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    <updated>2010-03-15T16:48:48Z</updated>
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    <title>November/ December 2009 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.2385</id>

    <published>2009-12-10T21:37:16Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-15T16:48:48Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[First, I have to say that this year, 2009, was a lousy year for death and very sorrowful milestones personally even though I did have some high points the past year.&nbsp; But, the sadness seemed to over-shadow any joys I...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[First, I have to say that this year, 2009, was a lousy year for death and very sorrowful milestones personally even though I did have some high points the past year.&nbsp; But, the sadness seemed to over-shadow any joys I...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>REMINDER: PML DOES NOT EQUAL RETARDED</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.2227</id>

    <published>2009-08-21T18:01:15Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-21T18:06:06Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[I hate that word,&nbsp;retarded,&nbsp;and the fact that so many people still remain uneducated about PML (Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy) and its effects.&nbsp; PML is a brain disorder caused by HIV and other immunosuppressant diseases which causes a host of physical infirmities...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[I hate that word,&nbsp;retarded,&nbsp;and the fact that so many people still remain uneducated about PML (Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy) and its effects.&nbsp; PML is a brain disorder caused by HIV and other immunosuppressant diseases which causes a host of physical infirmities...]]>
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    <title>August 2009 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.2198</id>

    <published>2009-08-02T17:29:36Z</published>
    <updated>2009-08-02T17:39:20Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[&nbsp; My newest counts are:&nbsp; my T-cells are 869 and the viral load remains undetectable.&nbsp; That is my highest T-cell count yet.&nbsp; In April the T-cells were 696 and the viral load undetectable. &nbsp; My dad passed on May 21...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[&nbsp; My newest counts are:&nbsp; my T-cells are 869 and the viral load remains undetectable.&nbsp; That is my highest T-cell count yet.&nbsp; In April the T-cells were 696 and the viral load undetectable. &nbsp; My dad passed on May 21...]]>
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    <title>April 2009 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.1914</id>

    <published>2009-04-29T19:38:54Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-29T19:41:13Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[&nbsp; I had my appointment on April 22 and my T-cells went up to 696 from 652 and the viral load remains undetectable.&nbsp; I had planned to write this past weekend but I ended up with a stomach virus which...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[&nbsp; I had my appointment on April 22 and my T-cells went up to 696 from 652 and the viral load remains undetectable.&nbsp; I had planned to write this past weekend but I ended up with a stomach virus which...]]>
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    <title>Disabled, handicapped, physically challenged....</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.1702</id>

    <published>2009-02-13T23:17:19Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-13T23:19:39Z</updated>

    <summary>☼ WHEELCHAIR RAMP PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK ☼ - stands for the handicap symbol, you know, the one showing a wheelchair. This subject may, or not pertain to any person afflicted with HIV/ AIDS or even PML, but it is...</summary>
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        ☼ WHEELCHAIR RAMP PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK ☼ - stands for the handicap symbol, you know, the one showing a wheelchair. This subject may, or not pertain to any person afflicted with HIV/ AIDS or even PML, but it is...
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<entry>
    <title>A &apos;late&apos; January 2009 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/ron//7.1683</id>

    <published>2009-02-04T21:39:29Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-04T21:41:55Z</updated>

    <summary>I have decided to combine the aspects of an update with those of my BLOG which would give more insight as to why I have been so emotionally volatile lately and seemed so distant. I want family and friends to...</summary>
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        I have decided to combine the aspects of an update with those of my BLOG which would give more insight as to why I have been so emotionally volatile lately and seemed so distant. I want family and friends to...
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    <title>My fiftieth birthday </title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1509</id>

    <published>2008-11-06T20:39:33Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-06T20:41:43Z</updated>

    <summary>November 7, 2008 This latest BLOG will be added to my reworked book as its ending. It hit me like a ton of bricks this morning on November 6 just as I was slurping the last of my milk from...</summary>
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        November 7, 2008 This latest BLOG will be added to my reworked book as its ending. It hit me like a ton of bricks this morning on November 6 just as I was slurping the last of my milk from...
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    <title>Happily Ever After</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1492</id>

    <published>2008-10-30T23:34:20Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-30T23:36:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Somebody recently asked me what I was looking for in a lover. “Wow!” I thought to myself. I never really considered forming a list whether in my mind or on paper, but it has made me think about it a...</summary>
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        Somebody recently asked me what I was looking for in a lover. “Wow!” I thought to myself. I never really considered forming a list whether in my mind or on paper, but it has made me think about it a...
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    <title>Part 3</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1461</id>

    <published>2008-10-18T20:36:54Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-18T20:41:46Z</updated>

    <summary>Dad and his Sour Cream My father is eighty-one years-old and enjoys when we go out to dinner because he likes my company too. I am a good sounding board for his complaints about his neighbors and all his projects...</summary>
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        Dad and his Sour Cream My father is eighty-one years-old and enjoys when we go out to dinner because he likes my company too. I am a good sounding board for his complaints about his neighbors and all his projects...
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    <title>Part Two</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1434</id>

    <published>2008-10-05T18:08:44Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-05T18:10:50Z</updated>

    <summary>Looking for Love I did not want to spend the rest of my life without a partner; be it years or even shorter than I hope my future to be. I was tired of living vicariously through friends spouting tales...</summary>
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        Looking for Love I did not want to spend the rest of my life without a partner; be it years or even shorter than I hope my future to be. I was tired of living vicariously through friends spouting tales...
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    <title>October 2008 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1430</id>

    <published>2008-10-02T13:52:07Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-02T13:55:17Z</updated>

    <summary>I had my doctor appointment, October 1, 2008 and I received wonderful news today. My T-cells were 853 – up from 498 in June and I remain undetectable in my viral load. 853 is my all-time high since being diagnosed...</summary>
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        I had my doctor appointment, October 1, 2008 and I received wonderful news today. My T-cells were 853 – up from 498 in June and I remain undetectable in my viral load. 853 is my all-time high since being diagnosed...
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<entry>
    <title>Memories, Tears and Apathy - Part 1</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1285</id>

    <published>2008-07-20T19:39:07Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-20T19:42:21Z</updated>

    <summary>I haven’t been writing much these days because it just seems everything has conspired to take the wind out of my sails – a perfect storm of seemingly diminutive events that just got a hold on me all at once...</summary>
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        I haven’t been writing much these days because it just seems everything has conspired to take the wind out of my sails – a perfect storm of seemingly diminutive events that just got a hold on me all at once...
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    <title>June 2008 Update</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1230</id>

    <published>2008-06-18T21:21:10Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-18T21:22:57Z</updated>

    <summary>I had my appointment today – CD 4 is 598 and viral load still undetectable. Last time my CD 4 was 627 and VL undetectable. My doctor was happy that the viral load has remained undetectable so long – almost...</summary>
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        I had my appointment today – CD 4 is 598 and viral load still undetectable. Last time my CD 4 was 627 and VL undetectable. My doctor was happy that the viral load has remained undetectable so long – almost...
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<entry>
    <title>My Life</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1151</id>

    <published>2008-05-01T20:15:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-05-01T20:17:10Z</updated>

    <summary>Life’s happenings has trumped my HIV – mostly I cannot decide whether I like it or it sucks. I have been keeping myself busy with so many things. First, I had March that heralded spring. St. Paddy’s Day was quiet...</summary>
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        Life’s happenings has trumped my HIV – mostly I cannot decide whether I like it or it sucks. I have been keeping myself busy with so many things. First, I had March that heralded spring. St. Paddy’s Day was quiet...
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<entry>
    <title>My dog, well, my mom&apos;s too</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2008:/ron//7.1083</id>

    <published>2008-03-05T23:16:38Z</published>
    <updated>2008-03-07T21:16:01Z</updated>

    <summary>Sadie – January 12, 1994 to March 3, 2008 Sadie had to be put down on 3/3/08 after a series of strokes incapacitated her earlier that day. Sadie was 14 years old – 98 for us – and I hope...</summary>
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        Sadie – January 12, 1994 to March 3, 2008 Sadie had to be put down on 3/3/08 after a series of strokes incapacitated her earlier that day. Sadie was 14 years old – 98 for us – and I hope...
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