Kalata Yotseguka Zokhudza Zomwe Ndimakumana Nazo ndi PrEP

Kwa Anzanga M'dera LGBT:

Eya, ulendo wodabwitsa bwanji womwe ndakhala ndikupita zaka zitatu zapitazi. Ndaphunzira zambiri za ine, HIV, ndi kusalidwa.

Zonsezi zidayamba pomwe ndidali ndi kachilombo ka HIV mchilimwe cha 2014, zomwe zidandipangitsa kuti ndikhale m'modzi mwa anthu ochepa ku Britain Columbia omwe adayamba kumwa pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Zinali zosangalatsa komanso zosangalatsa. British Columbia yakhala ndi mbiri yakale yakhala mtsogoleri wadziko lonse pakufufuza za HIV ndi Edzi, ndipo sindimayembekezera kuti ndingakhale mpainiya wa PrEP!

Ngati mumakhudzidwa ndi thanzi lanu logonana ndipo mukufuna kusamalira thupi lanu, PrEP imagwira gawo lofunikira ngati gawo lazida zomwe muyenera kudziwa.

Ndidaphunzira za PrEP nditazindikira kuti munthu yemwe ndidagonana naye mosadziteteza ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV. Chifukwa cha momwe zinthu zinalili, sindinathe kumwa post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Ndidalankhula ndi m'modzi mwa anzanga omwe ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV, ndipo adandifotokozera zomwe PrEP inali komanso kuti zingakhale zomveka kuti ndiyese.

Nditafufuza ndekha, ndinapita kwa dokotala wanga ndikumufunsa. Panthawiyo, PrEP sinadziwike konse ku Canada. Koma dotolo wanga adavomera kuti andithandizire kupeza dokotala wodziwa za HIV ndi AID yemwe angandithandizire paulendo wanga wopita ku PrEP.

Unali msewu wautali komanso wovuta, koma unali wofunika pamapeto pake. Ndinafunika kukumana ndi madotolo ndikupita kukayezetsa kangapo za kachilombo ka HIV ndi matenda opatsirana pogonana, ndikuwonjezeranso zolemba zambiri kuti ndikalandire inshuwaransi yanga kuti ndilipire. Ndinatsimikiza mtima ndipo ndinakana. Ndinali pa cholinga chofika pa PrEP, ngakhale zitatenga ntchito yochuluka motani.Ndidadziwa kuti ndi yankho loyenera kuti ndipewe kutenga kachilombo ka HIV, komanso chida chofunikira chomwe ndimafuna kuwonjezera pa chida changa chogonana chotetezeka.

Ndinayamba kumwa PrEP mu Ogasiti 2014, chaka chimodzi ndi theka PrEP isanavomerezedwe kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito ndi Health Canada.

Kuyambira pomwe ndidayamba kumwa PrEP, sindiyeneranso kuthana ndi nkhawa komanso nkhawa zakubadwa ndi kachilombo ka HIV ndi AID. Sizinasinthe mchitidwe wanga wogonana konse. M'malo mwake, zandichotsera nkhawa zanga pokhudzana ndi kachirombo ka HIV chifukwa ndikudziwa kuti ndimatetezedwa nthawi zonse bola ndikamwa piritsi limodzi patsiku.

Pokhala pagulu ndikuwulula kuti ndili pa PrEP, ndidasalidwa kwa nthawi yayitali. Ndine wodziwika bwino pakati pa anthu a LGBT, otchuka, komanso ndalandira mphotho yotchuka ya Mr. Gay Canada People's Choice mu 2012. Ndine m'mwini komanso mkonzi wamkulu wa TheHomoCulture.com, m'modzi mwa malo akulu kwambiri pachikhalidwe cha amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ku North America. Ndikofunikira kuti ndiphunzitse ena. Ndidagwiritsa ntchito njira zanga zotsatsira ndipo ndidagwiritsa ntchito liwu langa kudziwitsa ena ammudzimo zaubwino wa PrEP.

Poyambirira, anthu ambiri omwe alibe HIV adandidzudzula ponena kuti machitidwe anga akuwonjezera kufalikira kwa kachirombo ka HIV ndikuti ndimakhala wosasamala. Ndinalandilanso kutsutsa kuchokera kwa anthu omwe ali ndi kachilombo ka HIV chifukwa amandimvera chisoni kuti ndikhoza kumwa mapiritsi omwe angandilepheretse kutenga kachirombo ka HIV, ndipo analibe mwayi womwewo asanasinthe.

Anthu samamvetsetsa tanthauzo la kukhala PrEP. Zinandipatsa chifukwa china chophunzitsira ndikudziwitsa anthu achiwerewere. Ngati muli ndi chidwi ndi maubwino a PrEP, ndikukulimbikitsani kuti mukalankhule ndi dokotala za izi.

Kukhala ndi chidaliro choti mutha kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha HIV ndikudziwa njira zodzitetezera ndikofunikira kwambiri. Ngozi zimachitika, makondomu amathyoka, kapena sagwiritsidwa ntchito. Bwanji osamwa piritsi limodzi tsiku lililonse kuti muchepetse chiopsezo chanu mpaka 99% kapena kupitilira apo?

Pankhani yokhudza thanzi lanu lakugonana, ndibwino kuti muzichita zinthu moganizira ena m'malo mochita chilichonse. Samalani thupi lanu, ndipo lidzakusamalirani. Ganizirani kutenga PrEP, osati kwa inu nokha, komanso kwa anzanu.

Chikondi,

Brian

Mawu a Mkonzi: Mu Juni 2019, US Preventive Services Task Force idatulutsa chikalata chovomereza PrEP kwa anthu onse omwe ali pachiwopsezo chotenga kachilombo ka HIV.

Brian Webb ndiye woyambitsa wa TheHomoCulture.com, woimira LGBT wopambana mphotho, wotsogola wodziwika bwino mdera la LGBT, komanso wopambana mphotho yotchuka ya Mr. Canada Canada People's Choice.