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Author Topic: Calling All LTS !!  (Read 29990 times)

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Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #50 on: October 17, 2008, 03:47:42 pm »
Uh, how exactly does one definitively determine that they were infected 18 years ago?
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Offline chipsir

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #51 on: October 17, 2008, 09:00:28 pm »
Hi Bigrob, glad to see you made contact.  I felt the same way in the begining but 23 years later I am still here and as healthy as I was when diagnosed!!!!!
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Offline BT65

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #52 on: October 18, 2008, 02:13:40 pm »
hey I just found out I was postive in april but the doctors say I have been postive for about 18years or so.

I would like to know how this is when you tested negative not too long ago.
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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #53 on: October 18, 2008, 03:54:01 pm »
This past summer makes it 20 years for me. I was told that there was a good chance I was infected 20 years ago this month, but the docs said to wait for 6 months to be sure, so I was diagnosed in January of '89. I know who I was infected by, though I can't remember the exact date or anything, nor do I care about it. It was sometime in late July through the middle of August. It was right around my birthday. Aaaaahhhhhh HIV, the Gift that Keeps On Giving ;)

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Offline Grannyd1

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #54 on: October 19, 2008, 11:29:52 am »
Uh, how exactly does one definitively determine that they were infected 18 years ago?
Good afternoon everyone! Well for me when i first got tested it was about 15yrs ago and t-cells were 56. and i tested  as having Aids not hiv!But i have had it for well over 22 yrs.How could i be sure of that?Well because me and my husband have been together for 22 yrs now and he has been tested from day 1 and he is Negative thank God! So i did not get it from him i obviously got it b4 we met!You can  most likely tell how long you've had it  by knowing that you have only been with that 1 partner for that long and never cheated i guess! Oh i also tested HepC  and my husband is negative in that also.And thank God it has now been over 8 yrs since my Hepc VL has been Undetected  and my Liver Enzymes have also been Normal!And boy am i glad cause my Lil old legs  were getting so sore and tired of over 500 Interferon Injections for almost 3  1/2 yrs:( I am very healthy and work 5 days aweek standing on my feet for 6 hrs a day even with Neuropathy!My t-cells today are over 700 and my Hiv VL Has been Undetected for over 10 yr's  Thank God again! Ok enough out of me LOL OH! And finding out how i got it or from Who Has been the fartherest thing from my mind! Living and Surviving with it is! God Bless and Have a Great day! Love  Carol (AKA) Granny715
l am a 58 yr old married  woman living and surviving with Aids now over 20 yrs and HepC over 15 But HepC has been undetected now over 6 yrs!Husband is Negotive in bothe Diseases  i also have Neuropathy for over 10 yrs.

Offline kajnjewel

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #55 on: November 20, 2008, 12:29:12 am »
Been living with HIV since 1989 - 19 years and counting - not progressed to AIDS yet. Still no opportunistic illnesses just close to death a few times due to side effects but the meds. a positive attitude and a passion for life has kept me going for all these years.

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Offline chipsir

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #56 on: November 20, 2008, 08:39:35 am »
Hi and welcome kajnjewel, glad to hear you are doing so well!!!!  The positive upbeat attitude really is paramount to our good health
Hugzzzzzzzzzz Chip
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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #57 on: November 20, 2008, 09:41:11 am »
Hi Jewel,

Welcome.  It's always good to know other woman LTS.  Please consider joining us ladies in the "positive women" part of the forums.  There's a particular thread entitled "Ladies Thread" where we women talk about our daily lives, struggles, little victories, and support each other.  It's a great place and we would love to have you with us.
    Luv,
Betty
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Offline GregoryD

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #58 on: November 20, 2008, 10:29:58 am »
i tested poz in 1987, so 21 years, 3 months. i don't have any big secret to survival; i eat well, never miss a dose and try to follow my doctors orders.

i have my share of issues though, i just deal with them as they come along. i don't dwell on what ifs or the past. it can not be changed.
Recent Lab data
02/08/07 - CD4 556 - VL Undetectable
07/03/07 - CD4 526 - VL Undetectable
10/03/07 - CD4 580 - VL Undetectable
01/02/08 - CD4 576 - VL Undetectable
02/11/08 - Aneurysm Surgery
04/02/08 - CD4 541 - VL Undetectable - changed to Atripla
11/12/08 - CD4 742 - VL Undetectable

Offline kajnjewel

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Re: Calling All LTS !!
« Reply #59 on: November 20, 2008, 10:42:29 am »
Thanks for the welcome everyone.  It is nice to have a home again.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life in such a manner that when you die, the world will cry and you will rejoice!

 


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