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Offline Boo Radley

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AIDSmeds Anonymous
« on: January 06, 2007, 04:07:21 pm »
Hi.  My name is Boo R. and I'm an AIDSmeds addict.

I tell myself I'll sit down for an hour or so and look up to see 4 or 5 hours have passed.  My dogs get morning walks at 3PM much of the time (speaking of which...).  I ignore household chores (but have done that all my life so it's not really fair to claim AIDSmeds is the cause) and my front walk looks like it hasn't been swept since 2005 (come to think of it, maybe it hasn't).  Sometimes I sit so long my big ass falls asleep or I get a charley horse in one of my calves from hanging them off the bed while sitting at the PC.

Abby, what can I do about this problem?

Boo

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Offline Tucsonwoody

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2007, 04:18:13 pm »
Dear Boo R. -

The first step is to admit you are powerless over aidsmeds--that your life has become unmanageable (stolen from AA 12 steps)

The second step is to ignore the next 11 steps like I have and enjoy one of the few things left that doesn't cause too many problems except for the dust bunnies that I sometimes confuse for my terrier...except they move more!

Oh - and at least stand up once in awhile to keep the circulation going and keep those charley horses in the barn.

Your friend - Abby...uh make that woody....uh make that Kevin
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I could see the lightning; somewhere in the east
And I wished for affection, and I wished for calm
As I lay there - Nervous in the light of dawn

Offline Andy Velez

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2007, 05:43:49 pm »
Dear Boo,

You're not spending enough time on AIDSMEDS.

Cut out all of that extraneous stuff in your life. More time on AIDSMEDS!

Cheers,   
Andy Velez

Offline Queen Tokelove

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2007, 05:46:57 pm »
Boo~~

Darling in those 5 hours you can/have shared your wisdom, made someone laugh, pissed someone off, or sat back and wondered what the hell someone was thinking by what they posted. That's entertainment... ;)
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Offline thunter34

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2007, 05:51:48 pm »
Hi, Boo!  I'm so glad you bravely said something.  I was feeling much the same, but was afraid to speak up about it and admit my habit.

(But come to think of it, everyone here knows my name and what I look like...so I guess I am not very anonymous.  But an addict nonetheless!)

PS-  I'm glad Woody nixed the other 11 steps.  I'm too lazy to finish 12 steps of hardly anything.
AIDS isn't for sissies.

Offline aupointillimite

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2007, 07:54:55 pm »
Hi, Boo!

I'm not an addict... I can quit anytime I want. 

I just don't want to. 
Your tastebuds can't repel flavor of this magnitude!

Offline lydgate

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2007, 07:59:00 pm »
I'm Jay, and I'm an AM addict too.

But I like being addicted to this.

The sad fact is that it's vacation time and I can spend as many hours a day on this site as I want. Once term starts in ten days or so, I'm seriously going to have to limit myself to an hour a day. Or two. Tops.  :'(

Jay
Her finely-touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Cyrus broke the strength, spent itself in channels which had no great name on the earth. But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

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Offline RapidRod

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2007, 08:27:17 pm »
There is no doubt that I'm addicted to AidsMeds. I have the hemorrhoids to prove it.  ;)

Offline thunter34

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2007, 08:30:21 pm »
There is no doubt that I'm addicted to AidsMeds. I have the hemorrhoids to prove it.  ;)


How.....vivid.   :D
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Offline Catman

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2007, 08:34:39 pm »
I admit it also. I'm addicted to this web page and I visit it on an almost daily basis. My chair already has the form of my butt! :D
Catman

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Offline allopathicholistic

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2008, 07:18:04 am »
According to this link, http://www.quantcast.com/forums.poz.com , we don't have addicts, just regulars.  :D POZ.com, on the other hand, has addicts. Again, according to the link  :D http://www.quantcast.com/poz.com  :D   

Offline rondrond

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2008, 11:51:33 am »
I am not addicted.@.@.
I am not addicted x.x
I am...not...
ok,
I am..
ronnie
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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2008, 11:54:02 am »
Why do people bump up threads that are 1.5 years old?  What can possibly be the relevancy?
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Offline allopathicholistic

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2008, 12:07:50 pm »
Why do people bump up threads that are 1.5 years old?  What can possibly be the relevancy?

I didn't feel like starting a new thread. Plain & simple  ::)

Offline thunter34

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2008, 12:09:30 pm »
According to this link, http://www.quantcast.com/forums.poz.com , we don't have addicts, just regulars.  :D POZ.com, on the other hand, has addicts. Again, according to the link  :D http://www.quantcast.com/poz.com  :D   

Girl, are you forever hiding out in ancient threads or what?

What's up with that?
AIDS isn't for sissies.

Offline thunter34

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #15 on: July 01, 2008, 12:12:23 pm »
Oops.  I see philly beat me to it.  I guess we are all just wondering because you routinely pop in to bump ancient threads with some random new post and then (usually) log right off immediately after. 

I'm just curious, that's all.
AIDS isn't for sissies.

Offline allopathicholistic

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #16 on: July 01, 2008, 12:16:02 pm »
It's a free country. 

Offline Basquo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #17 on: July 01, 2008, 12:17:12 pm »
Oh, I think it's fine. Made me think about Boo for a few minutes.

Offline Winiroo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #18 on: July 01, 2008, 12:37:11 pm »
For those who still find this thread relevant and can relate.

Drink more water. You will be forced eventually to get up and go pee. Unless you want to be like Howard Hughes and collect jars of urine around your computer.  ;D

Offline Iggy

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2008, 05:22:31 pm »
It's not as if others haven't brought back old threads (usually out of context) for their own reasons. So I don't get what the issue is to be honest.

Anyway, I agree that it did bring back some good thoughts about Boo and I appreciate the water/piss advice!  :D

Offline weasel

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2008, 05:48:34 pm »
for those of us that niether have the time or strength  to file through old  topics ,  it is  OK

to bring up OLD topics , I FIND ALL OF IT INTERESTING !

It is my LIFELINE ! To the outside world !

i DO NOT SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME , But I enjoy the talk anyway !.

I think anyone should bring up ANY TOPIC  they want !

and MAYBE  I will be lucky  and see and read it !

                                                                     Just grabbed a bottle of water ,
                                                  so I can PLOPP  in front of the T.V.

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Offline YaKaMein

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2008, 06:06:05 pm »
These threads sure read like group therapy to me. Bringing up old issues to rehash with new members piping in.
Try to make you go AidsMeds rehab ... and i say NO, no, no!

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03/07 CD4 130 9.5% VL 0 Chol 261  Trig 227
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Offline J.R.E.

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2008, 06:45:13 pm »
for those of us that niether have the time or strength  to file through old  topics ,  it is  OK

to bring up OLD topics , I FIND ALL OF IT INTERESTING !


I don't find anything wrong with the resurrection of older threads either. This one kind of made me chuckle this morning.  :) Reminded me of a conversation I had with Ed a couple years ago.


I remember quite a while back, Ed , saying to me " Don't you think your spending too much time on that site.?"

I said " Why, Am I acting nuts?"  :P     He said "I don't think so"  I said,"When I do , let me know !!


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Offline J.R.E.

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2008, 06:47:07 pm »


If you place a mini fridge next to the computer then, welll. ...   :)


Ray
Current Meds ; Viramune / Epzicom Eliquis, Diltiazem. Pravastatin 80mg, Ezetimibe. UPDATED 2/18/24
 Tested positive in 1985,.. In October of 2003, My t-cell count was 16, Viral load was over 500,000, Percentage at that time was 5%. I started on  HAART on October 24th, 2003.

 As of Oct 2nd, 2023, Viral load Undetectable.
CD 4 @676 /  CD4 % @ 18 %
Lymphocytes,absolute-3815 (within range)


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Offline Oceanbeach

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2008, 06:49:45 pm »
Hi,

My name is Michael, I am not an alcoholic, I will drink anything poured into my glass.  ;D Have the best day
Michael

Offline Jody

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2008, 07:02:38 pm »
We've been told in the past to try not to start new threads where an old one may be relevant but it's one of those conflicts the forums posters face- To start a new thread or resurrect an old one, credit Allopathic with doing his homework and finding an old thread he feels is still topical!  I don't have such a good memory anymore!  ;)

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2008, 07:06:58 pm »
I admit it also. I'm addicted to this web page and I visit it on an almost daily basis. My chair already has the form of my butt! :D

 Did I fall into a time warp during my flight (last night) after a ten day vacation in New York? :o This was the first email I opened today and I momentarily asked myself who the hell was using my private info to get into the forum and play me. Then I saw the date and fell into reason. What confusion this caused! I don't even remember writting that message! ??? Still, it was weird seeing one of my old replies after all this time...
Catman

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Offline Winiroo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2008, 09:14:28 pm »
LOL I never saw the thread because I was not an active member at the time it was initially posted.

Offline Oceanbeach

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2008, 10:13:46 pm »
oops, I was a member in January 2007 and it must have slipped by  ;D  Have the best day
Michael

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #29 on: July 02, 2008, 06:53:56 am »
LOL I never saw the thread because I was not an active member at the time it was initially posted.

So, there you have it. Had Allo not bumped, Win would not have shared the piss pots advice, I've got a mayonaise jar now half full near my recliner, ah damn, I can hear the rehab nurse out in the hall. Gotta go. Not that kind of go, leave go. No, I'm serious. She's a bitch---if she sees me online again---I was doing so well with rehab. Kickin' AM is

Offline thunter34

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #30 on: July 02, 2008, 10:52:27 am »
It's a free country. 

Yeah, sweetheart - I get that it's a free country.  I was just curious as to why you do that with such regularity.  Nothing to get in a bunch about - I was just wondering.
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Offline Winiroo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #31 on: July 02, 2008, 11:43:05 am »
I've got a mayonaise jar now half full near my recliner,

LMAO

Offline Cliff

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2008, 11:45:27 am »
I wonder where Quantcast gets its information from.  How does it estimate gender, race, income and education levels of internet users?

Offline Winiroo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2008, 12:18:18 pm »
Dont know.

Had to Google Quantcast to even grasp what the question ment.

Still not sure where or why the question.

But it is on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantcast

Good luck there.

Offline Dachshund

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« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2008, 12:37:26 pm »
Truth be told ol' Boo did finally reach AidsMeds anonymity by getting his ass banned, but unfortunately not his addiction.

It usually takes some cute kittens to show just how easy it is to end internet catfights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDbGqJ2KYk

Offline mjmel

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2008, 01:24:09 pm »
Boo Radley. Now there's a character from the past.

Hey! Is this what's known as llama drama in forum history. I have a llama.

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Offline Winiroo

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #36 on: July 02, 2008, 01:28:21 pm »
I'm not feeling really well right this minute and I am seconds away from finding a comfy spot on the couch to adhere my ass too. But before I go I must say. I am completely lost. LOL

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« Reply #37 on: July 02, 2008, 01:37:30 pm »
 :D   :D

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Offline YaKaMein

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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #38 on: July 03, 2008, 05:11:31 pm »
Hugs to Wendy ... feel better now.

Ok, I'm worried I may need AM rehab ... I'm spending mega time here ... was less when I just a lurker. ???  :-X
-YaKa
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 Disc'd Bactrim DEXA -3.1 Tscore
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07/10 CD4 336 14.0% VL 0 DEXA -2.7 Tscore
03/10 CD4 308 13.4% VL 0 Vit D normal
01/10 Began FOTO
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07/09 CD4 324 13.5% VL 0 DEXA -3.1 Tscore lumbar
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04/08 CD4 228 9.5% VL 0
01/08 CD4 194 9.0% VL 0
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03/07 CD4 130 9.5% VL 0 Chol 261  Trig 227
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Re: AIDSmeds Anonymous
« Reply #39 on: July 04, 2008, 10:03:26 am »
"Boo Radley. Now there's a character from the past.

Hey! Is this what's known as llama drama in forum history. I have a llama."............quote Mike
...................................................
I miss Boo Radley.  He had at least one nervous breakdown every week but was very witty and intelligent.  Its sad to see people slip away....sort of like drowning.... and you cant do anything but watch them sink below the surface.

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