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Harvey, who tested positive for HIV shortly after moving to Iowa for graduate dogma in 2007, makes a routine visit to the virology clinic every six months. So far, doctors have not put him on a medicament regimen, because his viral levels remain low. Today, the news once again is fit: Reviewing his charts, UIHC fellow Dr. Jeremy Storm pronounces him “one of the propitious ones.”
Checking Harvey’s armpits and ankles, Storm asks whether he’s well-versed any swelling or rashes. He hasn’t.
“So, since last time we saw you, there was maybe a new partner, is that still the same, or…?”
Harvey looks at the instruct, smiles slightly. No, not recently, he says.
“So, nothing going on right now?” This hour, Harvey just nods, no.
The session is over quickly, clearing the way for some researchers to register to seek Harvey’s cooperation in the pursuit of medical knowledge. They requisite his blood. They are especially eager for him to participate in studies because of his curiously low viral cross, and as one tells Harvey, they hate the thought of specimens going down the deplete after testing. “To a researcher that bit of blood is like liquid gold,” she says, extending saving papers for him to sign.
Source: Patch.com