HIV
Questions + Answers
Singles : Do you consider that you are afraid to date or to know someone nowadays?
Not that I’m ready to date cuz I’m not , I guess is to early lol but Am I the only one afraid to date it to know people? Ito meet someone and disclose your status?
It works fine. I’m not ashamed of my HIV, it’s just another diagnosis. I’ve not encountered anyone who has been awkward about it, either as a friend or… read more
It’s me or ...
It is my impression or my stomach is not the same since I started the Meds? Sometimes I have stomachache, heartburn, sometimes a full sensation... I feel always is something... is it Normal? Should I worry or probably is something else ? I’m taking some natural supplements maybe is something in the Supplements right?
I started out with HIV related Colon Cancer , ad have had digestive distress ever since . I have noticed that when I take a break for a few days , it's… read more
To Divulge or not to Divulge your status to a prospective employer? Espcially those in the medical profession.
As I am a nurse, I am particularly interested in hearing from other people in the medical field. I have had trouble finding anything online for my state about guidelines concerning HIV positive medical people. When I lived in the UK, they had very clear and sensible guidelines, although I did still run into some trouble when the hospital there did not want me to work in the ER because of my status,… read more
Are you becoming an assistant? Registered Nurse? LPN?
Regardless, it is illegal for anyone to ask for information about your health status. You do not… read more
Live in a discriminatory state; what do you do when you want to give up cause there is no way out?
My ex is using my status to keep threaten me and trying to blackmail me... He gets out of prison in March of 2019. My story has the recording of what he can do and how the police will not help. I am tired of being in Oklahoma, where even the assistant District Attorney's use your military and HIV status against you. I wish there was more help for me, I hate being such a minority.
If we isolate or remove gp120 is it possible we can be cured
HIV is a retrovirus, one of a unique family of viruses that consist of genetic material in the form of RNA (instead of DNA) surrounded by a lipoprotein envelope. HIV cannot replicate on its own and instead relies on the mechanisms of the host cell to produce new viral particles. HIV infects helper T cells by means of a protein embedded in its envelope called gp120. The gp120 protein binds to a molecule called CD4 on the surface of the helper T cell, an… read more
I participated actually a few years back and donated my plasma with many others. This did fail beyond just working as a blocker but will not cure. It… read more
Dealing with Multiple Myeloma blood cancer due to having AIDS
Hello is anyone else dealing with other types of diseases created buy having AIDS? For the last year my protein levels have been so high I was and say WAS dealing with first stages of Multiple Myeloma blood cancer. I was getting blood rest, MRI with that nasty contrast and bone marrow biopsies every month BUT now I am down to every 6 months. Down to being tested for Multiple Myeloma every 6 months due to being on Medical Marijuana. With MM I pick… read more
Im confused.
Why do some ppl including doctors dont use the words aids anymore? If your cd4 goes under 200 do you have aids? Or what exactly tells you that you have aids? When i was detected my cd4 was 2 and neither of my doctors said the word aids. Iam now undetectable and cd4 over 200 still dont understand where aids come in place? Im healthy no ither issues. Workout on the daily and try my hardest to eat right. I take my meds daily. If we were back in the 80s i understand i probaby wiuldnt be here. So does… read more
Serodiscordant relationships
Are any of you in a relationship where one person is positive and the other one is negative?
I experience bouts of severe fatigue for no apparent reason. On light truvada and retaglavir. Diagnosed 2014 late diagnosed.
I was late diagnosis falling to PCP in 2014. 55 years old. Good diet. Want to start gardening business but so tired can’t cobtrol the fatigue.
