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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote: »
    Went to pick some more medication up today and since the start of my brand spankin' new HIV drugs, my Viral Load has gone from 1,766,000 to 1,025 and my CD4 has gone from 23 to 343. So i'm sorry to say i'm gonna be around a bit longer ! and no more fucking nebulisers, hurrah :)

    I understand that this is a good thing - but what do the numbers mean?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    This weekends shaping up to be 100 times better than last week :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    purplestarfish wrote: »
    Oh and... every once in a while I think "Jeeez I do love my friends".

    See pic

    I couldn't make it round Europe with them, so they took me instead :p

    haha awh! :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Melian wrote: »
    I understand that this is a good thing - but what do the numbers mean?

    Viral Load - number of copies (viruses) in X amount of blood. The lower the better.

    CD4 - The number of a particular white cell (CD4) which is a major part of your immune system. The higher the better.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote: »
    Viral Load - number of copies (viruses) in X amount of blood. The lower the better.

    CD4 - The number of a particular white cell (CD4) which is a major part of your immune system. The higher the better.

    If your viral load went down that much, why is it not possible to lower it to 0 and basically cure you of the hiv infection?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The way i understand it. HIV just isn't in your blood. It's in your bone marrow, it's in your joints etc. The drugs work not by killing the virus, but by slowing down the speed at which it replicates. I used to have undetectable (less than 50 copies) but im still HIV+.

    Nothing can kill HIV, well Flash antibacterial wipes can but you can't inject those :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    RubberSkin wrote: »

    Nothing can kill HIV, well Flash antibacterial wipes can but you can't inject those :D

    the way I understand it, HIV is actually quite a weak virus outside of the body, it's just that we have no immunity to it, quite the opposite.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've been discharged :D and i am really liking this seroquel they've put me on, so just going to get back into work and back into 'wellness' :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I ran the race for life today in 38 minutes. I'm pretty proud of myself :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well done! :yippe:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How far is the race for life?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    G wrote: »
    How far is the race for life?

    You can do either 5k or 10k...I've got the 10k one saturday...eek! :nervous:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    piecesofme wrote: »
    You can do either 5k or 10k...I've got the 10k one saturday...eek! :nervous:

    Good luck, let us know how your race goes :)

    I know my time was pretty rubbish for a 20 year old, but im fairly proud of myself
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Meh my run times aint all that good really considering im reasonably fit, but Ive been doing a lot of endurance training lately, like run/walk with extra weight in bergan.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I just applied for about a million jobs.

    Ok, actually about twenty, but it's still lots!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Awesome weekend!!! Apart from having to work yesterday, had a brilliant day at car show today and got a little bit of action last night :d :blush:;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    skakitty wrote: »
    I've been discharged :D and i am really liking this seroquel they've put me on, so just going to get back into work and back into 'wellness' :)

    Well done. My friend is on that and likes it too. I hope you are well and happy x
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I swam a kilometre yesterday (40 lengths) :d
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I did 34km on the exercise bikes today :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tomorrow morning when I come home from work I can crawl into bed and sleep sleep sleep. I'll be HOME ALONE! :hyper: :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have a phone interview this afternoon :cool: :hyper:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Franki wrote: »
    I have a phone interview this afternoon :cool: :hyper:

    Good luck:)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the optician said my eye sight is improving, really wasnt expecting that but hurray!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    download was EPIC :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    omg hi wrote: »
    download was EPIC :D

    :grump: *heads over to the rant thread* :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    notanotherusername! wrote: »
    :grump: *heads over to the rant thread* :p

    ahahaha :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm happy/anxious/nervous/excited because I am off to Canada tomorrow for a month :hyper:
    Anddddddd I have finished uni for good now! Woop woop!

    See you all when I get back! :wave:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    purpledhaze wrote: »
    I'm happy/anxious/nervous/excited because I am off to Canada tomorrow for a month :hyper:
    Anddddddd I have finished uni for good now! Woop woop!

    See you all when I get back! :wave:

    Hope you have a good time!! :wave: :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I just found out that chocolate raisins have 3.2g of fibre per 100g!! Least they do some good for you :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Having yet another night in with Faure's Requiem on Spotify and the FSA Handbook. Bliss.
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