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Author Topic: The Path of My Life is Strewn With Cow Shit From the Devil's Own Satanic Herd*  (Read 9999 times)

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Offline Matty the Damned

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So I had to visit Frau Eva today. Ejaculata Lovetinkle (AIDS nurse supreme) took my bloods a fortnight ago and I had to go into the clinic to get the results.

Normally my results are given over the phone, but this time that stubborn bitch Lovetinkle wouldn't give 'em out. It was face to face with the Fearsome Frau or nothing. So something was up.

And, frankly, this week having proven to be the Cunt of All Weeks thus far why shouldn't something be up?

My last results were from February. VL was detectable but 40 and my CD4 was 264 (14%). Not bad. I wanted to dump my regimen (Kivexa, Reyetaz & Norvir) but some visiting Indian wench put the kybosh on that back in April.

So colour me unsurprised that my results from two weeks ago are not so hot:

VL: 96,000 (Log 5)
CD4: 247 (12%)

Resistance testing (on the sample taken previously) has been ordered but I've known since 2005 that I have high level resistance to all the nukes. We think I'm still susceptible to the non-nukes and the PIs, but perhaps I'll turn out to be Fucked by the Fickle Finger of Fate there as well.

In any event the Frau is planning to switch my combo to Raltegravir/Ritonavir/Duranavir, resistance tests permitting. She suggested that I don't stop my current meds until the change over. I suggested she stick that idea as far up her ass as decency (and convenience) would permit.

Also I had a gruesome dental experience on Monday involving an Arab, ineffective anaesthesia and a recalcitrant molar, but that doesn't bear further explanation.

:(

MtD

*Apologies to Mr Ben Elton

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Oh dear, Matty.  I sure hope the resistance testing permits the combo the Frau wants to put you on.  Please take care of yourself, even for my sake?  I love you and want you around beyond my years. :-*
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Offline komnaes

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Isn't it just some of one those collective bad karma months?!  :(

Hope all will turn out well dear Matty.

PS - I know you're probably not in the mood of being corrected, but being a big fan of Lord Blackadder in particularly it should be "cowpats", not "cow shit".  ;)
Aug 07 Diagnosed
Oct 07 CD4=446(19%) Feb 08 CD4=421(19%)
Jun 08 CD4=325(22%) Jul 08 CD4=301(18%)
Sep 08 CD4=257/VL=75,000 Oct 08 CD4=347(16%)
Dec 08 CD4=270(16%)
Jan 09 CD4=246(13%)/VL=10,000
Feb 09 CD4=233(15%)/VL=13,000
Started meds Sustiva/Epzicom
May 09 CD4=333(24%)/VL=650
Aug 09 CD4=346(24%)/VL=UD
Nov 09 CD4=437(26%)/VL=UD
Feb 10 CD4=471(31%)/VL=UD
June 10 CD4=517 (28%)/VL=UD
Sept 10 CD4=687 (31%)/VL=UD
Jan 11 CD4=557 (30%)/VL=UD
April 11 CD4=569 (32%)/VL=UD
Switched to Epizcom, Reyataz and Norvir
(Interrupted for 2 months with only Epizcom & Reyataz)
July 11 CD=520 (28%)/VL=UD
Oct 11 CD=771 (31%)/VL=UD(<30)
April 12 CD=609 (28%)/VL=UD(<20)
Aug 12 CD=657 (29%)/VL=UD(<20)
Dec 12 CD=532 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
May 13 CD=567 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
Jan 14 CD=521 (21%)/VL=UD(<50)

Offline john33

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Matty,

I'm hoping the resistance tests will work out for you, and the new planned regime will do the trick.

John

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Let us be clear.

Not you.
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Offline mecch

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nasty week indeed  :(
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I hate it when shit comes in threes.

Offline emeraldize

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Matty,

I wish you the same regimen luck you recently wished me with the addition of a roof-like structure over your path that might shield from more incoming salvos.

Em

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   Well, that just sucks kid.  I hope the suggested combo does the job Matty.   

Let us be clear.

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   Yep, it's not allowed.
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Well fuck.

Offline veritas

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MTD,

Ral , Prezista/Norvir is a good salvage therapy. Resistence to Ral, hopefully will not be a problem for you since the drug is relatively new ( resistance would only happen if you happened to be re-infected with a strain resistent to that drug). This combination is powerful. Even with many mutations in the pi class, prezista can still work wonders. Both of these drugs will squash your vl. Ral can show a decent increase in cd4s. Of course, diligent adherence is absolutely necessary, since ral has a low barrier to failure(one mutation).
Sides are minimal.

Don't worry, you'll be around for awhile.

Are you totally resistent to truvada?

v

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Are you totally resistent to truvada?

v

Mikey has some experience with this but apparently truvada resistance "Fades" with time.  I have no idea what the mechanism is for this, or why it happens but he isn't the only one who I've heard say this.

Offline Matty the Damned

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Y'all,

This is not a disaster. If my OP gave that impression, then I apologise. It was a venting of spleen. As a gent of ample carriage I have much spleen to vent. ;)

Over the years I have played fast and loose with my HIV. There have been times when I have not been diligent in my adherence to treatment, though I have been good for the last 18 months or so.

But if you gamble with this virus, you must expect to reap the bitter dividend. You newly diagnosed and fucking know-it-all types should pay close attention to my example. You are not 12 feet tall and bullet proof.

To paraphrase Phillip J. Fry, I don't regret my decisions but I both rue and lament them. :)

I'm resistant to the Nukes. What of it? Philly is resistant to just about everything and still he doesn't die. I am confident that I will have ample options in the non-nuke and PI classes, not to mention the integrase inhibitor and entry inibitor classes too.

Treatment wise I am blessed with an embarrassment of riches.

So enough of this hand wringing! Tomorrow Australia will most likely have a new Prime Minister. A woman of the Left, no less.

Next week I will have a shiny new regimen and that is more than can be said for most Fivers around the world.

Life is good. :)

MtD

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MTD,

OP clarified!   I only asked about truvada, because in some instances you might want to maintain the M184V mutation(which you probably have) to keep your virus weak.

Spleen vented!

v

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Life is good. :)

MtD

That's the Matty I love and respect... :-*
Aug 07 Diagnosed
Oct 07 CD4=446(19%) Feb 08 CD4=421(19%)
Jun 08 CD4=325(22%) Jul 08 CD4=301(18%)
Sep 08 CD4=257/VL=75,000 Oct 08 CD4=347(16%)
Dec 08 CD4=270(16%)
Jan 09 CD4=246(13%)/VL=10,000
Feb 09 CD4=233(15%)/VL=13,000
Started meds Sustiva/Epzicom
May 09 CD4=333(24%)/VL=650
Aug 09 CD4=346(24%)/VL=UD
Nov 09 CD4=437(26%)/VL=UD
Feb 10 CD4=471(31%)/VL=UD
June 10 CD4=517 (28%)/VL=UD
Sept 10 CD4=687 (31%)/VL=UD
Jan 11 CD4=557 (30%)/VL=UD
April 11 CD4=569 (32%)/VL=UD
Switched to Epizcom, Reyataz and Norvir
(Interrupted for 2 months with only Epizcom & Reyataz)
July 11 CD=520 (28%)/VL=UD
Oct 11 CD=771 (31%)/VL=UD(<30)
April 12 CD=609 (28%)/VL=UD(<20)
Aug 12 CD=657 (29%)/VL=UD(<20)
Dec 12 CD=532 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
May 13 CD=567 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
Jan 14 CD=521 (21%)/VL=UD(<50)

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Good. After our super-short chat this morning (am for me in TX) I  knew you'd be fine and that you'll be making this world more of a hellish place for a long time to come.  As long as I have you and the other member of the unholy trinity around to keep me bitchy and inspired all will be good.  Cheeahz :)
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I'm resistant to the Nukes. What of it? Philly is resistant to just about everything and still he doesn't die. I am confident that I will have ample options in the non-nuke and PI classes, not to mention the integrase inhibitor and entry inibitor classes too.

Don't bring me into your miserable little world.  It's well known that my body is made of magic pixie dust.  I'm living proof that incantation from Ecuadorian highland shamans work.
"I’ve slept with enough men to know that I’m not gay"

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I always love when your writing is full of cynicism but I do wish you well but  don't ever lose your '
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Stick around, need you to provide a healthy dose of uncommon sense here :)
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Apr10 - cd4 600
May10 - VL 4,500
Jun10 - started Atripla ; VL 113
Jul 10 - UD vl, CD4 590
Aug 10 - UD, CD4 810, 52%
Nov 10 - UD, CD4 980

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Offline mecch

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Don't bring me into your miserable little world.  It's well known that my body is made of magic pixie dust.  I'm living proof that incantation from Ecuadorian highland shamans work.

I emailed two shamans in Switzerland to get a "soul retrieval" and neither responded yet. Maybe they got a "hopeless case" vibe!  Hope not.
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Darunavir/Ritonavir/Raltegravir is basically a two-drug regimen, since the Ritonavir is used only to boost the Darunavir.

You may be inviting further resistance with a two-drug regimen. I don’t know what your resistance profile is, but is there a third drug you can add to this mix? Sustiva or Nevirapine (Viramune)? If you can stand injecting yourself twice a day with Fuzeon, that may be another possibility.

I have resistance to all nukes and some of the PI’s but my VL has been undetectable on Darunavir/Ritonavir/Raltegravir/Sustiva for the last four years. (After over three years with Fuzeon, I swapped it for raltegravir when it became available.)

Good luck.

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Life is good. :)

MtD

It better be, because if you fuck up then you will pay, I may only be half your size but my Scottish temper will beat your ample carraige anyday...and that goes for the rest of you, you know who you are.

Hugs
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Matty

I'm going to offer a different thought.

A VL going from 40 to nearly 100,000 in just three months?

There's something wrong here.  seriously wrong.

Emerging resistance, viral break through, doesn't materialize in such a dramatic escalation.  It just doesn't.

Is it possible that a repeat test could be done to confirm the last results?

RAB

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What Rocky said.....

Look you sex crazed Aussie... TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!!

I love you and you know it..

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Hope all goes well with the new cocktail (that sounds so much more glamorous and fun than "combo", dont'cha think?).
Apr 28/06 cd4 600 vl 10,600 cd% 25
Nov 8/09 cd4 510 vl 49,5000 cd% 16
Jan 16/10 cd4 660 vl 54,309 cd% 16
Feb 17/10 Started Atripla
Mar 7/10 cd4 710 vl 1,076 cd% 21
Apr 18/10 cd4 920 vl 268 cd% 28
Jun 19/10 cd4 450 vl 60 cd% 25
Aug 15/10 cd4 680 vl 205 cd% 27
Apr 3/11 cd4 780 vl <40 cd% 30
Jul 17/11 cd4 960 vl <40 cd%33
April 15/12 cd4 1,010 vl <40 cd% 39
April 20/12 Switched to Viramune + Truvada
Aug 2/12 cd4 1040, vl <40, cd% 38
Oct 19 cd4 1,110 vl <40 cd% 41

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As soon as I read the headline of this post, I knew who wrote it. Matrica, you have a way with words. Your posts are "Must Read" to this Daddy. Thank you for being you!
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Darunavir/Ritonavir/Raltegravir is basically a two-drug regimen, since the Ritonavir is used only to boost the Darunavir.

You may be inviting further resistance with a two-drug regimen. I don’t know what your resistance profile is, but is there a third drug you can add to this mix? Sustiva or Nevirapine (Viramune)? If you can stand injecting yourself twice a day with Fuzeon, that may be another possibility.

I have resistance to all nukes and some of the PI’s but my VL has been undetectable on Darunavir/Ritonavir/Raltegravir/Sustiva for the last four years. (After over three years with Fuzeon, I swapped it for raltegravir when it became available.)

Good luck.

Allan


Cheers Allan. Good advice this. I will raise it with der Frau.

Matty

I'm going to offer a different thought.

A VL going from 40 to nearly 100,000 in just three months?

There's something wrong here.  seriously wrong.

Emerging resistance, viral break through, doesn't materialize in such a dramatic escalation.  It just doesn't.

Is it possible that a repeat test could be done to confirm the last results?

RAB


RAB, this thought (or at least a similar one) has occurred to Matty as well. Hearing someone else say it out loud is good. I shall request a new VL test before commencing the new cocktail.

MtD

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I shall request a new VL test before commencing the new cocktail.
IF you vl is really that high, is a genotype worth having done? you certainly would have enough virus to be able to have the test done. ;)
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IF you vl is really that high, is a genotype worth having done? you certainly would have enough virus to be able to have the test done. ;)

What do you mean "really that high"?

MtD

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What do you mean "really that high"?
if it is "really that high" instead of "if it wasn't a lab error"

RAB, this thought (or at least a similar one) has occurred to Matty as well. Hearing someone else say it out loud is good. I shall request a new VL test before commencing the new cocktail.
which is why i assumed you thought to consider RAB's comments and ask for a new VL test

then if it really is that high, you have enough virus to have a genotype done
if it was a lab error, then all your worries were for naught, right? ;)
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Sorry to hear that, Matty. At least things are on the up. Julia has bounced in the polls.
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