Greetings folks!

[GreenMtnBear]

New to these forums, and I was requested to introduce myself, so here goes...

I've been HIV+ for...well, look at that!  This Memorial Day will be my 9th anniversary since sero-conversion...I'm on Atripla, and have been undetectable with a CD4% of around 30% for the last eight and a half of those 9 nine years, and otherwise very healthy.

I'm retired (I'm 58 and retired early - good investments!), and an active homesteader in the Green Mountains of central Vermont (hence the screen name), where I live with my husband and tend 5 acres of apples, maples, pears, walnuts, berries, chickens, bees, trout, and ducks (we have a pond) and other assorted veggies and herbs.  When not tending the land, we make frequent trips to Montréal, New Orleans, and New York, as we are both Francophiles, Broadway devotees, and party animals   

FWIW, I'm a Coast Guard vet and my Hubby is Navy.  Needless to say, it was a transition to go from sea-life to mountain life, but it works...although I do miss a good tall-masted barque...

[Wade]

Hey GMBear,

Welcome and thanks for the great intro.
Sounds like you have good things going on in Vermont it truly is a beautiful state !

I'm a New Englander also, live on the Cape with my hubby of 30 years 

Do you do your own Maple syrup ?

Wade

[Ptrk3]

Welcome, GreenMtnBear.  I'm glad to read that you are healthy, happy, and active and hope you stay that way for a long time!

I look forward to your future contributions to these forums.

[bocker3]

Welcome!

I grew up in New England - RI and got my B.S. degree at UVM (I just LOVE Burlington).  I have lived in VA for the last 17 years.  I'm an Army Reserve vet - served in Desert Storm.

Glad to have you aboard (see what I did there.....).  This is a great place with lots of great people -- it helped me so much over the years -- especially when I first joined shortly after testing positive in late 2005.

Now -- if we could just find a way for you to share the maple syrup you get from your trees......   They simply don't know what "real" maple syrup is down here....

Mike

[GreenMtnBear]

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Now -- if we could just find a way for you to share the maple syrup you get from your trees......   They simply don't know what "real" maple syrup is down here....

Mike

You got that right!  Too much of the country thinks that colored corn syrup = maple syrup.  BLEECH!

And to the earlier post who asked:  Yes, every self-respecting Vermonter makes their own syrup :-)

[Bartlett]

Welcome to our group! Glad life is good and you are healthy.

I will also confirm that most of our nation has no clue about true syrup.... the store bought stuff is not to put it mildly.

[Tonny2]

        OJO        HELLO GREENM...WELCOME...I'M NOT INTO MAPLE SYRUP THO, I LIKE TROUT...I'M GLAD YOU ARE DOING GREAT ON ATRIPLA AND FOR THAT LONG. YOUR ESPERIENCE WITH ATRIPLA GIVES MY FELLOW MEMBERS FROM THE "VIVIR CON VIH" FORUM HOPE. ATRIPLA HAS A BAD REPUTATION, EVEN WE HAVE A THREAD FOR THAT MEDICATION, I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A GOOD TREATMENT FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT, FOR THOSE WHO CAN TOLERATE IT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TREATMENT...WHEN MY FELLOW FRIEND FRO THE SPANISH FORUM ASK ME ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE READ ON THE SUSTIVA/ATRIPLA THREAD, THEY ARE SCARED, I TRY TO CALME THEM DOWN, THESE MEMBERS, MOST OF THEM ARE ON ATRIPLA, TELLING THEM THAT I TOOK IT (EFAVIRENZ, THE PROBLEM) FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT A PROBLEM, NOW, I WILL TELL THEM TO READ YOUR INTRODUCTION, SO THEY CAN SEE ANOTHER MEMBER TAKING THE SAME FOR THAT LONG...THANKS FOR SHARING AND I'M HAPPY FOR YOU, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ARE HAVING A GOOD LIFE...KEEP ENJOTING IT...BTW, I PREFER SEA TROUT...CYBER HUGS                                            OJO