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Main Forums => Living With HIV => Topic started by: hcj90 on May 11, 2013, 08:45:18 pm
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I wanted to thank those of you who post here. It has taken me a long time to post, but you will never know how much comfort and peace the information and caring gave me when I first found out I was HIV+. It was this past July (2012). Last spring I began to have numb feet, had a yeast infection in my mouth, and lost about 30 pounds in 6 weeks. It was quite a shock, as I had been tested many years ago and it was negative, and then I was celibate afterwards. My initial numbers were CD4 47, VL 37,000. I am currently doing well on my meds. I did have shingles in January...fun,fun. My CD4 was 140 and VL undectable last month. So I am very happy to be going in the right direction. The first couple of months I was very unsure about the future, and I spent many days reading as much info on HIV as possible. Also, reading here, and knowing that others had gone through everything I was...well, that was a big part of me seeing that I could have a bright future. Thank you again for your willingness to be open and honest and all your encouragement.
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Hey HC!
What a first post! :)
Welcome!
I feel the same way as you in regards to this forum.
It is nice to hear.
Great news on your numbers improvement! :)
Shingles. Yuck/Ouch.
Thanks for checking in with us on such a thankful tone.
m.
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Thanks Mitch...Your posts are some of the many that have always helped. :D
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Welcome HCJ!
did you read through some of LESSONS section (http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/Introduction_4702.shtml) here? it's pretty educational about all you probably need to know.
Great news on your numbers improvement! :)
Shingles. Yuck/Ouch.
totally agree with Mitch!
your numbers are going the right way and it's good to hear that the meds and you are getting along.
Shingles - what a pain in the tush! Or wherever they broke out on you. LOL Think happy thoughts now that they are gone and pray you never have a 2nd or 3rd outbreak. :o ;D
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Thanks Mitch...Your posts are some of the many that have always helped. :D
Very sweet of you to say.
It honestly makes me feel a stronger need to express my thanks to all of our forum members.
Sounds like an idea for a new thread. :)
(might take me awhile. ::).)
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Welcome HC, It looks like you and I were diagnosed about the same time last year. I understand that the first year is the hardest from an adjustment stand point. It has been a roller coaster (more from an emotional perspective) for me, but not as much lately. Now it is our turn to thank you for posting, so thank you.
I wish you well through the process,
JM
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement! Went to a spine clinic today to check my MRI. Have some arthritis in my lower back and a small amount of degeneration, but it's not as bad as I thought.
It seems to drain me mentally a bit, everytime I go to an appointment. Being someone who rarely went to the Doctor...all of these visits are something new. Sometimes I don't want to go...but I always do, and always will, because I want to live and be as healthy as possible!
I am a 44 year old male, and I am walking with a cane. It has been interesting to see the way people treat 'the handicapped'. It does bring out a good side of a lot of them. A young relative told me I could watch him ride at the amusement park, because I was too old to ride! LOL! Gotta love children's observations.