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Title: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: libvet on May 20, 2008, 07:55:43 pm

Starting from a viral load of 250,000 and 22 t-cells in January 2000 and now it's 8 years since I first stared meds and have been undetectable since my first follow-up blood work after starting meds.

T-cell count up to 523.

(And I still sweat every waiting period between blood draws and results)

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: AlanBama on May 20, 2008, 07:57:34 pm

Great numbers libvet, I'm happy for you!   Here's to many more years of "undetection" !

hugs,

Alan   :D

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: Queen Tokelove on May 20, 2008, 08:03:21 pm

Congrats

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: thunter34 on May 20, 2008, 08:05:47 pm

three cheers for you, libvet!   :)

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: Winiroo on May 20, 2008, 08:56:31 pm

That is awesome libvet. Its good to hear nice news. Congratulations.

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: bmancanfly on May 20, 2008, 09:24:55 pm

CONGRATS !!
Curious, what meds are you on?

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: libvet on May 20, 2008, 10:14:33 pm

Atripla.

My first few years it was Sustiva and Combivir.

Then I switched Combivir out for Truvada because it was once a day and I was tired of living in 12 hour increments.

Then I went to Atripla.

I did do courses of IL-2 for about a year because my t-cells wouldn't rise (nasty stuff that IL-2....like having a really bad flu) above 200 for the first couple of years.

Title: Re: Woo-hoo! 8 years of being undetectable!
Post by: dusty99 on May 20, 2008, 10:48:07 pm

Congrats,