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Tops with HIV...Advice PLEASE!!!

Posted by running4it, 1 Reply

Currently in a relationship with a monogamous partner. He knows of my status and we have protected sex. We slipped up the other day. He was okay with the situation but I am a bit uneasy. Are they there tops our there that could help me with there... Read more »

Need advice about my HIV+ partner's depression

Posted by wjrmmjr, 4 Replies

My boyfriend is HIV+ and just tried to commit suicide by overdosing..he has been drinking and drugging. He is very depressed about his illness. I am very angry that he won't admit to his addiction and get help..but he says if I leave him he will... Read more »

Need advice regarding my HIV antibody test

Posted by goingcrazy1000, 1 Reply

Hello:

I really need some feedback regarding my HIV antibody test I took on August 25, 2008. Here I go with my story...I am married for 12 years with three children. I made the biggest mistake of my life!! I started having an affair September 2007... Read more »

Desperately in need of advice from HIV + DELETED

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Possible HIV, School, Meds, Advice???

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello. I am currently in college and about to ente rmy last semester. I am going to go get tested soon, but I am afraid. Apart for the obvious reasons to worry, I am also worrying about treatment is I test +. THe treatments I know are very... Read more »

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i'm 99.9999 sure i'm HIV- but could use your advice

Mr. Kull,None of us can ever thank you enough for all of your help and concern. You have done a countless number of people a great service!!!I made it through the window period. Eight months ago I was the recipient of unprotected anal sex with a...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

I am pleased that your test was negative and that you made it through what I presume to be a difficult period. However, I think your question regarding your symptoms is a bit out of my territory. Unexplained symptoms can be quite a frustrating... Read more »

HSV1+ and HIV+.....need advice

I wrote in a few days ago and haven't seen a response yet, so I thought I would try again. I really need some advice. I am HIV+....since 1995. I am not currently on any HIV meds. My latest CD4 is 795, CD8 is 1100 and VL is 300. I became...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

This is a complicated one. We know that people can have recurrences without actually getting blisters or lesions, and still shed virus, but usually these outbreaks are mixed with typical outbreaks. If you really were infected with type 1 and not... Read more »

Chronic hep B carrier and HIV infection [advice about Thailand]

Hi, i asked a question earlier but it wasnt answered and i am really desperate and trying my hardest to try to stay alive as long as possible.Pls do help me.I just got diagnosed HIV+ from the oral quick test. As i am from a very conservative...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.In our country, if you have HBV and HIV coinfection, HIV treatments include tenofovir and either FTC or 3TC. Didanosine (ddI) has no HBV activity and generally not recommended here in the US for first-line treatment of... Read more »

Recent hiv + need advice

I am 21 years old and was diagnosed with HIV last Sep. The doctor told me that the amount of virus in my body was very small so I probably have infected for less than a year. The doctor told me that I should not take any antiviral medicines until I...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.You need to find a new doctor. There's no evidence that healthy, asymptomatic persons with HIV need extra vitamins, never mind intravenous ones. Your doctor is taking you for a $3000/year ride.If you desire vitamins, a... Read more »

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Recently Diagnosed With HIV? African Americans Share Their Advice

Dealing with an HIV diagnosis on top of all of life's other challenges may seem too daunting a task to face. There's a huge community out there doing it every day, though, so to those who are recently diagnosed, you are certainly not alone. Over the... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Agency Stands by Advice on HIV and Contraceptive Use

Women with HIV or at high risk of infection can safely continue using hormonal contraceptives, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A study published last year found that using contraceptive injections doubled a woman's risk of contracting... Read more »

Living Longer and Healthier with HIV: Three HIV-Positive People Share Their Advice

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL months since the Eleventh International Conference on AIDSended. While the conference consisted primarily of medically technicalpresentations, there were a few sessions specifically intended for those ofus who are actually living... Read more »

Gay Men and HIV/AIDS: Where to Turn for Information and Advice

HIV/AIDS is not a gay disease, and the virus works the same whether you're gay or straight. That said, if you are gay -- or if you're a man who considers himself straight, but fools around with guys from time to time -- there's a lot of... Read more »

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