Saturday, June 30, 2007

Quit dilly-dallying around

...As my dad would say when we were kids. Yes, it has been two months since my last post, but I keep waiting for some "big" news to deliver. At the moment, things are pretty much the same as they were back in April. After my no-fun prostate infection, it seemed like perma-fatigue really set in, persisting into the present. Paradoxically, I've also been battling insomnia. Lo and behold, that's another one of those under-reported HIV symptoms. My doc and I didn't want to rush into using the more powerful prescription sleeping aids, but after much trial and error -- and a couple of visits to a neurologist and a pulmonary sleep specialist -- we've found Ambien to be the most effective treatment. The insomnia was literally driving my nutty, but for the moment, it's back under control.

As for AIM, I received two smaller doses in May and one big one about 10 days ago. They are saying that they're going to revert back to the original formulation for AIDS patients, given my slower-than-expected rate of progress. They've been trying to standardize a formula (production costs are very high, both in terms of labor and raw materials), but true to form, I'm proving to be the "exception." I haven't had blood work done for awhile, and the next set of labs won't happen until mid-July. Until then, I thank you for your warm thoughts and prayers.

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