tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post284287401113999754..comments2023-07-18T04:37:51.309-07:00Comments on My PrEP Experience: The New FrontierNewPrevTechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05705781012925480028noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-25176415038813822202015-08-21T20:07:11.958-07:002015-08-21T20:07:11.958-07:00Thanks for this blog! I found you searching for Pr...Thanks for this blog! I found you searching for PrEP side effects. Have been on PrEP for two weeks now and just this week I started experiencing diarrhea on the regular. I was expecting side effects to show up on day one, not 12. As a fellow Bay Area boy, I must admit that it's wonderful not having to constantly worry about being HIV infected, and actually reducing my chances of getting HIV. Btw, your neck is beautiful, maybe I'll see you around Steamworks or 442 Natomas sometime haha. Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077992775498425457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-78532693233789683592012-11-03T17:13:31.204-07:002012-11-03T17:13:31.204-07:00can you say which practice you go to? i've ha...can you say which practice you go to? i've had little luck getting my doc in SF to consider PrEP and would like to move on to someone more open minded.rojam74https://www.blogger.com/profile/07235541204870999410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-51593881223392035372012-06-01T11:12:34.335-07:002012-06-01T11:12:34.335-07:00I might be in love with you, Anonymous! :) Thank y...I might be in love with you, Anonymous! :) Thank you so much for sharing your story. It's great to hear your own personal experience with PrEP. So much of what you say resonates.<br /><br />"Ironically, undetectable men have emerged as the safest group of people for me to play with. HIV negative men, especially versatile ones, stand the chance of having newly seroconverted with high viral loads."<br /><br />AMEN!!!! If I see another highly stigamizing "disease free"/"no poz" message on a profile, meant to be some kind of stand-alone, ill-informed HIV prevention strategy, I might reach through the screen and cyber-throttle someone.<br /><br />Sad that you feel like you risk condemnation (and some feel like they risk their funding) for taking concrete steps to protect your health and the health of those around you.Marc-André LeBlanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870167685717292932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-78089374596513398952012-06-01T02:21:42.017-07:002012-06-01T02:21:42.017-07:00Thank you for this truly informative report - one ...Thank you for this truly informative report - one I hope many "out there" will get to read and follow suit. I have personally known so many HIV+ co-workers and friends - many who still practice their sexual proclivities with a cavalier "devil may care " mindset. <br /><br />Going to various activist events in Washington, DC - especially "The Quilt" was a real eye-openier. I have met many great courageous people over the years and have been a long-time advocate for the Causes, Prevention and Post HIV/AIDS issues.<br /><br />It goes without saying that we "straight" guys too are not immune from becoming statistics in this scourge - except ... this "scourge" has taught so many of us more of ourselves and made us more humane and knowledgeable ...banana-boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757232466850492968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-70260769375430056962012-05-31T21:04:20.710-07:002012-05-31T21:04:20.710-07:00Thanks for sharing this. I am both HIV+ and work i...Thanks for sharing this. I am both HIV+ and work in both prevention and advocacy for others. I'm often geeting questions about PreP, but have not met anyone here in my area that has personal experience with it. I'm glad atleast to be able to speak of your experience and refer them to this site to possibly learn more from real-life experiences. <br /><br />It appears that if anything, there are great "mental" affects that the drug provides. I'm glad that you can experience the fullness of being intimate without the mental strain that accompanies it with the worries of becoming HIV+.<br /><br />Good luck and please continue to share.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470435101250422242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7284395949369400258.post-42077668199580377102012-05-31T19:05:00.560-07:002012-05-31T19:05:00.560-07:00Your candor is admirable. We all need to hear thes...Your candor is admirable. We all need to hear these kinds of real life tales. And listen without rushing to judgement. Thanks for sharing your particular, brave, thoughtful, risk-taking (but what isn't?), and real story.Patrick Santanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307648203787037368noreply@blogger.com