Being POZ in a foreign (Thai) land - support for "farrangs"?

[Expat1]

I had a root canal in Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.  Told them I was HIV positive and Undetectable for 5 years.  They didn't bat an eyelash.  No problem whatsoever.

Another time I had a trigger finger and needed either an operation or a shot of steriods.  I ask the doctor to have the nurse leave the room for a minute.  In private I disclosed my status.  I asked him not to mark it on my file.  The steriods can interact with HIV medicine.  Again it was not a problem.

Another time I went to a clinic for my Viral Load testing, and I used my given names  not my surname, and accurate DOB.  The test came back with my Hospital number on it.  (Which I had not given.)  Again  no problem but kinda freaky since I had not used my full name on the lab test and the hospital is completely independent from the the Lab I use.  So there is cross referencing.  (BIG BROTHER HAHA). 

I use a small hospital for my outpatient stuff and hiv and the larger hospital for emergencies and if I need to see a specialist.

Perhaps separate hospitals for the HIV and general stuff.  Pay private for the HIV stuff.  Let the insurance handle the other stuff.

[Loa111]

Imagine?? I had it happen in LIVE at the hospital i was first diagnosed. I would come for checkups, and the nurses would whisper to eachother and look at me with sad eyes...
One day i told them "girls, im ok. Really! Are YOU ok? I take my meds, im UD, i have my kids, my job, my life and all is good! What about you??" The thing is, my doc also presented everything gloomy. So, i switched docs and - guess what? All is good! :-)

Oh No! It's just so typical that! 
Sometimes there's just that degree of "informedness" even amongst professional levels in Thailand.

In a private school. This mum who was split from her Western husband...they had a child in the school. The mum was skinny, sickly looking, had sores on her arms. A cabal of other gossipy parents, (Western dads with idiot Thai wives) decided almost lynch mob style the poor woman had HIV and that the poor child had HIV too and was a danger to their kids. The school owner, fearing a sudden loss of customers & profit suddenly decided to get someone to tell the Western Dad that everyone thinks his kid has Aids and to get the kid tested. Test was neg. Just horrible, horrible thing to do. 
That's the stigma, and the type of thing that can happen!