June 15, 2009 Monday Afternoon

The word of the day is 'undetectable'. More on that later.

Sunday around noon we walked up to Locust Street festival to see who was there and watch the beer run. Runner run from bar to bar and have a drink at each bar. I could not do that even with the beer incentive. After we spent some time at Locust Street festival we headed over to the Third Ward for the Pridefest Parade. Was one of the best parades in history. Sun was out, beautiful weather. Where we went to watch the parade Miller Brewery is opening a new bar so they were giving out free beer and food. Unlimited beer and pork loin sandwiches. Filled up on the sandwiches and let Tony drink the beer. Sunday late afternoon we went back to Locust Street Block party for about an hour. It was so crowded and so many people there it was hard to even walk up and down the road through the festival. Was glad we left the festival around 5:45 because the gun fire started at 6 PM. One person shot by a gang member flashing signs. Such a shame one person can ruin a festival that has had no problems ever with one shot of a gun. Rested for about an hour and headed back to Pridefest for the Deborah Cox concert. Was very disappointing. She sang 7 songs and left. Three of the songs were slow songs, 4 were dance songs. Very disappointing that she did not sing her most recent dance songs. Thinking about writing a letter to her and Pridefest to tell them how disappointing the concert was. Came home early because Tony and I were both tired. We were both in bed by 10 PM. Did not sleep well last night. Thinking it was because of the anxiety of today's blood test results from my AIDS doctor. All in all it was a very nice weekend. Very fun.

Monday. Today Tony and I slept in till about 7:30 AM. (not on purpose) Got Tony off to work and started doing all I could do around the house prior to going to my doctor to find out my latest blood results. Tony went with me as support when I got my results today. Tony is a good man.
My HIV viral load is undetectable. This is a good thing and the goal. My TCell count has risen to 284. I was hoping for a higher TCell count but the doctor seems to be happy with my progress. At least they are headed in the right direction, increasing. Was also hoping to not have to take my Acylovir and Fluconazole after this doctor visit but that is not the case. He wants me to continue taking till my next blood test in September when my TCell count will hopefully be higher. I guess I should be happy with this latest round of blood tests. Maybe the fact I am so exhausted from the weekend is keeping me from celebrating. I am so tired I think everything else I wanted to accomplish today is going to have to wait until tomorrow. I think it is time for a nap.