Blog 12- It's almost over

South Beach, I'll see you soon!!! :)

Only a week left before final exam and I can't wait. I started the count down for summer since after Spring Break and it is finally...close. It's not here yet but it is so close that I can smell South Beach and the good night sleep awaiting me.
This semester was a very challenging one for me, especially for this class. I can never seem to catch a break with the assignments. I love the class but wasn't a fan of all the works.
But overall, I've learn alot and I can honestly say that I appreciated my health much more than before. Life is too preciuos and I want to treat it as such not only by protecti ng myself sexually but I am also eating healthy and take my exercises routines more seriously.
I am thankful for being able to read and interract with some of the students in the class. I hope everyone enjoyed the class like I did and hopefully will pass it with a satisfying grade.
Good Luck to you all and Have a great summer vacation!!!!

Did You Know!!!!
Mystery 4: Some HIV positive people Never Get AIDS Disease
"A Many people, known as Long Term Non-Progressors, have been HIV positive for over a decade, have not taken therapy, yet have still not got sick with AIDS. These people, along with the long latency period in others, are living evidence that something apart from HIV is needed" (http://aras.ab.ca/mnm.pdf) .

According to Munoz et al, " we presdict that approximately 13% of homosexual/bisexual men infected at a young age may remain so for > 20 years. Since studies have not followed individuals for such periods, long-term survivors must be characterized using stability of immunologic markers. In a cohort of 1,809 seropositive men followed since 1984-85, 15% (187/1,214) of those with at least two consecutive visits early in the study showed no decline in CD4+ cell count. From these, 67 men with long follow-up and no use of zidovudine were identified as cases to investigate correlates of protection against HIV-1-induced immunodepletion" (Munoz el al, 1995).

http://aras.ab.ca/mnm.pdf

Munoz el al. ( 1995, April 15). Long-term survivors with HIV-1 infection: incubation period and longitudinal patterns of CD4+ lymphocytes. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7697447

Blog 11- Just a couple weeks left!!!!

There is only a couple weeks left before final and I am trill that this semester is almost over. I am praying to God that I make it through. I don't think I can take one more month of this, my brain is working overtime, I might go crazy. I think I did alright in my classes, I am only worrying about this class because so far I am not where I want to be. So, I have to make the last weeks count.

This monday was the first day that I started to carry the HIV egg with me and so far it is not going so good. I only have class monday, wednesday, and Friday, both monday and today my egg had cracked and licked all over my desk. I had to spent the rest of the day smelling like eggs, so after this experiment I don't think I 'll look at eggs the same way again. I only have this friday left to really expose my egg the way I want to and this time I'll boiled it. I didn't have time to boil the egg today so tommorrow night before I go to bed I'll boil it and put it in the frig for Friday. But besides that I had some feedbacks about the HIV eggs. Most people thought that it was funny and laugh, others gave me weird looks like I was crazy or something. Can wait to see what tomorrow will bring.

If I have enough time I might dress up my eggs for the Easter season.... Yayy!!!

DID YOU KNOW!!!!

Myth #2: Women who are HIV positive will definitely spread the disease to their unborn babies.

Fact: If a woman knows that she is HIV positive early in her pregnancy and receives the right treatment, her chances of spreading the virus to her unborn baby are less than 2 percent in the United States. Without treatment, however, this risk increases to approximately 25 percent.

QualityHealth's Medical Advisory Board. (2008, Nov. 20). HIV/AIDS: Myths vs. Reality. Retrieved from http://www.qualityhealth.com/colds-infections-articles/hivaids-myths-vs-reality