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#199998 - 07/14/06 05:06 AM
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i was diagnosed back in june 2003 with a cd4 of 40 and i started meds a few months later the ones i'm taking now are sustiva and truvada in feb 2006 my blood was drawn again and my viral load was <50 and cd4 was 74 wow! made me smile, so then in may of 2006 my viral load was <50 and cd4 was 62 with a percentage of 7. i am so scared please help me what can i do to boost up my cd4 i don't want to get sick my children need their mommie i'm a single parent of 2 and i love them to death but i'm so scared because instead of cd4 going up it is going down what can i do or ask my doctor to do i don't know i'm just so scared please answer me or give me a little hope. I have never missed a dosed and i always take my meds on time. God bless you all!!
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Re: cd4
#200033 - 07/14/06 09:27 AM
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Chucky.....
we are not doctors here on the boards. If you need medical advice you MUST talk to your doctor.
However, in my experience...... the difference between a CD4 count of 62 and 74 is insignificant. In other words your CD4 count didn't change. But, it is still very low. However the more interesting thing is your Viral load..... being <50....is very good .....that is undectable. How much better can you get. It would seem to me that with a Viral Load so low your CD4 count should be higher. But....you need to talk to your doc about that.
If you are LIVING with HIV...you might want to post in the ...LIVING WITH HIV forum.
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6 ft tall poz bear in Philadelphia
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Re: cd4
#202769 - 08/07/06 12:22 PM
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Another thing I ve learnt from this is that CD numbers are really variable, try to find out what your CD4 percentages have been as apparently they are a more accurate reflection of how you are doing. If they have increased then your doing OK. Also the CD4number can vary for loads of reasons such as time of day, how much sleep you ve had etc. You can take 8 tests in one day and get 8 different results.. But your VL results are fanastic much better than mine. Good Luck and try to look at the whole picture.
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