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Meds, Mind, Body & Benefits => Questions About Treatment & Side Effects => Topic started by: Newguy on July 17, 2013, 08:30:49 pm
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Hi everyone!
I hope all is well. Today I went in for my second blood draw but the requisite form was expired so I had to go see my doctor's assistant and she gave me new ones. I do not like seeing the doctor so we agreed it would be best that he gives me a bunch of forms and if there is a problem he would give me a call. Anyhow my last blood draw was Dec 17 2012 about five weeks after I started treatment on Truvada and Isentress. Pre-treatment my numbers were 330 CD4 and 36000 viral copies. After five weeks of treatment which I found out today my numbers went to 480 CD4 and 62 copies viral load. Is this considered good? I just found out these results today because of my situation that I explained above. I got a new blood draw today and I will probably not know the results unless he calls which means not so good news! So I hope he doesn't call!
Best to all
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This is fantastic news and numbers! I am on the same treatment as you and our numbers as you'll see in my profile are pretty close in pattern. I'd wager that you are already undetectable....bring on the next labs!!Congrats
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Pre-treatment my numbers were 330 CD4 and 36000 viral copies. After five weeks of treatment which I found out today my numbers went to 480 CD4 and 62 copies viral load. Is this considered good?
that's an awesome improvement in a short amount of time!! ;D WooHoo!
meds (and google LOL) are your friends!!
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Thanks Cojo and Leatherman for the replies! I was a bit nervous asking for the numbers but admittedly I felt better seeing them. The assistant who is a sweetheart said that in the future she can just email me the requisite copies so I never have to go see the doctor if everything works out fine. I love my doctor but I get anxiety when I go to the clinic. The current method engages me in proper care but with a twist.
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Yes, congrats on your blood work! I would celebrate!
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The current method engages me in proper care but with a twist.
staying on meds is the key. No only do they do the job; but as time passes and you continue to have great labs (steady cd4s and UD) you'll find that visits to your doc will be less frequent.
For example after about 5 yrs on my current regime, with good steady lab work, I now get labs done and visit the doc once every 5-6 months. (that's so awesome considering for about 15 yrs, I had labs done every 5-6 WEEKS!!) I just got labs back with a visit to my doc (who is hotter than ever, now working a salt-n-pepper stache and goatee) last week. I won't need to get labs and see the doc until Dec now. WooHoo! (oh yeah, I was still UD with cd4s holding in the low 300s as they have for yrs now, so it was good news for me from the doc too. Nothing better than a good-looking man giving you good news, yessiree! LOL)
so keep on the meds. keep staying under care and in contact with the doc (sometimes), and within a few yrs of successful therapy, you won't have to freak out about seeing the doc / going to the clinic except for a couple times in a year. LOL
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Thanks Leatherman
I take my therapy VERY VERY VERY VERY seriously! I have been late a few hours on two doses but that is it. I take them religiously! The thing is that I see no need to see the doc for him to tell me that things are fine. He is simply relaying the information that the therapy is working. I don't need to hear this every four months, I actually like this system, it is like having the virus but not really? I don't know if it makes sense but it is working well for me! And for the record, I actually don't mind taking the meds, I was petrified before I started and now I think how foolish I was!
Best to you Leahterman
Best to you Leatherman