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Americans really PISS me offemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I have been watching CNN extensively and the subject being talked most about is Healthcare Reform. This country disgusts me! One woman in a town hall meeting got up and asked why should SHE be taxed to pay for healthcare for Americans who can't afford it? You know what you selfish jackass why should innocent Americans go and fight for your freedom? Get your ass up, put on a uniform and go defend your own freedom! Someone else shouldn't have to die for you. Sadly, our men and women in the armed forces do and must die to protect our freedom. All of the greatest civilizations in the past have fallen due to greed, pride and po...
Source: Still arriving. - August 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Disclosureemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I am struggling MAJORILY. After 5 years of blogging and speaking about my status to journalists, being on television, speaking to large groups I never imagined that I would struggle with disclosure. Let me explain. In Atlanta I have a very small but VERY close group of friends. They are very supportive and always there when I get sick. That being said a large percentage of them were gay. I only have two straight friends from all my time in Atlanta. It's not that I am opposed to them...the opportunity just never arose for me to interact or meet them really. However, now I am in Chicago, all of that has changed. I have a few...
Source: Still arriving. - July 7, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Why I Really Fight HIV...email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Like some people there are times when I wonder about the meaning and purpose of my life. I think to this very blog. Tonight I sat down and read every single post and every comment all over again. WOW! I was a pretty bitter and angry person at times. Other times, I saw a scared little boy, afraid he was going to miss out on all life had to offer. What kept me writing? I looked back at some of your comments and have included 10 that I have received from you, my readers:Anonymous said...You are very brave to be so open about your (well, ok...our disease). I am in complete isolation and "out" to nobody about it. Thanks for blo...
Source: Still arriving. - June 16, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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ur happy thoughts please. Thanks and love to all!
Source: Still arriving. - May 29, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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EEK I had a staph infection cut out of my finger two days ago. I feel like shit today. Hopefully I will get the money for antibiotics soon. Keep me in yo
Source: Still arriving. - May 29, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Liberty and Justice...for ALL?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Picture it, Georgia 1983, A man in his early 30's comes out to his parents as having HIV. Horrified they disown him and never PHYSICALLY speak to him again. Now imagine it's 23 years later and he is in the hospital dying of AIDS related complications, unconscience, beside him is his loving "partner" of 25 years. He is there holding his hand, perhaps talking to him, hoping he can hear him tell stories of the time they met, or that wonderful vacation that they took together. All of a sudden out of nowhere a hospital security guard comes in with a group of people that the partner has never seen before DEMANDING that he is not...
Source: Still arriving. - May 28, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Unprecendented!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Two blogs in two days!!! This is unheard of! I just wanted to invite all of you out there to join a really cool HIV/AIDS group on facebook. The link can be found at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/128107/57580606?m=7638c73a While you are there look me up using my name! James McLarty-Lopes. See you soon.James
Source: Still arriving. - April 5, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

A New Eraemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Hello out there in the blogosphere. It's been quite a while since my last posting. I hope that all of you who have followed me through the years have not given up on me. Life gets hectic at times and as such I either forget to blog or...well errr there really is no or, I just forget. There have been a lot of things going on so we can catch up.I want to start this blog posting off by saying goodbye to a friend of mine...Justin Bush, 24, of Atlanta, GA who passed away at 6:30 last night. He was a mess but will be missed by all who really knew the person he was. I really can't recall if I have stated this is a previous post o...
Source: Still arriving. - April 4, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

My Grandma what an un-socialized nation you have!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I must admit that I am a Michael Moore fan. I know that he makes a lot of Americans angry. If the shoe fits may I suggest wearing it? After all is their a point in being angry about something you can’t change or you don’t find offense to because it directly affects you? Tonight my housemate and I sat together and watched the movie Sicko (made by Michael Moore). As we sat down to watch it I warned him that usually movies made by Michael Moore make me angry. Not in the violent OMG I just wanna hit something way but in the true blindness of society in regards in injustice one. In 2001 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, ...
Source: Still arriving. - May 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

The long, long travelled roademail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Well readers I come to you at this hour with news that makes me happy beyond compare. As you all know I filed for Social Security in February 2005. I was denied in June of 2005 and again in October 2005. I have been waiting for a hearing since then! I got a letter in the mail from the Social Security Administration dated March 6, 2008 that says the following..."Our records show you have requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, (ALJ). You did this because you disagreed with our decision on this Social Security disability or Supplemental Security Security Income (SSI) disability claim. Sometimes we look at cla...
Source: Still arriving. - March 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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Alright so hold on to your britches my friends we have a lot of catching up to do! First all Chad and I survived the holidays. Wicked crazy I know. Chad ended up telling his family that if I was not welcome on Thanksgiving then neither was he. We stayed at home had a nice home cooked meal, finished decorating my grandmothers Christmas Tree for her grave, delivered it, and went back home. We spent Christmas eve at my mother's house, he spent Christmas Day with his family and we ended it all by going to my Dad's house X-Mas night. PHEW...it was a really wicked crazy time. Needless to say that I am glad it's over and dread it...
Source: Still arriving. - February 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Happy Holidays?!?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Wow...so OMG I totally have a new catergory for a blog other than life. Which I personally think that relationships are a part of life. They do pose a new set of rules and challenges though so I suppose it is worthy enough to have it's own myspace Blog Catergory. So I must admit I don't really know how to handle a situation and I am needing some advice. Please be nice in the advice!I will not be celebrating this Thanksgiving with my beau. I just found this out a few hours ago. It would really bother me no matter what year it was...however, this will be our first one. I don't get in the middle of any persons family. That ce...
Source: Still arriving. - November 20, 2007 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: Holidays Source Type: blogs

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Well here I am. I made it out of the hosptial and am about as fully recovered as I am going to get. While I lost eye sight in the left eye I haven't lost sight of life. Try saying that three times fast! It was confirmed as many of you read from Joshua that I had an infection, specifically HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus 1), hijack my lymph system and travelled to my brain where it cut off the oxygen to the optic nerve in my left eye. As most of you know and remember I also have Cytomeglavirus (CMV) in the left eye as well. The CMV would "flair up" causing me to have bouts of blindness in my left eye. The difference is I knew whe...
Source: Still arriving. - July 7, 2007 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

A becon of light has been extinguished.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It's been a while since my last update. Nothing new to report about labs or such. A friend of mine of 6 years passed away on Thursday April 19. At this point I still haven't gotten over the others so right now I am feeling rather numb.So yesterday the long journey physically came to an end. We laid Danny to rest. I have cried numerous times but have yet to experience the enevitable breakdown that is going to occur. On Sunday we went to the visitation and on the way I stopped and purchased a miniture disco ball and placed it in with him to be buried. Please let me explain the signifigance of the disco ball. Many eons ago w...
Source: Still arriving. - April 24, 2007 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

One Last Refrain...email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Viral load: 50,000Cd4: 227One GloryFrom: Rent{denotes change by blogger}I'm writing one great song before I...One song Glory One song Before I go Glory One song to leave behind Find one song One last refrain GloryFrom the pretty boy front man Who wasted opportunity One song He had the world at his feet Glory In the eyes of a young {guy} A young {guy} Find glory Beyond the cheap colored lightsOne song Before the sun sets Glory - on another empty life Time flies - time dies Glory - One blaze of glory One blaze of glory - glory Find Glory In a song that rings true Truth like a blazing fire An eternal flame FindOne song A song...
Source: Still arriving. - February 8, 2007 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Bearer of bad news...email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
So last night I had to go to Hoedowns and tell my friends who were also Lee's friends of his passing. I only got to the second person and wouldn't you know it...who showed up? Therapist James. I was having to console everyone all the while I was still searching for that one person, that one mutual friend with whom the consoling would be shared. And finally I found her. I told Genevieve hugged her and she started crying. During our hug she put her arms around me and for the first time since I knew he passed I was able to just cry. We cried and finally were able to get back to the dance floor and tell stories that made us la...
Source: Still arriving. - October 6, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

AIDS Strikes Againemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
So it has been a little over a month since Matthew passed away unexpectedly from AIDS Related Complications. Just when I start to cope and deal with his death I get word tonight that yet another one of my friends (Lee Medley, a DJ whom I have known for MANY MANY years) has passed away because of AIDS Complications. I cannot say anymore than I have already said. People wonder why I am not necessarily the easiest person in the world to get close to...go back and read the last few posts. I am tired of losing my friends.
Source: Still arriving. - October 4, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Happy Booby Cancer Awareness Monthemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Hey all!I know it's been a while since my last update. Things have just been really hectic in my life. I am still trying to get things in regards to my feelings about Matt's death ironed out and move on. I am just not ready to right now. So moving on...As most of you know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Your's truely is a TWO TIME SURVIVOR. I was diagnosed in 2001 and again in 2003. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the left breast. I share this story with you because Breast Cancer much like HIV doesn't care who you are. I go for a mammogram (IT HURTS LIKE HELL CONSIDERING I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BREAST TISSUE TO SQUEEZ...
Source: Still arriving. - October 3, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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Alright well I am sure you are waiting for the updates I promised you on Monday. Here they are. My viral load fell from 44,000 to 6,000 (ish) that is awesome news! On the other hand my CD4 count also fell and is holding in the low 500’s. Hopefully we will see them continue to improve over the next few months. I have to go on blood pressure medication as well. My BP was 158/90.In Orthopedic news they are treating me for a shin splint. No leukemia. My doc does have me out of work for the month to make sure I have the full potential for recovery. Thanks to everyone who sent out happy thoughts.Psychologically I am exhausted....
Source: Still arriving. - September 1, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Bone Updateemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Just a quick note to update everyone on the current medical drama. I went today and had my bone scan done. The Nuclear Medicine doctor simply said "I am not pleased." When asked why he simply replied that my doctor would have his findings on his desk next week. So I am going to be sneaky and go to radiology records on Monday before I go see my infectious disease doctor and get the report so I know what in the hell it says.I do want to make known that leukemia is just one of the possibilites that it could be. While I exhibit a lot of the symptoms such as englared spleen and liver, fatigue, weight loss...it is not a given. F...
Source: Still arriving. - August 25, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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One of my favorite quotes from the movie Sordid Lives is "I think I am going to explode at any minute if any more shit hits the fan today!" Although not on the verge of exploding I am on the verge of perhaps having to undergo some serious chemotherapy again. Let me explain...Back in March I started experiencing pain in my tibia aka "shin". I had some x-rays taken and they all came back fine so the final diagnosis at the time was simply a shin splint. I went to my orthopedic doctor today who did some further x-rays and he noticed a slight difference in the x-ray taken in May and the one taken today. In my "bone matrix" (the...
Source: Still arriving. - August 22, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Stuck...email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It seems as if I have done nothing but sit in the bedroom and just listen to Without You over and over and over again. I am stuck.I met with Matt's mom and roommate this morning and after the meeting I took some clothes over to the funeral home for him. Not sure if there is going to be a "service" or just a visitation and then his family and close friends take his ashes and spread them. Matt was very fortunate that his family loved, and supported him even through the HIV and AIDS. Tonight I celebrate his life.
Source: Still arriving. - August 16, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

I'm Furiousemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I am furious that this pandemic has been allowed to go on as long as it has. I am furious that I have buried my friends so that drug companies can continue to makes millions of dollars off of AIDS patients. I am furious that we are spending money to send soldiers to invade soverign nations while we actually have a problem here at home called AIDS. I am furious that people are under the assumption that just because you take medicine that will automatically extend your life 20+ years. I am furious that AIDS has to be a part of our daily life. I am furious that we live in a world where AIDS is not the fore front of the media ...
Source: Still arriving. - August 16, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Without Youemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This Blog Posting is dedicated to my friend Matt who passed today from AIDS Related Complications. Matt was 28, diagnosed in 1999. He was 5'10, 145 pounds, brown hair with brown eyes.Matt may you rest in peace in...a place where AIDS was just a dream.a place where the only cocktail is the one you're sipping on the beach.a place where you don't worry about getting sick anymore.a place where you don't have to worry in fear about disclosure.I will miss your e-mails, I will miss your calls, but most of all I already miss the fabulousness that is you!A song from my favorite musical RENT.Without you, the ground thaws, the rain f...
Source: Still arriving. - August 16, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Hepatology Updateemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
So Dr. Frieda Millhouse-Jones yesterday came to the same conclusion that many other specalists in my medical team have. I am an enigma. Her words...not mine. So she did some scans of my liver and drew a new set of labs. All the labs came back normal, with the exception of my liver. She sent the film to a radiologist for "further review". I go tomorrow for an ultrasound and then I go to see Dr. Millhouse-Jones at 2:30 for the final verdict on my testing.Right now I am just suffering from MAJOR fatigue. I slept most of the day yesterday with the exception of getting up for dinner. After that I got home and slept some more an...
Source: Still arriving. - August 9, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Continuing Saga of AIDS Boyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Well yet another ARC (AIDS Related Complication) to add to the list is liver malfunction. So I went to my new PCP last week because I was coughing up my lung (big surpirse I know) and come to find out thankfully it was just bronchitis (yet another shocker) and not pneumonia. Since I was a new patient she went ahead and drew baseline labs for me. Nothing remarkable really except the fact that my liver is dying. Liver functions are measured by enzymes called AST and ALT.AST stands for Aspartate aminotransferaseALT is Alanine AminotransferaseLow levels of AST and ALT are normally found in the blood. When body tissue or an org...
Source: Still arriving. - August 7, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Angry patients press 1, pissed patients press 2, livid patients just hang up.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
GURRRRRLLLLLLLL! Today my frustration factor is through the freaking roof. It just so happens that today doctor offices win the Most Ignunt and Annoying People of the Day Award. Here is the story.When I got my health insurance in June I had to select a primary care physician. I cannot tell you how sad I was when I found out that the doctor (Workowski) who has treated me now for over a year and half could not be my PCP. That’s alright I said to myself I will just find another doctor who practices at Crawford Long Hospital and that certainly will make things easier. Well I found a doctor who practices medicine on the exact...
Source: Still arriving. - July 25, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

I'm Not Available Right Now...Leave A Message On My Caremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Apparently my car has become a message service.  As I was getting ready to do some errands I go to my car and there on my windshield was a card.  Remembering that when my wallet was stolen someone put my license on the windshield as well (review blog posting, I’ve Died…This is Hell).  Anyway I got the card and it was from a neighbor across the street.  Two weeks ago Jarred and I were walking down our street and he noticed someone was passed out and neighbors standing around her.  Well we went over there to ensure that she was alright and she banged herself up pretty bad...
Source: Still arriving. - July 25, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Ellis Island...We Hardly Knew Ye!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Alright well I am going to take this blog posting in a whole new direction. Typically the only time I get political on my blog is when it deals specifically with HIV/AIDS issues in politics. However, I am going to take a new direction today by actually addressing immigration laws. Before I get started I want to make one thing clear…I am NOT against immigration. America was founded by immigrants. My family over the course of time immigrated here. So I am all for it. What I am not for however, is having to change my way of life because of immigration. When my family came here years ago I can assure you that no one catered ...
Source: Still arriving. - July 14, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

I've Died...This is Hellemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As you can tell from the title this past weekend was hellacious!  Saturday Jarred and I went out to eat at Sonny’s BBQ for lunch.  While we were there I removed my keys, wallet (it’s really fat) and cell phone from my pocket and put it safely on the bench beside me.  Well we got up I gathered my belongings and we left.  About an hour or so later I realized that my wallet was not in my back pocket!  I called the restaurant and no one turned it in.  (  So I called Atlanta Police Department they came out to the restaurant (it was about 9:00 now) and fil...
Source: Still arriving. - July 10, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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I realized today that the vast majority of the people that comment on my blog are anonymous. Having come to said realization I know that would obviously create hesitation in possibly purchasing an HIV/AIDS awareness ribbon. Understanding that you have never met me I can appreciate the difficulty of this situation. I do want you to know that as a licensed professional in the psychiatric community I do uphold your fundamental right to privacy and assure you that discretion will be used. Meaning that after the order is placed and shipped your information will be destroyed. Seeing as how this is a grassroots campaign credit ca...
Source: Still arriving. - July 6, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Ribbons for all and general Updateemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This blog posting is going to cover a general update on things and some random ideas that I am currently thinking about.  So if it seems a little difficult to follow it may just be.       I have been getting a few e-mails asking how Pride was.  Pride was…pride was…pride was testing this year.  I have to say that despite our main stage falling on Friday night (only ONE minor injury) and festivities being cancelled on Sunday due to rain that the volunteers and Board of Directors did a hell of a job.  Having never really had a crisis like the stage...
Source: Still arriving. - July 6, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Latitude and Longitude Unknownemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Puddin' (my nickname given to me by my inner circle) is not in a good place right now. I am concerned because I still haven't heard about my latest labs regarding resistance and there are a couple of other areas that are fuzzy right now. I hate the utter feeling of being lost and not knowing the general direction that I am travelling in. While it is not natural to know everything about the situation you are in it honestly is not something that I am accustomed to. Although it seems that most of my friends are having the summer blues of some sorts. Maybe we are just on a wierd planetary cycle right now where the heavens are ...
Source: Still arriving. - July 3, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

A Mother's Viewemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Growing up my family and I were a very close knit.  We had our ups and downs as most families do, but we still loved each other in spite of our differences (  My mother and I have a very unique relationship.  We certainly didn’t see eye to eye when I told her I was gay.  She was pretty angry actually.  Then when I got sick she prayed with everything in her heart that it wasn’t HIV/AIDS…of course it was.  She struggled a lot internally and searched for answers to questions that most parents didn’t have the guts to ask.  Below is an article that my...
Source: Still arriving. - June 26, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

I've Got A Secret...email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
At the beginning of last month GSN (Gameshow Network) was here in Atlanta doing a contestant search for next season. The best secrets were selected from every city and put on their website for voting. Well mine was selected! To view my secret and others simply go to the link below. Thanks :)James wants you to check out this video at GSN.com/Secret: http://www.gsn.com/secret/index.php?videoID=46
Source: Still arriving. - June 26, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Virologic Failure.email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The results are in. I am on virologic failure number three. My viral load has gone from 4.000 two weeks ago to 40,400. My CD-4 count went up slightly to 602, however, that is due to the rapid progression of the HIV. Over the course of the next few weeks my CD-4 count will drop again in response to the escalating viral load. My doctor drew labs today to check which medication I am resistant to and what needs to be changed. It takes a few weeks for that particular test to come in and when it does I will post the results for all of you :)
Source: Still arriving. - May 22, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Lab Updatesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I had my new set of labs drawn on Wednesday the 17th.  I have a doctor’s appointment on Monday the 22nd to review the results.  In this set of labs they are testing for the following:  testosterone levels, CD-4 count, and a ultra sensitive HIV viral load test (ultra sensitive is the one that can detect below than 50).  When I have the results in a few days I will post them along with any new treatment options that are given to me.
Source: Still arriving. - May 20, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

I Call Bullsh*%email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
So I went for my checkup with my doctor this morning and the results are in.  My  CD-4 (T-cell) count in March was at 925 and now they are down to 511 and my viral load which has been undetectable since August is now up to 4,000.  Amazing that a “largely undetectable virus” or an “inactive virus” can deplete my immune system.  Whoda thunk?  I obviously am not dealing to well with the news.  My doctor is doing repeat tests in two weeks to see in changing my meds needs to be the next step.  Write more then.
Source: Still arriving. - May 1, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Why I Fight HIVemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This post is being made to recant an article written by a wonderfully articulate, intelligent, but absolutely ignorant woman by the name of Rebecca Culshaw PhD.  I no way am I going to attack her level of degree because I know I am proud of my B.A. Below is a link to the article that she wrote late 2005 entitled “Why I Quit HIV”http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/culshaw1.htmlThe purpose of my blog posting is to combat the “truths” that she brought to light in her article.  I highly encourage you to FIRST read her article as I will be selecting pieces of that to combat specifically.  I wo...
Source: Still arriving. - April 27, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs