14 Mar 13
As a person living with HIV since 1988, this is very interesting. Thanks.
Treatment has improved dramatically since the old AZT days. I used to have to take several pills a day but now I just take one: Atripla. It has brought my cd4 up to 624 and viral load to undetectable. At one time it was down to 25 with a 250,000 viral load.
Thank you, SCIENCE.
14 Mar 13
Originally posted by woodypusherThat is great news indeed! How much does that Atripla cost? Did you get any of the opportunist illnesses along the way? I hope they put this new treatment on a fast track. If I understand it right, the virus hides out in the lymph nodes and would come back if you stopped the treatments?
As a person living with HIV since 1988, this is very interesting. Thanks.
Treatment has improved dramatically since the old AZT days. I used to have to take several pills a day but now I just take one: Atripla. It has brought my cd4 up to 624 and viral load to undetectable. At one time it was down to 25 with a 250,000 viral load.
Thank you, SCIENCE.
14 Mar 13
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Originally posted by sonhouseThe Artripla costs me 8 dollars a month. I get it through the VA Hospital. I've made many bad decisions in my life but one good one was joining the USAF in 1974... 🙂
That is great news indeed! How much does that Atripla cost? Did you get any of the opportunist illnesses along the way? I hope they put this new treatment on a fast track. If I understand it right, the virus hides out in the lymph nodes and would come back if you stopped the treatments?
The virus will mutate and become resistant to the drug if I miss too many doses.
18 Mar 13
Originally posted by woodypusherWell at least you can live a more or less normal life. I guess I could do the Vet hospital deal too, I did 4 years in the USAF from 1962 to '66. How many years were you in, what was your specialty? I was bomb-nav and radar.
The Artripla costs me 8 dollars a month. I get it through the VA Hospital. I've made many bad decisions in my life but one good one was joining the USAF in 1974... 🙂
The virus will mutate and become resistant to the drug if I miss too many doses.
19 Mar 13
Originally posted by sonhouseI was Air Traffic Controller. I was only in 1974-1975. They discharged me (Honorable) saying I was anti-authoritarian and had a passive-aggressive personality which made me unsuitable for the military.
Well at least you can live a more or less normal life. I guess I could do the Vet hospital deal too, I did 4 years in the USAF from 1962 to '66. How many years were you in, what was your specialty? I was bomb-nav and radar.
I wish I had stayed in. I was just too immature at the time.
19 Mar 13
Originally posted by woodypusherI came very close to the same thing. When I was in second phase bootcamp, we marched around in the morning for a couple hours, I noticed we passed by the base library. One day I managed to get myself in left rear of the formation and slowly drifted back, marching a bit slower than the rest, and turned in and started reading stuff in the library. I managed to do that 4 times before they figured it out. A couple of MP's with full regalia came into the library, are you private Jennings? Yes, come with us. Then I had a bunch of tests to see if I was totaled or whatever and they ended up making me do second phase twice. That was at Lackland.
I was Air Traffic Controller. I was only in 1974-1975. They discharged me (Honorable) saying I was anti-authoritarian and had a passive-aggressive personality which made me unsuitable for the military.
I wish I had stayed in. I was just too immature at the time.
You might say I was not suited for the military either but after that I gritted my teeth and stuck with it.