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Living With HIV / Re: "HOPE DIES LAST"
« Last post by Tonny2 on Yesterday at 08:38:37 pm »



                ojo.           Hello everyone!… Well, today, the doctor removed the eyepatch, I look like if somebody beat me up, my eye is swollen, and the pain isn’t that bad. Now I have to wait until May 28 to see again deduct and oculist for a prothesis. So far so good… I will keep you posted… Hugs.
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by Tonny2 on Yesterday at 08:32:49 pm »





              Ojo.       Hello there!… I thought you were going to take care of business first in Qatar before starting three men but well I guess you ain’t going back to Qatar. Wishing you the best and you are taken a good treatment. Just remember that in order to suppress the virus You had to be disciplining taking your medication as prescribed and have a positive attitude. No pun intended. Wishing you the best and please keep us posted… Hugs.
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by idontknowhowbuthereitis on Yesterday at 02:46:41 pm »
Worth repeating.

Yeah, its good advice and worth repeating! I don't want the sympathy, to worry anyone or the stigma from uneducated people.

I forgot to mention there was also some protein in urine which can indicate kidney stuff, but the doctor said not to worry and we will keep an eye on it.

This forum is a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Next appointment in 3 weeks but i requested for 2, which I am hoping will be accepted and happen. Feel bad with my demanding schedule, but they are very accommodating.

For me, I am trying to mentally come to terms with me in my head that you cant let HIV define you or hold you back. Yes should slow down and focus on health, but letting it dominate your life is a no go. Easier said than done, its still early days and certainly learnt a lesson I am not invincible.
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by Jim Allen on Yesterday at 10:08:38 am »
with the success of modern treatment, there is really no need to tell anyone. Just pop a pill daily & get on with your life now.  :)

Worth repeating.
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by Jim Allen on Yesterday at 10:04:28 am »
Glad to hear you started treatment and that the appointment went well.

The numbers are fine. Those numbers can't tell you how long you have had the infection but they are not shockingly bad, and it's fine. The goal is to see the VL drop when you get your next results, it might not be below 200 next time but you should at least see a reduction.

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Still have not disclosed to family or friends, and dont have any immediate plans to.

There is no need to share your HIV status with them unless you think you can it might help you?

From a medical point of view, it's just another manageable medical condition and an easy one at that; Take your pills, move on with your life and attend your clinic appointments. Plenty of people have one or more manageable conditions that are more challenging or complex than HIV.

Take it easy.

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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by Loa111 on Yesterday at 10:03:33 am »

I just returned from the doctor, I was prescribed Biktarvy and I just took my first table.

Still have not disclosed to family or friends, and dont have any immediate plans to.

Great to hear you have started treatment. Some people but not everyone, it might take a couple of weeks for the meds to adjust to your body. Nothing major usually and maybe it won't apply to you at all.

When I started my treatment, the original med i was on Genvoya, gave me terrible wind & I could not stop farting, like every 5 mins! It was shocking in a funny way looking back at it.  ;D

Me, I have not told any relatives either nor friends expect for just one whom I trust. Looking at it now, with the success of modern treatment, there is really no need to tell anyone. Just pop a pill daily & get on with your life now.  :)

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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by idontknowhowbuthereitis on Yesterday at 09:01:04 am »
Thanks for sharing your story Loa111 and the kind words, we sound very similar!

I just returned from the doctor, I was prescribed Biktarvy and I just took my first table.

Have 3 months supply - a blessing out of this is quick and free access to health care.

My numbers were:
 
CD4 260
V/L 153000

I was surprised at both, was told it's because its a very new infection. That being said, reading some numbers on the forum I am luck to catch it early.

I just took my first pill and will be monitoring the side effects.

The health care team was very accommodating as is this nurse who regularly checks in on my well-being on the phone.

I will be moving again in less than a month, which isnt ideal from a healthcare perspective but the doctors said they understand that I need to travel and work and will assist with supporting this transition.

I will update on how the meds go first week, this is very therapeutical sharing my experience and getting feedback from others who went through it, and hopefully others who go through this will get something out of my writings.

Still have not disclosed to family or friends, and dont have any immediate plans to.


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Do I Have HIV? / Re: Any risk?
« Last post by leatherman on Yesterday at 07:45:17 am »
do you think I need to get tested ?
no. because what happened was not a risk for HIV.
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Do I Have HIV? / Re: Any risk?
« Last post by Roy20288 on Yesterday at 07:28:25 am »
Thanks, do you think I need to get tested ? (I'm in a long years relationship doing unprotected Sex,and this is the first time i did somethinglike that)
If I decide to get tested when I need to do it to get a conclusive result?
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: tested positive
« Last post by Loa111 on Yesterday at 06:45:02 am »
Sorry to hear about your very recent DX. It is a terrible shock to the system & it does take a while to digest, & it does come back to niggle your mind now & then in the earlier months.

However, the good news for you is I've found that after a couple of years (It's nearly 6 years for me since I found out), I do not think about HIV much at all, I just take my 2 pills in the morning & that is it. It feels like it is someone else who has HIV, and not me! And when I found out, I too had as Jim describes it as a "touch of AIDS" too, I was really ill.

I am a totally straight guy too. I found it hard re being straight, as I had all these strange notions of "why me" and "Straight people aren't supposed to get HIV"...what a myth I believed! lol. However, I found this forum & I got great support from everyone here.

When I found out I was Poz, I had to wait 3 weeks to get my numbers (CD4 was 22) & start treatment.  The same as you, I went through my waiting period for my numbers & for treatment to start, trying to convince myself that it would be a "false positive" too. I was going to the church twice a day & praying & lighting candles & all sorts of stuff, visualising I would roll into the clinic & they'd tell me "oh good news, it was just a big mistake"... not the case, I went in there, and found it I had a very Advanced Stage of HIV, which is AIDS which gave me a double-shock & terrified me!

Anyway, today I am fitter & healthier than ever & I am in the gym training hard 6 days a week & in fantastic shape for a guy in this early 50s... people tell me I took less than 40.

I think too, as happened me, that you might experience this too, when you digest this, settle with it & come out the other side... I found I value life more, I reset my priorities & values, it's family & life experiences first now, work comes after than (before I was all about work & biz & stress), overall I am probably happier than before, I really value I came out the other side of being very ill with Aids & a chronic health issue successfully, which has caused me to be more grateful & appreciate the simpler life & I have become less judgemental of people & lots of other things. I am very sure, if I had not become Poz, I would not have made these changes.

Good luck with your numbers today, do let us all know.

You sound smart & well tuned in, so I am sure, once your mind settles a bit, that you will come up with a new plan for business & your career & you will make it work.





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