spirit_of_town_hall Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 (edited) Hi JS, Glad to hear you are well and good.. Hope that you may be able to make the London contingent xmas bash... I am looking at around the last week of November or the first week of Dec. I know Sayjann and Lusty have irregular shift patterns which we will need to accommodate. I am looking at this place provisionally... http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/clubs_bars/venue-2388.php I have been before and it has been ok. STH Edited September 12, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesoup Posted September 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hi Steve, I tested positive for HIV on July 9th I think it was. At that point I didnt have any blood tests for Cd4 or viral load until 2weeks later. I think you are a little bit confused about testing positive and viral load. An undetectable viral load doesnt mean you wont test positive for HIV. The test, tests for the HIv antibody which showed up on my test. So I had HIV. Confirmed. Then 2 weeks later I got my bloods done for cd4 and viral load. This was my first results. You are worng in saying that its impossible to have undetectable viral load without meds. Thats not correct. My first tests came back cd4 810 and viral load undetectable. Simple as that. This sentence you included is not at all medically correct. Read up on Thebody.com or aidsmap.org and you will find what you have written is not right. "To go from a detectable viral load (which would always follow a positive test result) to undetectable" Yes, my numbers are pretty good. But its not all together uncommon to have a set of numbers like this at the stage of disease progression I m at. Btw, I m being treated at The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast by a Malaysian HIV specialist,called Say Quay, who has been treating this disease for 25 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 I plan on going to Ashurton Grove (can't bring myself to call it The Emirates) next spring, I'll try and arrange a side trip if you're in the UK. Stay strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesoup Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hi Steve, sounds great man! Can you get tickets ok? If not let me know, and I can get you tickets for whatever game at Ashburton Let me know the game and I ll try and go myself. I havent been making proper use of my membership in the last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 A true gooner. Not sure if I can get tix. I'll definitely contact you when I know for sure if I can go. I'll be the guy being held up at customs at Heathrow telling the authorities I'm not snoop dogg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesoup Posted September 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 pls do Steve. As a side note, with a little bit of humour. In the waiting room at the clinic the day I was waiting for my results, two of the most inappropriate songs came on that could, on the radio. Its like something out of a sitcom Number 1-Queen (Freddie Mercury)Dont stop me now Number 2-Marvin Gaye-Sexual Healing... I knew my number was up when those songs came on,lol. It was a sign,lol. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodthaigirl Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 JS, Both are my all time fav songs! Take care, GTG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglesoup Posted September 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Just curious but something does not add up here - you posted the first message beg. July about being tested - then today post your viral load is undetectable with a CD4 count of over 800 - just 8 weeks later. Exactly what hospital is treating you? With a CD4 count of over 800 you should not even be on treatment and certainly not within the UK, yet the only way you can have an undetectable viral load is to be on treatment. To go from a detectable viral load (which would always follow a positive test result) to undetectable takes about 2-3 months, yet in the UK they wont start treatment unless CD4 is in the region of 350. Cheers SS Here is the answer to that query Steve http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/Resistance/Archive/drug/Q179128.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaw66 Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 man that's terrible news...i'm really sorry to hear this...god bless you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 A new development, looks interesting http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071020103343.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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