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Offline veryscary

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Moving to England
« on: April 09, 2017, 03:33:06 am »
Hi everyone , I tested positive on Feb. 23th 2017 , started Atripla on Feb 28-th 2017 , for now things are going well with me , my CD4 count rose from 171 to 300 (11% to 13,4% ) and still rising. The diagnosis happens to me in a phase in my life when I was supposed to move to live and work in England for a fellowship in Surgery ( as you can see I'm a surgeon in training ).  I have done research on the net and found out that it is allowed for HIV + surgeons to stay working as long as  they take meds and keep good control over the disease.
Can anyone tell me how is living in England for HIV pos. people ?Are the meds free of charge ? Stigmatisation issues ?!
 Is there an other HIV + doctor  (preferably from the UK ) here ?! 

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Re: Moving to England
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2017, 04:08:32 am »
Hi

Glad to hear you are doing well.

Look since October 2012, all HIV treatment has been free to all who need it, regardless of your immigration status, in England. I've included a link to the Terrence Higgins Trust that have a page with additional information on this that you might find useful.

Stigmatisation issues ?!

Stigma can happen everywhere and the UK is no exception to that, its learning how to deal with this and strictly on a personal level I challenge it when it does happen so it gets better for everybody. 

Look here is the 2015 HIV stigma report for the UK as example:
http://www.stigmaindexuk.org/research-findings/

Its not all doom and gloom and a lot of improvement has been made over the years and it continues to improve.  Personally one my biggest hates has been that i found the doctors and the service in UK (Ireland is no better at times) woefully out of date.
I doubt much has changed over the past 18 months to improve my personal opinion in the UK since i fully left.

But as I said its not all bad and real improvements have been made over the years and generally speaking its not the worst place to live or be at all.  :) I am sure some of the forum members living in the UK will also confirm that.

Anyhow don't focus or worry about stigma too much, don't let the fear or concern of it stop you from doing what you want to do in life. ;)

Take it easy.

Jim

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Re: Moving to England
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2017, 02:17:11 pm »
Can't disagree with anything Jim says.

The UK may have a health service (NHS) which is under massive pressure at the moment, and this is driving many treatment decisions (e.g. use of generics) however the fact the meds are 'free' unlike many other countries, makes up for it somewhat.

Some clinics are not up to speed, but the good thing is you are not tied geographically to a clinic, so - if you are not happy with your service you can reserve the right to move to a different clinic.

My own clinic is small and relatively rural. Like many parts of the NHS they can be an administrative nightmare at times and can seem a bit disorganised, but my doctor is very much up to speed (often quotes latest research etc) and has been very good so far in terms of talking through treatment options, ensuring all other stuff (tests, vaccines etc) are taken care of and the entire clinic are completely non-judgemental.

As I have not disclosed my status anywhere other than the clinic, I haven't experienced stigma but I am sure it will exist. It may be that 9 out of 10 people are fine with it all these days, but you only need that 1 who isn't to ruin your day. I don't think the UK is any different to anywhere else in the world in this respect, and is almost certainly better than many countries.
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