OK no I am not the guy in the articles. They have not really investigated my case I believe because they cant get a genotype. Heres where I'm at now... Just got new test results & still unable to determine genotype (strain) that I have. I am still not on meds & my doctor is now saying that I am an "Elite Controller" as my VL has gone down & my TCells have gone up even though I am not taking any meds. The highest VL I've had was 220copies mL & 1 month since that test it has dropped to 178. T-cells from 423 up to 528 this with no meds so not sure how to process all this. Being told I am "Elite Controller" I thought great I dont need to take meds but after researching it I found that actually "Elite Controllers" have the following issues:
When compared to non-elite-controllers on antiretroviral therapy (ART), elite controllers tend to have more than twice the number of hospitalizations, particularly from non-HIV-associated diseases that are known to disproportionately affect all people with HIV.
When compared to non-elite-controllers on ART with undetectable viral loads, elite controllers had 77% more hospitalizations. Even non-elite-controllers with detectable virus fared better, suggesting that ART manages to minimize some of the long-term chronic inflammation that we know can increase the risk and premature development of non-HIV-associated cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders.
So I'm now caught in the debate of taking ART or not. Even if I decide to start treatment its a wild guess what drugs to use since they cant determine what strain I have. Even more so heres my thinking... So I seem to have a natural ability to fight HIV infection, & I was on PreP never missing a dose for two years.... How the hell did I become Poz in the first place... ? IDK...