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Author Topic: Whew - Good News  (Read 8862 times)

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Offline Fisher

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Whew - Good News
« on: October 17, 2013, 09:59:57 am »
Being a bit new to the testing, I kind of went a little crazy after my VL last time came in at 22 copies after my first ever undetectable VL. But it went UD again, with a little increase in CD4+ and a major increase in percentage.

Leaving backwoods Maine next Friday to get my first tattoo, my first ink, next Saturday, in San Francisco... of course... then on to the Caribbean for "that cruise."

Life is good right now!
- fisher
06/15 CD 365 %24 VL<20
01/15 CD 468 %24 VL<20
09/14 CD 385 %22 VL<20
07/14 CD 391 %20 VLUD
04/14 CD 486 %23 VL<20
11/13 CD 351 %21  VL<20
10/13 CD 390 %16  VL<20
06/13 CD 315 %19  VL 22
02/13 CD 396 %14  VL<20
12/12 CD 392 %13  VL320
11/12 CD 428 %13  VL1200
*Started Meds: Atripla
10/12 CD 427 %11  VL 139000 -- 09/12 CD 408 %13 VL 92928
09/11 CD 745 %27 VL CLOT -- 10/10 CD 863 %29 VL 2782
10/09 CD 597 %30 VL 2537 -- 05/08 CD 809 %28 VL 1504
04/07 CD 797 %25 VL 3558 -- 11/06 CD 720 %28 VL 1214
06/05 CD 731 %25 VL 1575 -- 12/04 CD 1176 %30 VL 1329
01/04 CD 959 %26 VL 1011 -- 11/03 CD 1000 %28 VL 1581
12/02 CD 748 %28 -- 10/01 CD 860 %25
08/00 CD 1022 %28 -- 04/99 CD 854 %27
11/98 CD 899 %28 -- 02/97 CD 1400 %37
11/96 CD 1325  VL <500 -- 09/96 – Western Blot
05/83 – 04/98 - Mon - Pa

Offline mitch777

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 11:53:52 am »
Great news Fisher!

So, what is the tattoo of choice and where's it going?
Have fun on your trips! (I am pretty small and would probably fit in your luggage, just sayin')

m.

33 years hiv+ with a curtsy.

Offline leatherman

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 12:03:08 pm »
Being a bit new to the testing, I kind of went a little crazy after my VL last time came in at 22 copies after my first ever undetectable VL. But it went UD again, with a little increase in CD4+ and a major increase in percentage.
you might not stress as much if you just remember that a handful of yrs ago <500 was called UD ;)
leatherman (aka Michael)

We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
- Darren Hayes, "Chained to You"

Offline Fisher

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2013, 11:14:03 pm »
Life is really good. Continues to get better. . . having fallen helplessly in love for the first time in my life, and also being invited back to NIH for additional research studies!
- fisher
06/15 CD 365 %24 VL<20
01/15 CD 468 %24 VL<20
09/14 CD 385 %22 VL<20
07/14 CD 391 %20 VLUD
04/14 CD 486 %23 VL<20
11/13 CD 351 %21  VL<20
10/13 CD 390 %16  VL<20
06/13 CD 315 %19  VL 22
02/13 CD 396 %14  VL<20
12/12 CD 392 %13  VL320
11/12 CD 428 %13  VL1200
*Started Meds: Atripla
10/12 CD 427 %11  VL 139000 -- 09/12 CD 408 %13 VL 92928
09/11 CD 745 %27 VL CLOT -- 10/10 CD 863 %29 VL 2782
10/09 CD 597 %30 VL 2537 -- 05/08 CD 809 %28 VL 1504
04/07 CD 797 %25 VL 3558 -- 11/06 CD 720 %28 VL 1214
06/05 CD 731 %25 VL 1575 -- 12/04 CD 1176 %30 VL 1329
01/04 CD 959 %26 VL 1011 -- 11/03 CD 1000 %28 VL 1581
12/02 CD 748 %28 -- 10/01 CD 860 %25
08/00 CD 1022 %28 -- 04/99 CD 854 %27
11/98 CD 899 %28 -- 02/97 CD 1400 %37
11/96 CD 1325  VL <500 -- 09/96 – Western Blot
05/83 – 04/98 - Mon - Pa

Offline britchick

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2013, 09:00:03 am »
Fantastic news!Have a great holiday too!

britchickx

Offline britchick

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2013, 09:01:37 am »
Oops.Sorry....posted in LTS without thinking :-[

Offline leatherman

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2013, 11:05:31 am »
having fallen helplessly in love for the first time in my life
Love :-* is grand, ain't it? It's guaranteed to help fix what ails you.  ;)

Oops.Sorry....posted in LTS without thinking :-[
Ann is back, so it'll be 40 lashes >:( for you  ;D LOL
leatherman (aka Michael)

We were standing all alone
You were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker
Dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
- Darren Hayes, "Chained to You"

Offline Fisher

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2013, 07:40:12 pm »
Great news Fisher!

So, what is the tattoo of choice and where's it going?
Have fun on your trips! (I am pretty small and would probably fit in your luggage, just sayin')

m.

Getting a Ying-Yang T'ao tattoo on my right arm, with bear claws in the center forever circling and enticing each other.
- fisher
06/15 CD 365 %24 VL<20
01/15 CD 468 %24 VL<20
09/14 CD 385 %22 VL<20
07/14 CD 391 %20 VLUD
04/14 CD 486 %23 VL<20
11/13 CD 351 %21  VL<20
10/13 CD 390 %16  VL<20
06/13 CD 315 %19  VL 22
02/13 CD 396 %14  VL<20
12/12 CD 392 %13  VL320
11/12 CD 428 %13  VL1200
*Started Meds: Atripla
10/12 CD 427 %11  VL 139000 -- 09/12 CD 408 %13 VL 92928
09/11 CD 745 %27 VL CLOT -- 10/10 CD 863 %29 VL 2782
10/09 CD 597 %30 VL 2537 -- 05/08 CD 809 %28 VL 1504
04/07 CD 797 %25 VL 3558 -- 11/06 CD 720 %28 VL 1214
06/05 CD 731 %25 VL 1575 -- 12/04 CD 1176 %30 VL 1329
01/04 CD 959 %26 VL 1011 -- 11/03 CD 1000 %28 VL 1581
12/02 CD 748 %28 -- 10/01 CD 860 %25
08/00 CD 1022 %28 -- 04/99 CD 854 %27
11/98 CD 899 %28 -- 02/97 CD 1400 %37
11/96 CD 1325  VL <500 -- 09/96 – Western Blot
05/83 – 04/98 - Mon - Pa

Offline mitch777

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2013, 08:02:53 pm »
Getting a Ying-Yang T'ao tattoo on my right arm, with bear claws in the center forever circling and enticing each other.
I'd much rather see it elsewhere. aka. The Fisher Moon.
33 years hiv+ with a curtsy.

Offline moxieinme

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2013, 02:37:51 am »
Hey Fisher -- Have a great time on your trips. Backwoods Maine just won't be the same without you, but I suspect neither will SF or the Caribbean after the rumored Fisher Moon rises.
Go ahead and take the world for a ride. (He said with a knowing smile...)
Salvage therapy wrangler, riding the poz bronco and dodging bullets for over 24 years.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
CD4 at diagnosis 1989 = 330
Began treatment (AZT) 1989
Lowest labs 1998: CD4=74, 7%, VL=750,000
First sustained undetectable VL in 20 years (2009); CD4=315
Current labs (12/13): CD4=637, 27%, VL=<20
Current meds: Prezista, Isentress, Intellence, Norvir

Offline Theyer

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2013, 07:46:38 am »
Fly Fisher Fly.

The best off the best to you.
"If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people ."  Tony Benn

Offline pozniceguy

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2013, 12:42:09 pm »
wowo  hot  guy in love..getting a tattoo....going on a  cruise   sounds like a 20 yrs old  sailor   in  San  Diego


wishing  all the  best

Nick
remember the good times...honor the past but don't live there
Le stelle la notte sono grandie luminose, nel cuore profondo del Texas

Offline Fisher

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2013, 11:58:16 am »
wowo  hot  guy in love..getting a tattoo....going on a  cruise   sounds like a 20 yrs old  sailor   in  San  Diego

56 going on 18. Better late than never!

I'd much rather see it elsewhere. aka. The Fisher Moon.

In New Orleans I'll let you pick out the ink for that spot :-)


Hey Fisher -- Have a great time on your trips. Backwoods Maine just won't be the same without you, but I suspect neither will SF or the Caribbean after the rumored Fisher Moon rises.
Go ahead and take the world for a ride. (He said with a knowing smile...)

Sorry we didn't get the chance to know each other very well, but maybe we'll meet up somewhere, sometime. Right now, I'm kind of occupied and obsessed with a Cubby-Bear. Will let you know how that goes. . .
- fisher
06/15 CD 365 %24 VL<20
01/15 CD 468 %24 VL<20
09/14 CD 385 %22 VL<20
07/14 CD 391 %20 VLUD
04/14 CD 486 %23 VL<20
11/13 CD 351 %21  VL<20
10/13 CD 390 %16  VL<20
06/13 CD 315 %19  VL 22
02/13 CD 396 %14  VL<20
12/12 CD 392 %13  VL320
11/12 CD 428 %13  VL1200
*Started Meds: Atripla
10/12 CD 427 %11  VL 139000 -- 09/12 CD 408 %13 VL 92928
09/11 CD 745 %27 VL CLOT -- 10/10 CD 863 %29 VL 2782
10/09 CD 597 %30 VL 2537 -- 05/08 CD 809 %28 VL 1504
04/07 CD 797 %25 VL 3558 -- 11/06 CD 720 %28 VL 1214
06/05 CD 731 %25 VL 1575 -- 12/04 CD 1176 %30 VL 1329
01/04 CD 959 %26 VL 1011 -- 11/03 CD 1000 %28 VL 1581
12/02 CD 748 %28 -- 10/01 CD 860 %25
08/00 CD 1022 %28 -- 04/99 CD 854 %27
11/98 CD 899 %28 -- 02/97 CD 1400 %37
11/96 CD 1325  VL <500 -- 09/96 – Western Blot
05/83 – 04/98 - Mon - Pa

Offline weasel

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2013, 06:02:24 pm »
Life is really good. Continues to get better. . . having fallen helplessly in love for the first time in my life, and also being invited back to NIH for additional research studies!

   Have a great time Fisher !       
    I hope the cruise is wonderfully pleasing  :)

     Pictures of tattoo please  :-*

                                                       Weasel   
       Hope to see the Tattoo first hand  ;)
" Live and let Live "

Offline OneTampa

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2013, 08:51:04 pm »
Life is really good. Continues to get better. . . having fallen helplessly in love for the first time in my life, and also being invited back to NIH for additional research studies!

Wonderful!  :D
"He is my oldest child. The shy and retiring one over there with the Haitian headdress serving pescaνto frito."

Offline Fisher

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2013, 07:09:50 am »
Heading down to the National Institutes of Health on Nov. 22. Don't know why. As I've started taking meds I can no longer be in the Long Term Nonprogressor studies there. Maybe a viral reservoir study. Off to San Francisco in the morning. Will remember to wear a flower in my fur.
- fisher
06/15 CD 365 %24 VL<20
01/15 CD 468 %24 VL<20
09/14 CD 385 %22 VL<20
07/14 CD 391 %20 VLUD
04/14 CD 486 %23 VL<20
11/13 CD 351 %21  VL<20
10/13 CD 390 %16  VL<20
06/13 CD 315 %19  VL 22
02/13 CD 396 %14  VL<20
12/12 CD 392 %13  VL320
11/12 CD 428 %13  VL1200
*Started Meds: Atripla
10/12 CD 427 %11  VL 139000 -- 09/12 CD 408 %13 VL 92928
09/11 CD 745 %27 VL CLOT -- 10/10 CD 863 %29 VL 2782
10/09 CD 597 %30 VL 2537 -- 05/08 CD 809 %28 VL 1504
04/07 CD 797 %25 VL 3558 -- 11/06 CD 720 %28 VL 1214
06/05 CD 731 %25 VL 1575 -- 12/04 CD 1176 %30 VL 1329
01/04 CD 959 %26 VL 1011 -- 11/03 CD 1000 %28 VL 1581
12/02 CD 748 %28 -- 10/01 CD 860 %25
08/00 CD 1022 %28 -- 04/99 CD 854 %27
11/98 CD 899 %28 -- 02/97 CD 1400 %37
11/96 CD 1325  VL <500 -- 09/96 – Western Blot
05/83 – 04/98 - Mon - Pa

Offline Theyer

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Re: Whew - Good News
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2013, 05:17:01 am »
^^^^^^^

Makes sense to me Fisher as hopefully the study will follow all to well there peaceful death.
"If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people ."  Tony Benn

 


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