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#300516 - 09/11/07 12:09 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Gnor]
natasqi enthusiast Registered: 04/07/07 Loc: Perth	Written by: Gnor Prostitues in Gambia and Thailand with regular (weekly) unprotected exposure have not developed HIV over up to 5 years in the study done. Yeah, I saw a video with this in it.. and how they were testing their blood for cures, or genetic links etc. Very interesting!!
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#300517 - 09/11/07 05:30 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Gnor]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Written by: Gnor It seems the Gay scene reacted very quickly and get testing and treatment and the incidence of infection has reduced dramatically. This hasnt happened in all communities. To raise again the same issue I have raised before HIV is becoming a problem in our idigenous people with similar issue to Afro Americans. For a struggling culture with huge problems with health aready HIv is a nightmare. The gay scene USED to have a very quick and thorough reaction. However, the advent of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) has given people the idea that HIV is simply a chronic disease, like diabetes, and so you don't really have to worry about it. The reality is that HIV is constantly evolving to get around our various HAART drugs. Many current strains of HIV are resistant to all but the newest classes of anti-retrovirals. Missing just a couple of doses can cause resistance to evolve. So that's the current challenge facing the Gay community. _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300518 - 09/11/07 05:38 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: natasqi]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Written by: natasqi Written by: Gnor Prostitues in Gambia and Thailand with regular (weekly) unprotected exposure have not developed HIV over up to 5 years in the study done. Yeah, I saw a video with this in it.. and how they were testing their blood for cures, or genetic links etc. Very interesting!! There are a whole group of people who are "Immune" (not in the classic sense) to HIV through a few mechanisms. Some people are lacking a molecule found on the cell surface that HIV attaches to. HIV can't infect those people. Other people are called "Long-Term Non-Progressors." These people do have a virus that you can isolate and sequence its genome. However, their viral loads are undetectable and their CD4+ counts (the count of the class of white blood cell that HIV destroys) remain normal. Long-term non-progressors are a small minority (a few percent) of HIV+ patients. HIV has only been really known for about 30 years now, so we do know that some long-term non-progressors can survive while HIV+ at least 25-30 years without ever developing AIDS. We don't know for sure how to identify a long-term non-progressor without just watching them for a few decades, and we don't know how long "long-term" really is. These patients are also objects of intense scrutiny by the biomedical field because we'd love to find out what it is about them that prevents the disease from progressing. _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300519 - 09/11/07 02:55 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Gnor Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 31/03/03 Loc: Perth	There is a certain set of HIV +ve men here that once their viral coubts are low, believe unprotected sex is ok. Heres hoping that their "recipients" are at least protecting them selves. Hows the new language of " donors" and "recipients". Makes it sound like the newly +ve people should saying thankyou. Have read some HIV +ve people can carry many many strains of HIV on board as the virus mutates. So lovely for the receiver that gets such a diverse range of viruses to try deal with. HIV is so low profile here its no wonder people forget about it. I think the last place other than HOP that I seen anything was the toilet door at an airport. _________________________ Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to all concerned? Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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#300520 - 10/11/07 01:20 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Gnor]
ElectricBlue Now with extra strawberries Registered: 11/02/02 Loc: Canberra	I know my status. : ) I give blood regularly and here you get a full blood test when ever you do. Of course this is often not an option for those in some of the high risk categories because you cannot give blood. But if you can give you get to do too great things at once.
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#300521 - 10/11/07 12:00 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: ElectricBlue]
Gnor Carpal \'Tunnel Registered: 31/03/03 Loc: Perth	I had my status with my last child but you just reminded me that I gave blood last year. _________________________ Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to all concerned? Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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#300522 - 11/11/07 04:19 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: D3kazer]
Amanda13 member Registered: 07/04/07 Loc: Missouri	I know mine. I also get mine rechecked (on all STDs) every 6 months on average. More if I'm having a more swap of sexual partners, less if I'm in a relationship. I really need to get my hands on female condoms... then I could go to annual testings. I've really have had a lot of luck so far (I'm allergic to latex and it's near impossible to find polyeurathane or female condoms in my city).
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#300523 - 11/11/07 06:02 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Amanda13]
polarity veteran Registered: 16/05/05 Loc: on the wrong planet	There's always online ordering, although you'd need a credit/debit card. Some places may support paypal though for those with just a bank account. _________________________ You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence. Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
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#300524 - 11/11/07 06:58 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: polarity]
Amanda13 member Registered: 07/04/07 Loc: Missouri	I just want to go to my local PP and see if they got [censored]. I hate online outside of poi and clothes.
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#300525 - 11/11/07 10:52 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Amanda13]
xjere Member Registered: 25/07/07	Also, get vaccinated for Hep A/B! Three shots wont kill you. _________________________ Who wants to see a monkey on fire?
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#300526 - 12/11/07 07:00 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Amanda13]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Written by: Amanda13 I really need to get my hands on female condoms... then I could go to annual testings. I've really have had a lot of luck so far (I'm allergic to latex and it's near impossible to find polyeurathane or female condoms in my city). You can always order online. However, I'm curious as to the evidence you have to support the idea that using a female condom makes you less prone to STD's than a male condom. _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300527 - 12/11/07 08:48 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Amanda13 member Registered: 07/04/07 Loc: Missouri	I'll get the link up but what it's saying is since the female condom covers the labia it not only protects the inside from STD (and the shaft of the penis) it also provides labia protection (and in that sense can provide scrotal sack protection as well). While it may not be as protective as a LATEX condom (since poly has a higher chance of breakage) it is more protective then a poly male condom. Read the little chart that compares the male and female http://www.ripnroll.com/reality2.htm
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#300528 - 14/11/07 09:52 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Amanda13]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	So, to clarify, the theory is that the female condom is somehow safer than the male condom because it covers more. However, this has not been demonstrated in rigorous scientific analyses. So I wouldn't change my testing frequency based on that information. _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300529 - 15/11/07 01:56 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Mynci Macaque of all trades Registered: 27/04/05 Loc: wombling free...	I haven't been tested for a few years but I was OK and have been VERY careful since _________________________ see no evil, hear no evil, speak B*llocks Likes tail
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#300530 - 15/11/07 05:36 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Mynci]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	Mynci, if by "careful" you mean "100% abstinent" or "confidantly in a long-term monogamous relationship" then you're fine. If by "careful" you mean "I used condoms 100% of the time" then go get tested. It can't hurt you, can it? _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300531 - 15/11/07 05:56 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	BTW, just to go over the commonly available STD screening tests and how they're done: HIV: Blood test or oral swab. Results in 20 minutes to 2 weeks. Syphilis: Blood draw. Results typically take a few days. Gonorrhea/Chlamydia: Men: Urethral swab (yeah, they jam a swab in your hoo-haa. It sucks.) or urine sample (far better than "the spear"!). Women: cervical swab (usually done at the same time as a pap smear). Herpes: Direct culture from active lesions (essentially painless) and there is a blood antibody test, but a negative result does not guarantee that you do not carry herpes. HPV: Women: Pap smears Men: In men who engage in receptive anal intercourse, anal pap. Edited by Doc Lightning (16/11/07 08:32 PM) _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300532 - 16/11/07 03:26 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Kathain_Bowen Good Ol' Yarn For Hair Registered: 24/01/06 Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA	Doc.... .... I suppose I don't have anything witty, funny, or even very coherent to say at the moment. _________________________ "So long and thanks for all the fish."
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#300533 - 16/11/07 08:31 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Kathain_Bowen]
Doc Lightning HOP Mad Doctor Registered: 28/05/01 Loc: San Francisco, CA, USA	No, but you can go get tested, Kath! _________________________ -Mike )'( Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella "A buckuht 'n a hooze!" -Valura
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#300534 - 17/11/07 11:53 AM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Amanda13 member Registered: 07/04/07 Loc: Missouri	Just waiting on calls. Will probably know chlymidia and gonarreha same time as pap results. Others whenever they're done.
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#300535 - 24/11/07 03:46 PM Re: Do you know YOUR status? [Re: Doc Lightning]
Kathain_Bowen Good Ol' Yarn For Hair Registered: 24/01/06 Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA	Written by: Doc Lightning No, but you can go get tested, Kath! I'm sorry. I had just found out a few hours before reading this thread that a good friend of mine, Phil, had passed away the night before. He was HIV positive, and it's still thought that he had an infection that he just couldn't fight. I hadn't been that emotional when I got called about it and had been fairly successful at being the "stoic-caring-and-supportive-friend" for everyone else thing up until I started reading this thread. It kind of hit me all at once in a really sad, beautiful way, if you can understand that. _________________________ "So long and thanks for all the fish."
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