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The HIV medications and it's wonders

I forgot to wrote about my latest readings because I was so busy with work and all, you know, Chinese New Year is approaching and everybody is rushing to finish off "old" work so not to bring into the new year. I got my latest readings taken in December a little over a week ago, and I'm glad I'm doing well, after about 3 months plus on medication when my blood was taken. My CD4 has shot up to 352 (Dec 2013) from 140 in Sept 2013, and VL of 350 copies (Dec 2013) down from 244,000 copies (Sept 2013). It's quite a marvel - I know I can do this. Thus far, I have only missed 1 dose of daytime Combivir, largely because I was travelling and I couldn't recall eating it. It did freak me out though, and I didn't remember about it until it was time for next dose, and I was like, did I or did I not take the morning dose. In summary, here's my history count: +--------------------------+-----+-------------+ | Date Blood Taken         | CD4 | VL (copies) |...

Treatmennt for HIV+ in Peninsular Malaysia

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Further from POZboySG's blogpost about Treatment Procedures in Peninsular Malaysia , I would like to digress and add on my own experience and thoughts for his readers and mine alike. Let's start by adding a few facts that is on a need-to-know basis from his blogpost. 1. PT Foundation True, they don't have a resident doctor for all your medical needs. PT Foundation is not a hospital, but they have Dr Nason Tan who volunteers outside his clinical hours. Dr Tan is well know in Malaysia for volunteering and the likes of doctors without borders having served in Nepal and Africa as a volunteer doctor. Plus, he's hot and cute :) Dr Tan runs his own clinic in Bandar Menjalara Kepong. Other doctors who's known for volunteering include Dr Illas Yee, but he's more into seeing general STI rather than specializing in HIV. Dr Yee is attached with Universiti Hospital, sometimes referred to as University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). 2. Problem with UMMC doctor From...