continued health of those diagnosed with HIV/Aids. We were so ignorant back in the 80s but what is our excuse in 2022. In the 80s when they started diagnosing people with the disease, all I could do and I am sure many more like me, was just thankful that it was not us. It wasn't because we had been so good, we just did not get caught. Now, how many years later, those infected do not have to take a hand full of pills to survive but only one (1) pill - since 2013. I thank God for your Blessing and hope and pray that your family and friends learn to not judge because it could have been any of us. HIV/Aids is not a homosexual disease but is a people's disease - no one is exempt. Love people and pray for their good health and wealth.

[@rachelbanks5325]

Amen🙏🏽💛

[@lscummings]

HIV you still have a chance. Strong young lady.

[@louiscyphre2267]

It’s a tv show. It’s not real.

[@lesawilliams8250]

Its mandatory when we go to the Hospital or clinic in Jamaica hiv/ STIs test in among one of the first test we do its good to know your status

[@rihannahaiti5570]

For free?

[@TinaB111]

@@rihannahaiti5570 yes. Jamaica has free health care for the most part.

[@lesawilliams8250]

@@rihannahaiti5570 yes freeeeeeeee

[@lesawilliams8250]

@@rihannahaiti5570 cholesterol check blood pressure check, dietetic checks and a lot more freeeee at the public hospitals and clinics, admission in hospitals are free maternity, surgeries food and medications while being treated and pharmacy's that patients can get medications free of charge so Jamaica not so bad.

[@hoodboyzAtl]

Sexual transmitted infection (STI) it's not Sexual transmitted disease

[@johnnythao]

I have a cousin who was in denial after her HIV results came back "Positive". She was so feisty and refused to look at the test results on paper, telling herself that if she "didn't see it than it's not real". I lost my cool with her and yelled out to her face in a immature manner "B**** you got it, nothing you do now can change that!!", and after breaking down and crying, she accepted it and has been on a road to recovery and maintaining it.

[@purplewolfranger22]

That isn't immature that's a wake up call to reality she needed.

[@PokeMageTech]

That’s not immature, she was.

[@missdesireindependance5194]

How heartless

[@TalkwithThandiHIVAIDS]

It’s so painful to see someone in denial, yet accepting her status could save her life.

[@Jay-os5nw]

Love S. Epatha Merkerson so much. What an actress !

[@n.m6249]

Welcome to our reality in South Africa, we have buried friends, relatives, direct family from HIV. The stigma that the world has over HIV is what makes people even more sick because they fear judgement. Europe is shown pettiness for the high levels of cancer but black people are so badly judged for Aids. The world is sick.

[@MizzPrecious92]

Cancer is not sexually transmitted or directly preventable so that’s not really a fair comparison. I think Black ppl have to take some accountability in that. There’s a set of behaviors that precede a high HIV prevalence in a community. I literally had to stop sleeping with Black men altogether because I knew I was risking my life. There’s a culture there being perpetuated thats contributing to the high HIV rates and the men I talked to don’t want it to change. Then they went to turn around and be afraid to get tested because they already know they never use condoms. Not gone lie I’m upset that people ignore preventive measures until it’s too late.

[@naomid1819]

@Love Jones girl they have whites in European countries with the highest AIDS rate but the media make black people the face of everything. You fell for it like most people. You're most likely around blacks the majority of times so you don't know what goes on with other races and you most likely believe anything the media tells you

[@n.m6249]

@@MizzPrecious92 you are clearly not from Africa. Why do you think Aids hit black people the most, there was an intention to destroy the black person, it was cleverly planned. All races cheat but since this was planned to destroy the black man, so it will be. Scientists who have discovered cures for Aids have been killed because they will kill the purpose of destroying black people.

[@nokwandadubazana5216]

@@MizzPrecious92 Not to mention how men having multiple partners and not using condoms is normalised in black communities. It needs to stop, and women need to have a proactive role in their health and refuse to sleep with such men.

[@ericashepard7088]

@@MizzPrecious92 actually it is it's called hpv.and certain forms can give a woman cervical cancer through semen

[@Letmetalk123]

“ Choi, April, look alive.” Idk but when Maggie said that I found it so funny 😭

[@ShalomShock]

Although we have come along way with the treatment of this dis-ease we still have a long way to go when it comes to the astigmatism of it. I have had friends be disowned by family and friends with a diagnosis, whispers and even not wanting to give out much info in the OBIT. I wish everyone health and healing!

[@SympleMynd]

If anyone is interested in the beginnings of AIDS research, the movie "And the Band Played On" was so informative. Really hit me in the gut. I worked for a public health department when this started. Sweet, innocent, sheltered. I learned so much about people and the disease. I grew up fast.

[@trj555]

Excellent movie and quite the tear jerker❤

[@kdogg1372]

That movie will never leave my mind, saw back in the 90s when I was in highschool

[@weronikapiekos6502]

this is so illegal to show patients’ charts like that

[@Lady_Amelia-Eloise]

Yeah I was gonna say, I don’t think you can do that

[@billyk3682]

Yep, HIPAA still applies to a patient for 50 years after death. Multiple violations there.

[@marquishafreeman]

It’s just a tv show so relax

[@Rinsuki]

Yes I cringed. She should know better given her position in the hospital.

[@queen.kristal8395]

She knew she had it that’s why she never went to the doctor 🥼

[@bukalayzx]

... is this ethical??? sharing medical files?

[@Cynthiajay7]

I started my nursing career in the early 80s. I worked on a hematology/oncology unit. We took care of the AIDS patients in the days when it truly was a death sentence. What a miracle of science, compassion and determination (thanks. Dr. Anthony Faucci!) are antiretroviral drugs that give patients normal life spans, and allow them to live full lives without fear of transmitting their disease. I will never forget the horror and pain of those early days, and the loss of SO MANY promising young people.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

I went to Princeton (Mass) in the ‘80s. P-Town had, and still has, a large gay population. I remember looking down into a garden where a young man was working. He had brown patches all over his back. I was later told it was Kaposi’s sarcoma. That was my first introduction to hiv-AIDS.

[@Angel36930]

I dont want to add you to this folder🥶 bone chilling

[@reginamoise6433]

I haven't seen Oliver Platt in years, Nice to see him again 💖

[@nanostar7660]

6:12-speech to patient to keep going with treatment

[@nanostar7660]

6:16-you’re so young Abina, don’t rob yourself of a future that these young people could only dream about

[@donnielindon1015]

Stay safe yall

[@ComplexEvil]

"I CAN'T have aids." Well if you can't have it then theres no harm in getting a test done, just to rule it out.

[@troardlevant5078]

I met guy who knew a woman had aids and still slept with her sad but true he said he was in love and didn't care..

[@sumerian213]

Then it's not sad.

[@patriciaholiield5365]

Maybe he had it too but didn't tell you

[@marcellafair3712]

People can still have a regular life 😂 f they take care of themselves and take meds..yeah u know nothing about true love..very insensitive comment

[@macywood4619]

He’s a spreader!

[@ImHer1988]

If she taking her meds then he should be ok

[@LoisJames102]

I know this show is fake but they need include important medical details as well. Like proper PPE precautions, and HIPAA

[@nessforbes7400]

Sameeeeee I love this!!!

[@bookloverwholovestocook3669]

I understand what you are saying about the PPE precautions; if you watch episodes of ER, everyone is gowned up, gloved up, and wearing protective eye when a trauma case arrives in the ER. I don't understand your HIPAA reference. Are you saying that the patient should have been told information regarding her HIV status would be kept confidential?

[@yvonneshiva2]

Maame Yaa Boafo....proud of you!

[@tee623]

The true meaning of being a leader❤

[@jamjar5716]

Of the protections the staff donned when realizing the young lady had HIV, I would have thought that masks would have been most important.