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allentownboy
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Reged: 10/16/09
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Posts: 7
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Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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I don't know if I can do this...
10/16/09 12:30 AM
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Wow. The last three weeks have been unreal since being diagnosed. I am really sick and not sure if I am going to make it, despite being reassured to the contrary. I simply cannot wrap my head around it...I am emotionally and physically exhausted.
The day I was diagnosed, I was hospitalized with PCP, a CD-4 count below 10, and a viral load of 75,000. I only got out of the hospital a week ago, where I promptly caught H1N1, but doctor told me to try to "work through it" at home. I am still sick, and have begun antiretrovirals today.
Let me just say, I was NOT prepared for the physical reaction to the meds. It has been almost agonizing today - vomiting, nausea, feeling "out of body", neuropathy pain, numbness and tingling in my legs, increased urination, drug fever, and dizziness. From one day's dosage!! My body was incredibly shocked by the meds. I am terrified to take them again in the morning.
I don't know how people handle it. If it is like this long term, I am not sure I can do this. Please, someone share their own experiences with meds and help me to feel some hope. I am terrified.
PS: I was started on
Lexiva
Norvir
Truvada
Isentress
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