I got my labs back today

[Roon]

T-cells are at 320 and viral load is detectable but not enough to get alarmed about. I don't have to go back for 6 months. The best part of this news is I don't have to switch medicines! I am running out of alternate meds to take so I just need to hang in there until other meds come down the line in a year or so from now.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Roon!

What great news!

I know you're relieved...

The T-cell number: is that good? I am ignorant of those values.

:hug:

[Roon]

2. Normall T-cell count is anywhere between 1,000 and 1,500

hiv tricks your T-helper cells into being an hiv factory and makes more hiv cells. You can live about two years on zero T-cells..My ex did.but he was so sick all the time..

[Arugula Latte]

3. Yay .. Good news!

:toast:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. well your T cells have gone up from last year, right? i think they were really low

i hope they release new meds that can trick the virus

how is your roommate? is he still ok>?

[Roon]

5. Yes, , my Tcells are up at least 100 from last year

My roommate finally moved out and got a place of his own. I am so glad that he chose that instead of going back to sleeping under bridges again.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. is he on meds?

[Roon]

10. Hell no

taking meds interferes with his partying..he came by for a visit a couple of weeks ago and he is so gaunt and sickly.He just doesn't care...

[Orrex]

6. I thought that you were talking about getting your dogs out of a kennel

Keep fighting. I'm glad to hear that you keep on top of it so diligently!

:pals:

[Roon]

7. LOL!

Someone always posts something similar when I talk about my labs..so cute..

[Deep13]

9. Goddamn viruses.

Sounds like you're gaining on it. Good wishes to you.

[Roon]

11. thanks Deep

I found out I was poz christmas eve in 1990. What was scary was all the old timers were dropping dead everywhere. Of course they had it for a long time with no treatment because no one knew the virus existed. They have a grip on it now.The meds work so well on big problem with PWAs is obesity.

[latebloomer]

17. Plus the treatments back then were worse than the disease

I worked in a VA drug treatment clinic in the 80s. They would take AZT and be dead within a year. The ones who avoided treatment, if they also stayed away from street drugs, lived far longer.

So glad that the treatments have improved so much, and that you're doing better.

[Roon]

18. Thanks Late

I started off on AZT..you had to take it so often that you had to set an alarm to wake you up to take it at night while you are sleeping. Rough regiment, that's for sure.

[ThomCat]

12. Please stay healthy for a long, long time.

I'm glad you're healthy right now. I hope you stay that way. I/We don't want anything to happen to you.
:hug:

[Roon]

13. Thanks Thom

Same to you! :hug:

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. Take care Roon

[Roon]

19. THanks Jitterbug

you too!! :hug:

[VenusRising]

15. All my best vibes for you.

:hug:

Stay healthy and keep taking those meds.

[Roon]

20. Thanks Venus

I am fortunate enough to be on meds that I only have to take once a day..I wake up, start coffee, feed the kitties and then start counting out my dose. Then I take my pills with my first cup of coffee..every morning. I do have to take my physce meds at night, but those help me sleep, so I don't miss that dose even if I tried.

[graywarrior]

16. Great news!

Makes me feel hopeful that my labs will be normal. I should know tomorrow.

[Roon]

21. Let us know!

I like being able to come to DU and talk about my labs without being bashed about it.

[graywarrior]

22. It is very supportive here.

When they're not bashing you about freeing a god damn duck.

[Roon]

23. LOL!

Poor ducky...