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HELP ME DOCTOR!! $ 100 ON THE WAY. DESPERATE FOR ADVICE

Dear Doctor, i am posting my results from HIV test taken after my exposure on 2nd and 16th October 2010 with sex workers.Here's my story:It was 4 times unprotected oral in September 2010 with having over nervousness on all occasions made my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.Your repeatedly negative HIV-antibody tests out to nine months are definitive, conclusive and WOO-HOO-able. HIV is not your (or your wife's) problem. No way. No how. No additional HIV tests are warranted.I can't diagnose the cause of... Read more »

questioning my doctor's advice

I contracted HIV last October 2001 and I was diagnosed in June of 2002. August I had blood work done and my cd4 was 508 and viral load 8000. After three months, there has been a slight shift. My cd4 went down to 400 and VL shot up to 110,000. What...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

As my colleague, Dr. Young, likes to point out not all CD4 cell counts are created equal. Your absolute CD4 count may have dropped but what about your CD4 percent? This reflects the proportion of your white blood cells that were CD4 cells on the... Read more »

Unprotected Oral Sex Please help me doctor - Would donate 50$ for your advice

Hi Doctor Bob,Despite reading tons of article on your site i am still worried because i am facing the trauma of my life.I recently had a insertive unprotected Oral sex with a CSW and then had a protected vaginal intercourse.I dont know why after 3...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,". . . I am facing the trauma of my life"???? Dude, isn't that being just a teensy bit overdramatic?". . . I am the most horrible, insane and irresponsible person on the planet." No, I tend to doubt that. Dick Cheney has... Read more »

Dear dr torres re:your advice,re:doctor im confused.

dear doctor,i had the tests done that you said to do,cmv,neg,ebv,showed old or weak positive,they said in the past.ig or somthing that means in the past.dr, can i really rule out hiv now.as my face is losing fat.my last tests were,bdna...

Response from Maribel Rodriguez-Torres, M.D.

Fundacion Gatroenterologia De Diego

You do not have HIV according to your tests.Go to the doctor to check for the other viruses,IGG may mean active depending on the titers in some viruses like CMV and EBV>... Read more »

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doctor asked to start meds - please advice

Posted by karan9delhi, 2 Replies

hi all , how are you...i have been living with HIV Virus for almost 2.5 years now...my count have even gone down below 250 but i never started drugs...and with yoga i was able to bring it to 355--- my latest count is 327 - and doctor has asked to... Read more »

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Posted by supernervousguy, 1 Reply

I decided that I was worrying too much and letting the anxiety interrupt my daily routine. I basically French kissed a sex worker of unknown status 2-3 times and it left me with a terrible feeling, you may have read the story of my "non-exposure" in... Read more »

Please please please advice me.

Posted by todayboy777, 4 Replies

I am feeling so worried . I have nothing to choose but suicide if I have hiv infection. Last 3 months ago, a girl touched my bleeding acne .I didn't notice whether her hands had blood or not. I didn't think I can have hiv infection. Then after 2... Read more »

www.poz.com help spread the word about HIV+ dating

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

There are likely over 3 million of us HIV+ in the USA today, and one can visit all the HIV+ dating sites available and one can rarely see more than a few hundred ads and on the pay sites many of these ads are fake posted by the site operators too... Read more »

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