One day I got this skin condition that I've never seen before and it was on my face, so nna ke motho le medical aid so off to my dermatologist I went. He looked at me and said the condition only happens in HIV+ people. Nna? Bjang?...
1. We plan but life goes on. At the tender age of 27 I was diagnosed HIV+. I was devastated, even imagined my funeral. But life was only beginning. I turn 44 next month and I stand strong. I am not moved. God said emanyana Mokgadi...i got plans for you 😍
I'm the mommy who's paid registration fee and February fees! That place costs R9210 per month in 2022. I will work myself to the bone. It's her last year. 🥳🥳🥳 I swear when she's done I'm getting myself that GLE Coupe! 🤞🏼
I repeat, it is not a life/death sentence. It is a controllable virus. Take your meds and remove negativity from your life. Watch yourself flourish. This is me after 15 years and birthing two healthy children.
#WorldAIDSDay
Don't ever lose hope motase. At the age of 36 I started over with nothing but my three children. Had to forget about me and make sure we survive. I'm enjoying life now. You too can do it.
NB: This is relevant to those who need it. ❤️
A thread for my fellow HIV+ people who take meds... Do not default on your meds...i was diagnosed in 2005 with a viral load of 104 I think, and I started treatment...took it religiously even when I had the side effects. Hallucinations, sometimes insomnia. Ne go nyewa...
I celebrate every time i get my results...HIV monitoring is important. Viral load still undetectable...i deserve champopolopo right
@sindivanzyl
? I am always so proud of myself...treatment can be taxing but it has to be adhered to. Yasss!!! Bathong celebrate with me hle!💃🏾💃🏾
HIV might be just something you throw around. Some of us didn't even have go feba to get it. Akere lere ke bolwetši bja difebe? Yeses! Le a telela shem. Ga ba le botše.
I got so drunk on the cheapest bottle of wine six months after I left cause we finally had beds. We were not sleeping on sponges anymore. If anyone is in doubt we has two of these...without the cover.
#Thread
Let me introduce myself to my new followers. My name is Mokgadi Mojapelo. I'm an HIV + GBV survivor. I call myself QueenMo and so does everyone else. This is a safe space. Ke thiba ka dibono and sometimes ke a rogana but I'm all round a loving human. Welcome. ❤️
Dizemba is big for me. This is the month I walked out of a horrible marriage but also a month that commemorates a condition I am living with. It used to be a sad month but it's become a milestone month. ❤️
Covid taught me funerals can have sandwiches and beverages nje. I fell in love with that idea...Don't bother telling me about tradition/culture. I don't kherr.
@tboseZA
I honestly feel like DNA tests should be compulsory after birth. Not as an insult but it's only fair considering the gravity of the situation.
#HeWantsDNATests
I enjoy doing this thing called life with you girl. We laugh, we cry, we go crazy. We have conquered so much, we're still kicking HIV's ass and we are raising beautiful children. I look forward to more years with you woman. Happy 43rd birthday Mo! ❤️🎂🌺
2020 I cancel all those who keep asking me when I'm going to buy a car. I am a single mother of 3 and one is in varsity. My priorities are totally different.
Tomorrow is the beginning of everything. 12 months ago I jumped into Uber and went to meet an unknown man. He's become my partner in everything. I love him so so much 😍😍😍
I swear every time I go for my HIV monitoring tests I'm a ball of nerves even though I know I been adhering. That feeling when they call and say VL is still undetectable...i can't explain it! 🥳🥳🥳
Some of you haven't seen my story. One day my now 21 year old daughter had to clean me up after I soiled myself from a beating. She had to fisn ways of telling me I have soiled myself and need to change so she could clean me up as I was bleeding from the nose.
Happy birthday to Mother's husband, my Dad and my children's Grandpa. This man is a legend on radio and at home. I love him so much! He taught me the soft life. 🎉🎊🎉🎊🎁🎂🎊🎉🎊🎉🎁🎂
So, our viral load remains undetectable...Yesss!!! 🎊🎉💃🏾💃🏾We are showing HIV flames...all you need to do is adhere to your treatment and be safe. My name is Mokgadi Mojapelo and i am living positively with HIV.
#Covered24_7
#HIVStigma
My name is Mokgadi Mojapelo and on the 1st of December 2015 I woke up and walked out of an abusive situation. Things had got so bad that I had written myself off.
Seipati is on serious suicide watch she's even sleeping with me in her guest room so she can watch for the signs. Phela ke unstable. Oh she did a great job. My friend will force feed you soup like you are a toddler.
Modimo doesn't sleep and badimo are not on drugs. Eleven years ago on this day I was being kicked on the floor and being asked gore Aids e mpolaya neng. I'm still here showing HIV who's boss. 🙌🏽🙌🏽💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
I'm here today, thriving, drinking bubbles because I left. I left a house and everything in it because I was tired of being told what to do. Tired of "smile, look good, be pleasant, be a good wife" while being beaten to a pulp at 3am.
For the first time I wanted to fight this and I started taking treatment and slowly becoming myself again. God said no and put his angels in place. Mama is still my go to person today. She taught me to accept my condition.
I call twinnie and she goes into a state. Gape there is no way in hell. Bjang? I tell the partner and he even promises to support me cause it's not possible. Except I find his letter from an ex the same week accusing him of infecting her.
So we did blood tests and they came back positive. I spent the first month bargaining with God. It can't be. Ke dula le motho and I don't sleep around. Njani God? There must be a mistake so now off to the lab we go for second opinion. It comes back positive
Thing with HIV is it's in your blood. Wherever you run to, you're going with it. Embrace it, understand it, control it, and work on you. It's been 15 years and I am here complaining about mkhaba. You can do it. Not easy but doable.
My first born was going to grade 11 when I decided "f*ck this" and started over. She has finished her final year of varsity. The rock is me. I am a champion!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🔥🔥🔥
In 2017 my girl got a diploma pass. She then asked for a gap year to figure out what she wanted to do. Granted the gap year. 2019 she went back to school and did a higher certificate. 2020 she started her degree, graduated with distinction last year.
#MatricResults2023
Slowly I came back and my parents also came to accept that this is me with HIV and it's not going anywhere. I was thriving and had my meds schedule memorized. The first time this angel had my back. And so I began to accept and understand.
She was the first tenant in my womb. The one who taught me this mothering business. She's now my guide to this parenting thing. My beautiful, wise and courageous babygirl. Mogirl waka, my adult child. Happy birthday to Kamogelo waka. 🎂🎁🥳🥳🎊🎉
I met a man who doesn't raise his voice ever. He puts his foot down without performance. Also when he looks at me my medulla fails. And I love it. I'm content. ❤️
Twinnie lives in CT and she drives through the very next day. We are devising ways to tell Dad. Yeyiii! Le a mo tseba Maxwell? I'm not ready. So Twinnie is the designated reporter of these news because andizi. So she tells him.
Eventually the suicide madness ends cause I don't even have a shoelace phela ke ko Pollsmoor. Twinnie has told the rents "I got this" and that shortie o stubborn like a mule. My uncle is now also in the mix so eventually he calms the storm.
My life is flashing in front of me cause phela I am dying. One way or another I am gone! I'm devastated and suicidal. Twinnie has to go back to CT and work so the plan is i move in with my best friend so she can watch me cause yeyiii!
A couple of weeks went by and I could sit on the balcony on my own and think. I'm thinking I need to run away and end it all. But Seips ain't having none of that she even keeps my car keys. One day she said to me "you are up to you now"
So he calls. This is like that call from heaven phela. He told me my things shem. Remember at that time this thing doesn't happen to us. Ah well over time he reads up some more and comes to the table. I've now moved out from Mr I will support you.
So we meet ko Marlboro and I tell him the story. We haven't been in contact for a few years. He sat there and wept like a baby and then "where is he?" Now I'm the one doing thibang thibang phela go hwa motho today. Lena!