You could end up on several medications, if you allow it. You do not have to take medications just because a doctor recommends it. It is your body and you have every right to say no thank you. If your doctor gives you a hard time about it, or makes you feel stupid or uncomfortable you can fire them and find another doctor.

Ask yourself, "how do I feel?" Do not let yourself BE governed by lab results and what they say. Fear and shock aside, how do you REALLY feel?

Your best defense is to become educated on HIV and the meds associated with it so that YOU can make an informed decision and not rely on someone else to decide for you. Remember, IT IS YOUR BODY!

There are many, many things you can do for yourself to help improve your health and immune system. The first and most important thing is to change your diet. Eat right. Eat your fruits and veggies, eat them raw. Eat whole grains. Drink plenty of water. Remove artificial and processed foods and avoid sugar and all things high fructose like the plague.

Also, remove as much stress from your life as you possibly can. Learn to BE peaceful. Learn to let things go. Strive for Balance and Serenity. Do not let FEAR rule your Life.

If you can work on just those aspects of yourself and your life, I reckon you will see marked improvement in your health and mental well BEing. Please do not rely on the medical community and the pharmaceutical companies to help you feel well. That type of work starts at home.

BE WELL.

Antiretroviral drugs do not boost your immune system, they control the virus so that it stops damaging your CD4 cells, and your immune system rebuilds itself.

If you doctor is recommending more, or a different type of drugs, it is because the virus has not been controlled by Truvada alone, and not because of your immune system level.

This Daily Stregnth group seems to be good for emotional support, etc, but you should try other places such as www.aeigis.com for more information about HIV and antiretroviral drugs.

HIv durgs are usually given in combination. Truvada itself is two drugs combined in one pill. Almost all drug combinations are recommend three different types. Usually two from NRTI category and one from the NNRTI or Protease Inhibitor. I would recommend talking to your doctor to discuss why you are only on Truvada. I agree with Dr Duke, that this website can help you guide yourself through your support issues but not real well with the medical part of it. I think that the absolutly best website for HIV education is TheBody.com. There you will find information about medicines, symptoms, hundreds and hundreds of questions and answers from people just like yourself dealing with midicens,side effects, complications , and many many inspiring stories. If you need a laugh you can read the safe sex forum they have, it always cheers me up. I wish you well in your fight to beat, control, and live with HIV, Scott