Report card

Got my first report card after starting meds and i'm very pleased with the results. VL was 45k, now it's only 214 copies/ml. Gonna push that down to less than 50 copies by next month! Cd4 had been hovering 14% for the past 8 yrs but now it hit a new high 16% even though absolute levels dipped slightly. Glad that lymphocyte overall level dropped which I remembered from sch to be a gd thing because high lymphocyte levels = infection present?

Verdict: atripla is very well tolerated and other than the slight rash of a wk plus, I did not really have any side effects. Not much drug interaction too though I had to stop taking nurofen as painkillers. But I think I don't need painkillers too because the oral ulcers that I used to break into easily have disappeared too.

One concern though, liver enzymes have increased by two fold. Doc says it's normal for the time being. Let's see how it goes. My spirits are up and my besties are supportive. Nowadays in clubs, they buy me coke other than alcohol and come to my rescue when i'm forced to drink by other friends who don't know. Can't do without my bffs. :)

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