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Title: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 08:44:01 am: Yesterday was my 1 year anniversary of testing positive!

I'd been in such a good mood these past 2 days, it never dawned on me.(thanks T)
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Post by: aztecan on December 11, 2006, 08:52:08 am: Congrats on the anniversary! ;D

I always have thought the first year is one of the toughest because people go through a lot adjusting to this new part of their lives.

Keep up the good work! ;)

HUGS,

Mark
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Post by: Lisa on December 11, 2006, 09:13:54 am: Happy Anniversary. May you have many, many, many more! :-*
I'll look forward to hearing you bitch about wrinkles getting in the way of things........ :D
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Post by: Life on December 11, 2006, 09:37:08 am: LG, congradulations... You sqeezed and shuffeled through all the shit!! And you still look hot 2...

Happy days,

Love
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Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 01:44:27 pm: thanks, I have to thank AM and all you wonderful people for the past 2-3 months. I'm so glad I finally found this place!
Next lab draw is 12/21, Most likely the result call won't be til after XCmas!
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: skeebo1969 on December 11, 2006, 04:56:22 pm: Ahhhh one year under the belt!! Things(mood wise) have been going so well you forgot all about it huh? Sounds like next year may be even better! I hope you are doing well today Paul and even I have noticed the sun in my neck of the woods :)

Thomas
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Post by: poet on December 11, 2006, 05:02:50 pm: I think you passed the course, Paul, by forgetting the anniversary date. :) That means, to me, that you are now 'in control' of hiv in your life or that hiv has become only a part of your life, and that everything else is clearly there as well. I wish you and everyone else many more such anniversaries! Best, Win
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 05:13:25 pm: Getting ready for work this morning I saw that today was the 11th. I couldn't believe I'd missed it!

In a way, it was something I've been looking forward to. Thinking if the year comes, and I'm doing ok, then things might just be ok for a while. (God , I hope a few more years anyway!)

Thomas, I'm happy the sun's shining a bit in Florida these days. Too many days without--get out the chainsaw and chop down a Palm Tree!

Win, over the past year, the main thing I've been able to control (for the most part) is my mind. I'm so close to accepting the fact that I have HIV, without question of why. The questions I focus on now are the same questions I had pre-HIV. That's a good thing!
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: ChrisNCoronado on December 11, 2006, 05:34:21 pm: Quote from: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 05:13:25 pm
over the past year, the main thing I've been able to control (for the most part) is my mind. I'm so close to accepting the fact that I have HIV, without question of why. The questions I focus on now are the same questions I had pre-HIV. That's a good thing!

Yeah, it is. A VERY good thing. And no small accomplishment, either.

Way to go, mate :)

-Chris
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Alain on December 11, 2006, 05:36:58 pm: ......That's a good thing!....

A very good thing indeed.

Here's to many, many more. :)
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Post by: Amosboy on December 11, 2006, 06:35:34 pm: Congratulations! And may you have many more. I celebrate my HIV anniversary more than my birthday. It used to be a scary, uncomfortable day for me, but now it is definitely a reason to celebrate LIFE. At 40, it's hard to believe that I've been HIV positive over half of my life...so CHEERS to you...and may you have many, many more years to come. I'm planning on sticking around for a while...I hope you do too!

Amosboy
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: RAB on December 11, 2006, 06:38:35 pm: Hi LI,

As Mark said, the first year can be really tough. You've hit a milestone and just kept moving forward. Way to go! ;)

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Thinking if the year comes, and I'm doing ok, then things might just be ok for a while. (God , I hope a few more years anyway!)

A "few more years"? I don't have a crystal ball, but I'm pretty sure things won't just be O.K. for awhile or even a few more years, I think things will be O.K. for a very very long time. Challenges will come obviously, you know that, at some point so will meds, just cross each bridge as you come to it and don't spend a lot of energy worrying about the imagined future. You are doing great--trust me!

RAB
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Queen Tokelove on December 11, 2006, 06:52:24 pm: Paul,

Congratulations sweetie. Don't feel bad about forgetting it, I don't know the exact date of my anniversary, I just know the year. Since it has been 9 yrs for me, it comes and it goes, but everyone celebrates differently I guess. Happy Anniversary.....
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Post by: bear60 on December 11, 2006, 07:01:17 pm: Paul, when you have to really try to remember that anniversary, its a good thing. Unfortunately you will never forget it, but it does fade into the background as time goes on. Maybe next year you will have to mark your calendar?
Its great that you are feeling well.
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Post by: allopathicholistic on December 11, 2006, 07:07:58 pm: Hey everyone! Not to stray off tpic but y'know we can pretty much pick any date for an anniversary e.g. the day you reached undetectable, or the day your T's rose above the 300/400/500 mark or whatever ;)

Paul: Thank you for being you. 'Nuf said! :D
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Post by: Teresa on December 11, 2006, 07:18:03 pm: (http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1820/wtgonannivfa3.gif)

Wishing you many more anniversaries!

Hugs
Teresa
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Queen Tokelove on December 11, 2006, 07:24:35 pm: Quote from: bear60 on December 11, 2006, 07:01:17 pm
Michelle, when you have to really try to remember that anniversary, its a good thing. Unfortunately you will never forget it, but it does fade into the background as time goes on. Maybe next year you will have to mark your calendar?
Its great that you are feeling well.

Bear,

I don't try to remember it honestly, maybe I blocked out the actual day but I will never forget how it went down. I buy calendars but never put the things up anywhere, so I guess writing it on one won't work either. I was not trying to take away from Paul forgetting but just saying that sometimes forgetting dates happen..

Alex,

That is a good idea picking a date but I would prolly forget the new date too.. :P
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Eldon on December 11, 2006, 08:27:55 pm: Hey Paul...

Congratulations! and Happy anniversary! I wish you many more to come! Take care of YOU!

That calender does come in handy doesn't it? LOL!

Happy Holidays!
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Post by: Javicho on December 11, 2006, 08:51:37 pm: Happy Anniversary Paul, you are still my Hero :-*
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 09:52:43 pm: Thanks everyone!

Alex-if I started making anniversaries for all that I'd go broke on buying my anniversary gift to myself!

Javicho-you're too sweet :-*

RAB, I think you're right on target. Part of it is not worrying about the future of this.

Now...what do I buy myself for my 1st anniversary..........................
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Post by: Eldon on December 11, 2006, 09:57:52 pm: Hey Paul...

A present? Hhhmmm...let's see...a TIMEX! It takes a lickin' but it keeps on tickin' LOL!

Happy Holidays!
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 10:10:01 pm: If I'm buying something that takes a licking- it wont' be a watch!!! ;)
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Post by: Life on December 11, 2006, 10:44:40 pm: I dont think you need to buy that Paul. For you, I am sure it is offered freely & frequently ... ;D
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Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 10:49:25 pm: right Eric,l I can barely get through Home Depot unscathed! lol

Seriously, I'm not looking for a hookup at all these days. Was never my first choice of getting the job done, but sometimes a man had to do what a man had to do!
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Post by: thirtysomething on December 11, 2006, 11:50:28 pm: It's amazing to see time flies so fast. I completed 9 months yesterday!
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 11, 2006, 11:54:43 pm: I guess it does, but was a long year mentally!

Wow your #'s are awesome without meds. Good for you!
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: thirtysomething on December 12, 2006, 12:01:38 am: Thanks LI.. Hope they stay like this for a long time! : :-X CAn't wait to come back to NY.
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Post by: Strayboy74 on December 12, 2006, 12:59:54 am: Congratulations!

I just had my two year anniversary (Actually, I was diagnosed on World Aids Day 12/1/04)

...so now that I'm the older man... LOL

keep up the good work!

-joseph
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Post by: suzieque on December 12, 2006, 03:57:16 am: Hi!
Best wishes to you for many years to come!! I just passed my 13 year mark a couple of months ago, got married 5 years ago (my hubbie is negative), have a wonderful teenage daughter and going back to school in January to study something that I love very much! Looking forward to three years til I graduate! Life goes on and is wonderful, even with all of the AFGO's (another f***** growth opportunity, as my mother says!).
Tons of holiday blessings to you,
Suzie ;D
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Post by: GSOgymrat on December 12, 2006, 04:05:35 am: Congrats on your first year. It gets easier as time goes on. Thinking back to my diagnosis seems long ago and far away.
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Post by: Wildpony on December 12, 2006, 05:46:38 am: My congratulation!!
I wish you not to be sad. I remember my 1 year anniversary 7 years ago. I wish you not to be lonely, I believe, it`s not just important it`s vital! You have HIV but it doesn`t mean that life is over. Make friends, enjoy youself, go out, travel and work! These are the things I do or did, it really works, believe me)))
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 12, 2006, 05:53:38 pm: SUzieQ, Hi and thanks. I don't remember seeing you around, so Welcome! Sound like a nice life you have going there!

Thanks GSO and Pony-
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Post by: Jeffreyj on December 12, 2006, 07:03:33 pm: Congrats man! The first year is by far the roughest! so it's all nothing but a party from here on out! And oh yeah, with a few elections sprinkled in here and there for your amusement!

Looking forward to sharing many many more!
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Post by: Nadine on December 13, 2006, 06:00:15 am: One year down and many more to go!

((Hugs))
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Post by: Andy Velez on December 13, 2006, 09:22:42 am: Congrats on sailing through your first anniversary, Paul. I read that as a sign that you're doing well and life has settled into place.

Wishing you decades more of those anniversaries and may they all be as peacefully uneventful as far as HIV is concerned.

Cheers,
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Post by: marco23 on December 13, 2006, 01:11:18 pm: Hi Paul!
Congrats on your anniversary! Big hug headin' your way! ;D
Here's wishing you the best in life...
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 14, 2006, 12:58:49 am: OK, for my anniversary, I bought a laptop/notebook so I can surf AM from the comforts of my couch or bedroom! Of course that meant a wireless router , too. And while you're at it, a new printer/copier/scanner. (when I bought new PC awhile back, it couldn't find my old printer?!).

Of course, after many hours, and a phone call to a great woman at Linksys, I'm all set up!
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Post by: Eldon on December 14, 2006, 01:24:55 am: Hey Paul...

You got all of the tools you need. You know what to do with that scanner.

"Don't Give Up, Don't Give In... Cause it is all within you to WIN!"
Title: Re: I forgot! 1 year!!
Post by: Longislander on December 14, 2006, 01:46:10 am: potential BF's won't fit on the glass! :(
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Post by: Oceanbeach on December 14, 2006, 01:54:11 am: Hey Paul,

This is very exciting news. Soon you will be thinking about missing the 5 year and then the 10 year anniversaries! By the way, you can custom order a larger glass :-X. Have the best day
Michael
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Post by: Strayboy74 on December 14, 2006, 02:40:34 am: Quote from: Longislander on December 14, 2006, 01:46:10 am
potential BF's won't fit on the glass! :(

You could always develop an affinity for midgets...

-joseph
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Post by: Queen Tokelove on December 14, 2006, 07:06:09 am: Quote from: Longislander on December 14, 2006, 12:58:49 am
OK, for my anniversary, I bought a laptop/notebook so I can surf AM from the comforts of my couch or bedroom! Of course that meant a wireless router , too. And while you're at it, a new printer/copier/scanner. (when I bought new PC awhile back, it couldn't find my old printer?!).

Of course, after many hours, and a phone call to a great woman at Linksys, I'm all set up!

I have a laptop, it's great. How does a wireless router work? I have some kind of network card but I don't know how to use it.
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Post by: Longislander on December 14, 2006, 02:15:08 pm: Michelle, Sweety, you're asking the wrong guy! My laptop came with wireless capability. I bought a wireless router for 69 bucks.Cable modem to wireless router, to PC, all wired. Once setup, when i turned on my laptop, it found the router, and i was all set! Any other details have to come from someone who knows what computers are all about!