Wednesday, October 28, 2009

...And the work starts again...

That week off was awesome.  Spent the whole week not procrastinating because I did not have any assignments due!  Unfortunately, this week the class continues on the regular schedule.  Since I got the results back from my HIV test, I was able to convince my girlfriend to take an HIV test at our campus testing center as well.  She has been reading all my assignments for this class as I am doing them, so she has began to take an interest in the topics as well.  I was very proud when she went to get her test! I scared her and told her the needles were terrible (she hates needles), but then felt bad and told her no needles were necessary.  I hope she keeps learning as I am in this course.  More information means more educated decisions about the disease!

This weeks question of the week made me reflect on my future.  In the situation there is a possibility that my child would be ostracized and humiliated by his peers.  If I were to choose to let the principal tell the victims parents about my HIV positive son, he might not be accepted anymore.  I had to think long about this one.  It would be in my sons best interest to keep this a secret, but it would not be fair because of the chance the other child could be infected.  What if they were perhaps infected and I decided to keep this information secret?  It could severely threaten that child's life.  Maybe a lawsuit could even ensue on your family due to keeping this secret.  I finally chose to inform their parents of the risk.  I doubt any set of parents would be in bad enough moral character to let this delicate information spread through the entire school.

DID YOU KNOW>>>>>>>>>>>

Tommy Morrison, the boxer who had a false positive earlier in his career, was also a co-star in the movie "Rocky V" in which he portrayed a young and upcoming boxer named Tommy Gunn.  For those of you who did not watch the movie, Sylvester Stallone (AKA Rocky Balboa) kicked his butt in a street brawl at the end of the film.  Morrison tested negative in 2007 for HIV.

"Rocky V" co-star, boxer Tommy Morrison is HIV negative.  Retrieved October 28, 2009 from Not AIDS News.  Taken from http://notaids.com/en/theduke.
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3 comments:

  1. SteeleOctober 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    It is really good you also got yourgirlfriend to get tested also. Knowing your status is very important and it starts with you and your partner. My boyfriend had never been tested before when we met which surprised me. I know that everyone got tested but I guess not. Well he got tested and we are both negative but we still get tested once or twice a year just in case. He has also been very grossed out by my class so I think he is scared straight. We have both learned so much from this class. GREAT POST.

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  2. MeganOctober 30, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    I did the same; I made my boyfriend come with me to get tested and I also convinced my close group of girlfriends to go and get tested as well. It may be a scary process to some but knowing your results is much better than living in ignorance. I talk to my boyfriend about this class and our assignments the most and he has really learned a lot about the subject too. I think it's great/funny that almost all of the student in this class have someone they share information with - knowledge is power :D

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  3. Noor AltitiNovember 4, 2009 at 5:28 PM

    Hey Murb,
    It's really good that you're sharing all the information you learn in class with your girlfriend. More educated people about HIV the better off we are...
    I totally agree with you about the QOTW being a tough one, but I have to disagree with you with disclosing your child's information because that can ruin his/her childhood, and we really don't want that!!!!!
    FYI: I am a big fan of Sylvester Stallone; do you now what his HIV status is???!! LOL I am just kidding... Thanks for sharing :)

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