Monumentous Occasion

[buckylarue]

On July 17, 1989, I received my diagnosis as HIV+, and was given an estimate of 18 months to live, 'but with this new wonder drug AZT, some people are living 2 or 3 years.'

Well, here, it is, 18 years later, and I'm still here! I'm not the dynamo I once was, but I am still here...I just wish I had planned for living all these years and saved some more $$$ when I was still capable of making it!

Wanna know how exciting my life is? To commemorate the anniversary, we went out to eat...at Old Country Buffet.

 

[Deesknee]

Congratulations!!!

I hope you at least made use of the icecream bar to celebrate!!!

Here's hoping many more miracle drugs are in the making for this and so many more diseases.

 

[buckylarue]

Congratulations!!!

I hope you at least made use of the icecream bar to celebrate!!!

Thanks! Yes, I started healthy with a salad plate (green salad, potato salad, seafood salad); then some butterfly shrimp, shrimp alfredo and a piece of fried chicken; then a couple of slices of roast beef with mashed potatoes and carrots (my partner complimented me on actually taking a vegetable sidedish); then a piece of lemon cake, a piece of walnut spice cake, and some peach cobbler; and finally some fat-free no sugar added vanilla soft serve with strawberry topping.

Then I rushed home to put on my stretch shorts and watch the baseball game...

 

[arminnie]

Well, here, it is, 18 years later, and I'm still here! I'm not the dynamo I once was, but I am still here

No one is the dynamo that they were 18 years ago! Best wishes for the next 18 years and more.

 

[Jcricket Fan]

Congratulations!

I always cringe when dr's. give out the time limits for people.

My MIL according to her doc's. should have died within 8 months of her cancer diagnosis.

God love her she's still around now 5 yrs. later. She never listened to what they said and needed to prove them wrong. I guess she did and so did you!

Continued good life for you buckylarue.

Peace, Colleen

 

[safetymom]

That is wonderful news!!! I wish you well for many more years.

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Hey Bucky.....

That is the best news I have read all day. Bravo to you and to the doctors who continue to amaze us all with keeping people alive and relatively healthy..

I guess you showed them, 18 years later. Of course, if you questioned them, they would say oh we meant to say years...not months.

 

[Deesknee]

Thanks! Yes, I started healthy with a salad plate (green salad, potato salad, seafood salad); then some butterfly shrimp, shrimp alfredo and a piece of fried chicken; then a couple of slices of roast beef with mashed potatoes and carrots (my partner complimented me on actually taking a vegetable sidedish); then a piece of lemon cake, a piece of walnut spice cake, and some peach cobbler; and finally some fat-free no sugar added vanilla soft serve with strawberry topping.

Then I rushed home to put on my stretch shorts and watch the baseball game...

We call them eatin pants!!!!

 

[buckylarue]

Thanks all for the well wishes! I guess I'll plan on sticking around a few more years at least. Gotta see the last 2 Harry Potter movies, for one thing! And gotta put on my eatin' pants and make a few more trips to Old Country Buffet, although not too frequently; I can't eat that much that often anymore!

 

[Holly]

That's wonderful!

Hey, Old Country Buffet is a favorite of mine.

 

[TruBlu]

Here's to 18 more!!!

(We need a smilie at a buffet!!! )

The good drugs are wonderful, but wouldn't a cure be fantastic??? Hopefully that is in your future! The new research sounds promising - for a vaccine anyway.

 

[lisajl]

Congrats to you! Here's to 18 or more years!

BTW, who is as spry as they used to be? I just turned 45 in July and think I left my memory somewhere! LOL!

Lisa