Hiv And Lap Band

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HIV, Weight Gain, and Lap Band Surgery

I've been poz for 9 years now, and while my numbers are excellent (VL-undet, CD4-1550), my weight gain is what I truly feel is whats killing me. My weight before I converted was 185, and I'm now at a staggering 260. I've asked my...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Weight loss can be challenging for many patients. We have had numerous patients undergo a variety of weight reduction surgeries (including lap band) with generally good results. I would repectfully ask your HIV doc once again and perhaps request a... Read more »

Lap Band and HIV positive

I am considering getting the Gastric lap band to help with my weight control. I am HIV positive but... Read more »

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Lap-Band Consideration

I have HIV (great health status - no meds needed at this point) and HEP C (good health there as... Read more »

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Kentucky: Church, Hope Center Band Together Against HIV/AIDS

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Florida: Music With a Message About HIV

Louis and Rosalia Curbelo of Fort Lauderdale, who married in 2004, decided to start a band last year. Louis was diagnosed with HIV in 1987, and the couple wanted to make music with a message. Their duo, Los Doctores ("The Doctors") sings about AIDS... Read more »

$25 Million for ADAP Crisis: "A Temporary Band-Aid"

Washington, DC -- Paul Kawata, Executive Director of the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) responds to the Administration's re-allocation of $25 million to deal with the growing number of individuals on the AIDS Drug Assistance Plan (ADAP)... Read more »

And the Band Plays On

HIV has forced me to separate the bull from the shit, make priorities, get real. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? Meanwhile, back at the ranch -- the USA Not OK Corral -- gay men in the land of milk and honey continue to go hungry in the domestic... Read more »

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Lap Dance, HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I feel embarassed posting this question but I need some input. A few nights ago I went to a strip club with a friend where I got a lap dance. This is when the dancer dances on your lap and occassionally grinds your penis with her buttocks. Anyways,... Read more »

Blood on Cotton Ball & Band Aid - not mine

Posted by Olive, 1 Reply

Hello,

I hope the experts can help me out. I went to get a routine HIV test done at a local clinic here in Kenya. The syringe was new, however after drawing the blood the nurse put a cotton ball on my injected area to cover the blood....I noticed... Read more »

Lap Dance

Posted by vworried123, 2 Replies

I am worried. For some stupid reason I had a private lap dance on Holiday and I got just a bit more. I flicked my tongue over her breast and nipple for about a second, kissed her skin, and licked quickly up her bum crack twice totally a few seconds.... Read more »

Lap Dances

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was in New Zeland recently and went for a lap dance. All the while during the dance I had my clothes on and she was naked. The thing that worries me is that at one point of time I could feel the vagina of the girl on the shaft of my penis through... Read more »

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