PatientsLikeMe : stilllivingwithHIV's HIV Profile

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Status: Member since: 11/07; Last updated: 08/22/09; Last login: 08/24/09

stilllivingwithHIV: Sex: M; Data Quality: 1 star; HIV 26 yrs; Mental Symptoms: mild; Physical Symptoms: mild; Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: severe; 250; VL 20k; 6 yrs with AIDS.Taking HIV meds; See profile

stilllivingwithHIV: Male, 52 years; Pinckneyvlle, IL

Condition History: Infected: 08/83; Diagnosis: 06/99

Profile Activity: 95 Views

About Me: Infected in 1983 through gay sex with another man. I turned out to be one in 3.2 million people worldwide that tests a false negative for HIV. I was not officially HIV+ until 1999, at which time I learned that I had AIDS. Although I had a long undetectable period of time, I (and my closest friends) all knew I was positive, so I began practicing keeping a positive mental attitude about the illness long before it was officially detected. This is the "key" to maintaining a long viable life with HIV!!!

HIV Condition

CD4 : 250 (latest: 06/27/09)