:) You will have to forgive this long post! :) Well yesterday I saw my ID Doc and he gave me the good, the bad and the ugly. 8) I'm really glad to have found this site because I was knowledgable about the meds and what would and wouldn't happen. ;D He allows me time at the beginning of the appt to ask questions, and deals with my concerns. :D :D Well my numbers are in. On 08/31/06 my CD4 286, VL 581,000 and my CD4 % 15. He said he had seen worse but he wished all his patients came in like me with questions and at least was trying to understand what was going on. He also said I would live a long time! ;D :D :) He said that I needed to start meds(I knew that after looking in the lesson areas) I researched what the #'s would have to be for me to start on them and I fell in there. I told him to start me on the ones with the least amount of side effects and we would work from there. He also said that he believes in drug holidays after the numbers are stable. I said OK, I can work with that. I do have one question though, he said"You have an aggressive form of the virus" What really does that mean? But then he said it was sensitive to all the meds, and that's good. I'll be starting on Sustiva, and Truvada. I know that these are the first ones that they use. It's in the lessons. I start them today I hope. My pharmacy was out of them and had to order one of them so I just said I would pick them both up at the same time. I want to thank everyone here for their support and help. :-* This is a great place for information and support. I also found a support group in my area. They only have one(How sad) but it's better than nothing! Well have a Great day All!!!!!!