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Title: Fantastic Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: tommy246 on December 11, 2009, 08:29:51 am
Just back from hospital great news viral load down to 266 from 59.000 , cd4 up from 591 to 787 and % up from 15% to 16 % pretty amazing this atripla . Now for couple of questions .
1. Does the % take longer to rise than the cd4 count
2.I had seven weeks gap from 1 blood draw to the next with 23 days on meds and My cholesterol has risen slightly HDL(good) from 34 to 38 and LDL (bad) from 85 to 106 total cholesterol from 170 to 205 and my trigerlicerides from 202 to 302.
Having now read that atripla causes rises in cholestorol and trigs does this level out after initial jump or just keep rising.i eat a good diet so this concerns me .
3.If the sustiva is to blame and fats keep rising i would change to isentress, rather two pills a day than a heart attack.

Thanks for your  kind help and advice in advance.
Title: Re: Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: tommy246 on December 11, 2009, 11:41:44 am
I forgot to ask how do i go about posting my  cd4 ,%,viral load history permanantly under my name.
Title: Re: Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: leese43 on December 11, 2009, 12:52:43 pm
*\o/* go tommy *\o/*

You can add your counts in the signaturee box on your profile.
Title: Re: Fantastic Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: ruralguy on December 12, 2009, 04:57:12 pm
Wow, great progress Tommy!  Congrats    ;D
Title: Re: Fantastic Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: GNYC09 on December 12, 2009, 05:46:49 pm
Tommy, that is great - congrats!  ;D

Leese, what are *\o/*
are they cheerleaders with pom-poms?  (I'm totally serious).  thx
Title: Re: Fantastic Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: leese43 on December 12, 2009, 05:54:56 pm
Tommy, that is great - congrats!  ;D

Leese, what are *\o/*
are they cheerleaders with pom-poms?  (I'm totally serious).  thx

Yes, that's what they're supposed to be! lol
Title: Re: Fantastic Atripla results after 23 days
Post by: Assurbanipal on December 12, 2009, 10:04:43 pm
Congratulations Tommy!

As far as the % vs CD4 count goes, it took/is taking a lot longer for me.  The tcells reached the normal range long before the %, and the % is still not consistently up in the normal range.