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Off Topic Forum / Re: Teenagers
« Last post by Loa111 on January 20, 2025, 06:51:02 am »
I feel your pain Jim.

On of mine will soon be 16, the other is heading to 12 soon too.

I am drained & exhausted with one teenage, and soon to rinse & repeat with the second one within another year or so!

I do wonder is it a penance from above, for me admitting to myself that I enjoyed wanton sex with hot chicks so much that I ended up on this forum!  ;)
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Living With HIV / Re: Bodybuilding & Biktarvy
« Last post by Loa111 on January 20, 2025, 06:46:25 am »
I'm poz (obviously) lol  ;) I lift weights & I take Creatine.

Whilst I cannot answer your question on Biktarvy, what I can do instead is tell you what my HIV docs & pharmacists attached to the ID Clinic tell me about my creatine use.

It is important that you tell your medical team, that you are taking creatine, so they can note it on your file.

The issue they have with creatine is that is can inflate creatine readings (kidney function I think) from your blood tests, which may give the docs a false picture of your condition.

So tell them you are using it.

Also the Pharmacist told me, to stop taking the creatine about 10 days before each ID doc appointment (Blood draw day), to allow it to clear from your system, so they can get more accurate info when doing your blood tests.

I myself stop about 2 weeks before each appointment (appt is every 4 months), and soon as I get home from the clinic I start the creatine again immediately the same day.

Other than that, creatine is a wonderful natural supplement, it helps me recover & build natural muscle. 
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Off Topic Forum / Re: Teenagers
« Last post by em on January 19, 2025, 10:44:26 pm »
I read this a while ago and thought about a response. I had two teenagers in my house .

this is from a few years back I got some groceries put them away and when I got up the next morning I thought this is going to be a good day I will have orange juice with breakfast that I had bought the day before . It was gone. So I said ot my oldest child " do not drink the juice in one day "  So next grocery store trip I buy orange juice . The next morning it is still there , A few days later it is still there so I ask my oldest why he did not have any juice. He says you told me I could not have any juice ! I said "I told you not to drink the juice in one day " I guess sometimes people hear what they think someone said without hearing what was really said ? Or I thought He was just being passive aggressive and being over dramatic trying to make me out to be some kind of selfish monster not wanting to share .     this was years ago   He still talks to me so it is all good.
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Off Topic Forum / Re: Cop Crashes into Car While Watching Porn on Smartphone
« Last post by leatherman on January 19, 2025, 01:14:00 pm »
wow.
don't drive and look at your phone
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In Memoriam / Bryan C. Jones, “Outspoken and Fearless” HIV Fighter for the Most Vulnerable
« Last post by Bucklandbury on January 19, 2025, 11:45:24 am »
https://www.poz.com/article/rip-bryan-c-jones-outspoken-fearless-hiv-fighter-vulnerable

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Off Topic Forum / Cop Crashes into Car While Watching Porn on Smartphone
« Last post by Bucklandbury on January 19, 2025, 11:40:09 am »
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/01/19/cop-crashes-into-car-while-watching-porn-on-smartphone

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Living With HIV / Re: Bodybuilding & Biktarvy
« Last post by Tonny2 on January 19, 2025, 10:58:21 am »

               

                 ojo.               @remo85…I’m so sorry for what you went through by taking your medication without water for a year, that’s crazy. What country do you live in?. There are some doctors that are nuts. maybe you need to pay to see a specialist is you and I make sure that you are not going to damage your kidneys. I wish I could help you, but I just told you what my doctor told me and I trust my doctor… I wish you the best… hugs
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Research News & Studies / Re: Experts recommend statins for all people with HIV aged 40+
« Last post by Jim on January 19, 2025, 05:29:45 am »
POZ.com article: https://www.poz.com/article/statins-may-improve-artery-health-people-hiv
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Living With HIV / Re: Bodybuilding & Biktarvy
« Last post by Jim on January 19, 2025, 03:25:52 am »
Quote from: remo85 on January 18, 2025, 10:35:21 pm
Thanks!

I'm not purposefully trying to skip the dr. They just don't care. I don't live in the states or any "first world country".

When I started treatment I was told I would die if i drank water with the meds. I had to wait for 2 hours before and 2 hours after to be able to drink or eat anything, otherwise the meds would "stop working".
I literally swallowed the pillow dry for like a year.

That's how much they know squat about what they're talking about.
I'd rather hear from long term survivors but I get what you and jim are saying.

I get it.

I've had doctors that thought shaking hands is how HIV is transmitted or that eating cornflakes will stop your meds from working, I chose to educate them but at the end of the day, doctors are like the rest of the population, some of them are morons, and that issue can't be fixed or addressed with education and it's not their fault. However, you need to keep working and engaging with healthcare providers as you have long-term health conditions.

As for getting advice here, what you would rather hear and what advice members will provide is sometimes different. Some long-term survivors are great and knowledgable and others are total morons or bat-shit crazy that survived by pure chance and nothing more.

Look, we don't have your full medical history, even if we did nobody here can provide you medical advice. What can be said is you are on TAF, not TDF, so stop looking into that. As for Biktarvy and creatine monohydrate, no interactions are listed: https://www.hiv-druginteractions.org/checker. However, despite this or past grievances, please first talk to your doctor and a qualified pharmacist about interactions with whatever meds you are taking and to hear if they have any concerns.

There are previous threads on bodybuilding, creatine & taking other supplements etc. You can find them with the search function here: https://forums.poz.com/index.php?action=search

Best of luck with the workouts and I hope it helps.
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Do I Have HIV? / Re: Sex with Social Escort
« Last post by Jim on January 19, 2025, 03:18:10 am »
Asked and answered already.

The activities posted here are not an HIV risk, since there was no HIV exposure, there is no need for HIV testing over these activities and your left testicle and arm could fall off, however, it has nothing to do with HIV.

Move on with your life, use condoms for any intercourse, and consider talking to your healthcare provider about PrEP and getting vaccinated against HPV, Mpox, and Hepatitis A & B. As you are sexually active get an STI screening yearly out of standard routine.
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