There are two dates in time that are significant to my relation to HIV and AIDS.

Spring (May), 2000 I tested positive for HIV with the Dept. of Health in Florida. As soon as I could get an appointment with an Infectious Disease Specialist, I did so. I had been totally celibate for five years prior to the tests but took them at my family physician’s recommendation because I had suddenly come down with a bad case of Shingles.

The ID physician told me that I would be dead in 6 months if I did not immediately begin HAART medications. So, out of sheer ignorance and trust in the medical establishment, I agreed.

Over the next 7 and a half years, I religiously took the cocktails, every morning and evening, varying over time from one combination of drugs to another. Some of them were causing a risky high cholesterol level so I was changed to another. Some of the medications that I have taken long term are Combivir, Epiver, Sustiva, Viread, Trizivir, and others.

The worst side effects that I endured were high cholesterol, muscle wasting (I basically have very little muscle now), a constant discomfort and bloating in my stomach, constant constipation, and sunken cheeks. I was beginning to look like I was starving to death. My physician wouldn’t admit it. I also lost a large majority of my teeth during that first year on the medications…all this even though the medicines kept my viral load consistently undetectable and my TCell count grew from the original <200 to around 500 and basically stayed in that range.

Long story short, I did not suffer from the medications as much as some cases that I have heard. At least, I never had diarrhea. I continued to work full time and never had to take off from work for illnesses other than a cold once a year perhaps. I seemed rather healthy for someone who was supposed to be dying.

In 2007, I was introduced to Christine Maggiore’s book, “What if everything you knew about AIDS is wrong,” and that book changed my life. I immediately read Peter Duesberg’s 800+ page book, “The Invention of HIV/AIDS” and at that point, my greatest challenge was to try to control my disgust and anger. I do still have that challenge a year later.

After reading Peter’s book and researching the other information that is available, I talked with my physician, who had changed by the end of 2006 due to my previous Dr. giving up his private practice. The new physician was absolutely convinced and sold that HIV causes AIDS and that the HAART drugs were wonder drugs, saving us all from certain death. Well, I knew that I could not continue to pay a physician with that attitude, so I basically fired her. Unbeknownst to me at the time, that was a very liberating decision…one of the best I have ever made in my entire life.

That was late July of 2007. I stopped taking all HAART medications the 1st day of August, 2007. I also stopped having my viral load and Tcell counts checked, I have not seen a physician once this year, other than my dentist for check-ups and cleanings, etc. Haven’t had a need to. This Friday will be my one year anniversary off of the medications…the following Wednesday will be my 57th birthday…and I DO intend to celebrate in some way.

I must say that I do not believe in the HIV=AIDS theory...and that is all that it is…a theory…and one that is full of holes at that. I have no fear of my HIV status, although I am still labeled HIV positive and must disclose that fact to all of my sexual partners at risk of attempted murder charges if I fail to do so. So, in that sense and in other ways, my HIV status will haunt me the rest of my life unless or until the HIV/AIDS Industry comes crumbling down. We can all only hope!

I have really never felt any better than I have felt once I did a toxin cleanse back in the Fall of last year. I have been a vegetarian since 1972, so I do try to eat a healthy diet and take vitamin supplements. I continue to work full time, own my own business on the side, as well, and live a very healthy, happy and prosperous life.

I would really encourage anyone who has been diagnosed with HIV to do the research. It seems overwhelming at first…and it is. However, there are many websites with good basic knowledge and information to help you make a decision whether you want to continue the medications or not. Everyone must make that choice for themselves…not me, not your physician or your family. This is your body, your life. No one else’s.

Just doing the research will help to lift you out of the fear that has been embedded in your psyche and allow you to think for yourself. All of us here will tell you that the evidence is more than overwhelming that we have been fooled into believing this terrible genocidal paradigm. Think for yourself.

My very best wishes to all of you here and to anyone who is in this situation.

Sincerely,

Terry R.

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