Medical

30 Years to a Functional Cure?

I followed an internet wormhole to an article that suggested a functional cure could be up to 30 years away. At or least that was the thought of some know-it-all scientist who painstakingly analyzed all of the recent data on emerging treatment options... but what does...

Got My Brain Checked Out

A few years ago I was scheduled to get the inner workings of my brain checked out. I'm not sure what lead to the scheduling of the appointment, perhaps I confided in my doctor that I felt particularly forgetful or just not with it mentally. What I do remember is that,...

Limping Into 2015, Literally

"To survive in this world, sometimes you must have the eye of the over-sized domesticated cat." - me My last blog post was on December 4th- I was ending the year of 2014 in arguably the prime of my life: confidant and wearing a moustache for the first time, standing...

My Hep Story

When people think of my medical conditions there tends to be a pecking order... HIV gets top-billing, then hemophilia (raise your voices, my fellow thinbloods!)... and at the end of the line is poor ol' hepatitis. Hep allowed me to share my story about how hepatitis...

New Adventures in HIV Medication

In 2002 I made a decision regarding my HIV medications- I'd been on combination therapy for 3 years after receiving an AIDS diagnosis in 1999, and the HIV medication most certainly brought my health back. But at the same time, I was feeling the side effects and was...

A Discussion With My Doctor

At my last doctor's appointment, I talked with my doctor about the recent "HIV cure within months!" headlines that were floating around online and also my decision to switch HIV meds. Part of that discussion is in this week's Shawn and Gwenn video, as well as an...

Changing HIV Medications

My latest video is a bit more personal- it's about switching HIV medications. Since I started on HIV meds back in 1999, I've switched 4 times, going on 3 different combinations, but never because the drugs weren't doing their job in keeping HIV from replicating. It's...