I went to the clinic today to pick up lab results. It did not start off good! Found a $40.oo ticket on my windshield. No Parking Tue-Thur 3 AM - 6 AM. It took me a while to get over it and accept it. No other car had a ticket!!! I doubt I was the only car on the street at that time! Ok, I said I was over it so no more talking, I paid it, it's resolved.
So today I received my numbers and my CD4 = 172 and Viral Load = 30,015. Viral Load is below average, so that's good. CD4 was def. something I was not expecting. I thought it would be well over 500. According to the Doc, people infected with HIV and not on antiretrovirals loose about 50 CD4/T-cells a year. He did say the viral load was well below average. Average with newly diagnosis is around 60,000 or above he stated.
In last night's blog I mentioned how some people don't have a choice as to whether to go on medication or not. I did state that I wanted to get on medications right away, so the decision had essentially been made, yet I received the numbers and I felt like it was no longer my decision but a decision determined by the low counts of CD4. So I have started on Bactrim, an antibiotic since the CD4 is below 200, the antibiotic will help to prevent any O.I's (Opportunistic Infections) and in 2 weeks or so I will find out what medications I will be taking. So short blog because I really don't feel like I have much to say tonight....
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