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Main Forums => Living With HIV => Topic started by: jinghua on September 09, 2009, 05:27:14 am
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I have to admit that i am nervous about tomorrow hospital visit as it will be the first report after months of taking combivir and sustiva....i hope that the report is good...
Still horrified by the fact that started combivir and viramune which caused bloody eyes...switched to sustiva after 2 weeks on viramune...
After i started sustiva, it cause me dizziness at night...even after months of taking it...so i quitted my job and sitting at home ever since last month...Hopefully everything will not be too hard for me to accept tomorrow morning....
Jing Hua
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Wow... you should update us more.
Has sustiva been so hard on you that you have to stop working? I don't doubt your judgment but it's my view that as long as health permits it's better to be working than sitting at home. Did you have a chance to speak to your doctor about this side effect?
I am also on sustiva and initially it did cause a bit of dizziness but for me it was the nightmares and insomnia that almost made me asking my doctor to switch. Fortunately they have all come to past almost entirely - now my dreams are still vivid but just, well, weird instead of horrifying. I was also very happy one night last month I woke up NOT remembering any dreams (and well rested), which is something I had not had experienced since starting sustiva.
Best of luck to you buddy! Hugs, Shaun
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Shaun,
Indeed i quitted my job due to this side effect as it caused me a lot of troubles working night shift...I'll be talking to the doctor tomorrow and ask for his/her opinion (not much drugs offered in my country..have to make the decision together with the doctor)
Strangely enough, i don't have other side effects except dizziness...lucky...
kisses and hugs,
Jing Hua
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Hi Jing,
Nice to hear from you. I'll be thinking about you and hoping for the best with your doctor's visit. Please keep us updated.
Luv,
Betty
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Hey Jing
Good luck for tomorrow friend.
Just a thought but if you aren't able to try an alternative combo some people take their Sustiva in the mornings rather than the evenings, if you're going back to night shift work might be worth looking at with your doc.
Keep us posted.
Mark
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Thanks a lot~~~Betty and Mark~~
I will update you guys when i get back frmo the doctor~
Mark, my previous job was not permenant night shift..it's rotate shift..so, it was very hard for me to stay focus while working...i'll be looking for a permenant day shift office job (althought shift job pays more...hahaha)
XX
Jing Hua ;)
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..it's rotate shift..so, it was very hard for me to stay focus while working..
Got it buddy.. rotating shift can be very demanding even for folks that do not have to deal with side effects caused by medication.
So it's more of a transition than not planning to work again until having a solution with meds' side effects.
Do have a longer chat with their doctor, though I understand the system in Malaysia is not as friendly as it should be.
Will keep you in my thoughts dear..
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i have got the result from doctor~~~
CD4: 522
CD4%: 27%
viral load: 65 copies/ml
everything else is as normal as normal person...
the previous one during May 09:
CD4:338
CD4%: 17%
Viral load: 127,885
i wonder if i should celebrate this after 4 months of meds? i think the meds is working~~
Jing Hua ;D
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Jing those are brilliant figures :)
Well done you.
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VERY impressive! I love your percentage! Good job, Congrats!
Yes, I believe the meds are working :D
-Will