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Offline comino

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JOY!
« on: August 22, 2007, 01:05:40 pm »
Ok, so my name is Mauricio and I'm new to the site.  I had written what I thought was a lovely introduction but I was timed out and so here is the "Cliff Notes" version of that  ;D   I'm 33 years old, just had my birthday 8/17 and I live in Salt Lake City, UT.  I moved here in Jan of this year to be closer to my family after a whirlwind 13 year  tour of the US.  I'm originally from Mexico and have liven in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Provincetown, Wichita Falls, and San Antonio.   I don't think that I will live in SLC for ever as I definitely would love to find the love of my life and highly doubt that will happen in good ol' UTAH.    I was diagnosed in Jan 2004 and had a rough time my first year as I decided to go on meds immediately.  The side effects of several combinations were intolerable (couldn't speak, eat, walk yuck)  but finally I found something my body could tolerate and now I'm on Atripla and doing very well (undetectable viral load, 700 CD4 count @ 50%)  I am really happy to have found this site and am looking forward to getting to know you, hence the title of my post. The support you offer is invaluable and I appreciate the candidness of your posts.  Now I probably should get back to work  HA!
CHEERS!
Mauricio
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Offline bryonut

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2007, 01:09:12 pm »
WAHOOO!!! Finally, someone from Salt Lake City!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the forums
bry

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Offline bear60

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2007, 03:46:12 pm »
Hi
Its nice to hear from you.  I live in Philadelphia, where did you stay when you were here??
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Offline Lisa

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2007, 04:21:05 pm »
Thank you for the nice intro, and welcome to the forums. I love these people, and I hope you come to too.  :-*
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Re: JOY!
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2007, 04:28:58 pm »
Welcome to the forums Maurico!

Dan
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Offline JPinLA

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2007, 04:33:04 pm »
Hi Mauricio! 

Welcome to the forums and my birthday was also Aug. 17th (I was 35 so you are a bit younger!).  I live in Los Angeles but was in Utah in July.  What a great place - so beautiful.  I am glad to hear you are managing well on your new treatment! 

JP
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4/07 VL/undetectable and CD4 320 22%
7/07 VL/undetectable and CD4 286 22%
11/07 VL/undetectable and CD4 302 26%

Offline MOONLIGHT1114

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2007, 04:44:07 pm »
Hi Mauricio~

Welcome to the Forums!  Its always nice to have new people saying Hello.  I have been here 2 months and it has changed my life in such a short time.  I wish I had found this place sooner!

~Cindy  :)
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Offline koksi

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2007, 05:29:02 pm »
I love the name Mauricio. 
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positive test May 2006

10/2013: Undetectable, CD4 1000
2009:  Began Atripla

10/2007:  VL 2,300 // no CD4 numbers! :-(
09/2007:  Begin Truvada/Reyataz/Norvir
08/2007:  VL 824,000 // CD4 344 // 21%
06/2007:  VL 326,000 // CD4 351 // 17%
04/2007:  VL 410,000 // CD4 242 // 26%
06/2006:  VL 444,893 // CD4 479 // 21%
05/2006:  VL >500K    // CD4 402 // 17%

Offline ALH300

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2007, 05:39:41 pm »
Welcome!!!!
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314 CD4 17% 9410 VL
10/03/2007
479 CD4 18% 8220 VL
01/03/2008
493 CD4 22.5 % 5900 VL
03/18/2008
432 CD4 14.4 % 11,830 VL
05/06/2008
480 CD4 15.0% 2630 VL
07/16/2008
361 CD4 16.4% 12,830 VL
10/31/2008
362 CD4 15.5% 2500 VL
Started Atripla 11-17-2008
1/16/2009
395 CD4 20.5% undect. VL
5/05/2009
426 CD4 20.3% undect. VL
9/15/2009
422 CD4 22.2% undect. VL

Offline Longislander

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2007, 06:21:00 pm »
Welcome! Glad you finally found the place. Happy belated birthday, too! Congrats on the #'s with Atripla.

Paul
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2/06   379/57000                    6/07 372/30500 25%   4/09 640/U/32% 
5/06   ?? /37000                     8/07 491/55000/24%    9/09 913/U/39%
8/06   349/9500 25%              11/07 515/68000/24     2/10 845/U/38%
9/06   507/16,000 30% !          2/08  516/116k/22%    7/10 906/80/39%
12/06 398/29000 26%             Start Atripla 3/08
3/07   402/80,000 29%            4/08  485/undet!/27
4/07   507/35,000 25%            7/08 625/UD/34%
                                                 11/08 684/U/36%

Offline comino

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2007, 10:53:10 pm »
Thanks to everyone that's said hi & welcome!  To answer the question about where I lived in Philly, I lived in Center City, right behind the Kimmel Center. :)   
You guys rock!
Mauricio
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Offline StrongGuy

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2007, 11:13:32 pm »
Welcome aboard!

Glad to hear you are doing well and look forward to hearing more from ya!

Mike :)
(who loves anyone who puts "joy" in their title)
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Offline AlanBama

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2007, 11:15:14 pm »
Welcome, Mauricio!  Glad you've joined us.

hugs,

Alan
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Offline thunter34

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2007, 11:16:55 pm »
Welcome to the forums, Mauricio!
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Offline milker

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2007, 11:17:11 pm »
Hi Mauricio welcome and happy birthday !!! :D

Milker.
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mid-jan: seroconversion
mid-feb: poz
mar 07: cd4 432 (35%) vl 54000
may 07: cd4 399 (28%) vl 27760
jul 07: cd4 403 (26%) vl 99241
oct 07: cd4 353 (24%) vl 29993
jan 08: cd4 332 (26%) vl 33308
mar 08: cd4 392 (23%) vl 75548
jun 08: cd4 325 (27%) vl 45880
oct 08: cd4 197 (20%) vl 154000 <== aids diagnosis
nov 2 08 start Atripla
nov 30 08: cd4 478 (23%) vl 1880 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
feb 19 09: cd4 398 (24%) vl 430 getting there!
apr 23 09: cd4 604 (29%) vl 50 woohoo :D :D
jul 30 09: cd4 512 (29%) vl undetectable :D :D
may 27 10: cd4 655 (32%) vl undetectable :D :D

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Offline anniebc

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2007, 12:12:43 am »
Hi Mauricio

Welcome to the family, and a belated "Happy Birthday".

I'm glad to hear the Atripla is working well for you, those numbers are looking good.

Hope you stay around and get to know the guys here...we have our moments but you couldn't ask for a better support team.

Hugs
Jan :-*
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Offline Jerry71

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2007, 12:20:56 am »
Hi Maurico

Welcome to our Forum family.
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Offline Robert

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2007, 01:08:17 am »
 Mauricio....

 I also "... "I love the name Mauricio. "  <koksi>

and

"(anyone)who loves anyone who puts "joy" in their title)"<Mike (Strong Guy}>

I also know the misery of being "timed out".  But cliff notes are always good.

I'm so glad you're here.  Don't let any of us scare you away.  Our bark is much worse than our bite.....

robert
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Offline JohnOso

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2007, 03:45:44 am »
Hey Mauricio,

Wow, you've lived in qutie a few places across this country....glad you have found us and hope you stay around thru all the madness that kicks in here at times.  ;)

John
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Offline xyahka

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2007, 03:53:33 am »
Hey Mauricio, bienvenido!!!!

Juan Carlos (that was a welcome message in case you don't speak Spanish)
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13/03/07 1er diagnóstico /Peso: 79kg
19/04/07 CD4: 494 /CViral: ?? /Peso: 80kg
19/07/07 CD4: 659 /CViral: ?? /Peso: 79.5kg
06/03/08 CD4: 573 (después de meses muy deprimido) /CViral: ?? /Peso: 79kg
17/09/08 CD4: ?? /CViral: ?? /Peso: 84Kg
06/02/09 CD4: ?? /CViral: ?? /Peso: 85Kg /HCV: Neg /HBV: Neg.
07/03/09 CD4: ?? /CViral: ?? /Peso: 87Kg / Gym 3días/semana y Natación 2días/semana.
12/05/09 CD4: 470 /Cviral: ?? /Peso: 87Kg.
08/07/09 CD4: ? /CViral: ? /Peso: 77Kg.
09/12/09 CD4: 510 /CViral: ? /Peso: 78kg. No medicinas aún
10/01/10 CD4: ? /CViral: ? /Peso: 76Kg.
15/05/10 CD4: 320 /CViral: ? /Peso: 76Kg.
01/02/11 CD4: 291 /CViral: ? /Peso: 78kg.
05/05/11 CD4: 366 /CViral: ? /Peso: 78kg.
27/07/11 CD4: 255 /CViral: 138000 /Peso: 78kg.

Disfrutando y aceptando una nueva vida...

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2007, 09:04:28 am »
Welcome Mauricio.  Glad you found this place.
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Offline emeraldize

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2007, 09:16:11 am »
Hi Mauricio

Welcome. Hope you find this site to be a rest stop, a resource and A COMEDY CLUB!!! Some of the funniest stuff I get to read is right here at AMLIVE. There's no finer free med than laughter.

Em
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Offline GSOgymrat

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2007, 09:20:10 am »
Welcome aboard!
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Offline Peter6836

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2007, 09:31:19 am »
Hi Mauricio,
Welcome, glad to see you found us. Look forward to hearing from you.
Peter
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Offline mjmel

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2007, 09:43:27 am »
Glad you joined us here on the forums. Welcome, Mauricio.

xxx,
Mike
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Offline redhotmuslbear

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Re: JOY!
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2007, 09:49:58 am »
Mauricio,

Whether you know it or not, you're in a great place for HIVers by being in Salt Lake City.  Utah AIDS Foundation produces some good broad programming on HIV/AIDS and on Queermen's health.  There is also a vibrant "Strength In Numbers" HIVer social group there, and some good docs associated with UU.

PM me for more details.

Peace,
David
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12-31-09   222wks VL  2430 CD4 690 (37%)
09-30-09   208wks VL  2050  CD4 925 (42%)
06-25-08   143wks VL  1359  CD4 668 (32%)  CD8 885
02-11-08   123wks off meds:  VL 1364 CD4 892(40%/0.99 ratio)
10-19-07   112wks off meds:   VL 292  CD4 857(37%/0.85 ratio)

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