Re: off topic/flashers

[Guest guest]

Please accept this with all respect, but when I had that problem it was

secondary syphilis. It looked like little whirling pinwheels in my

peripheral vision. My doctor tried to tell me I had something called

hand and mouth disease (my memory may not be accurate here) which he

described as a harmless virus that usually children get, but my

intuition told me I needed to get checked for syphilis especially since

I had a rash on my hands and feet and a very persistent cough. I also

looked in the nurses manual and was surprised to learn that you CAN get

syphilis from just kissing. Needless to say, the public health Nazis

didn't want to hear that. They assumed I had been a very bad boy. I

hope sharing my experience helps.

Joe Fiore wrote:

Hi, I was wondering if anybody had any experience with

flashers in your eyes

early in the morning. I have been poz since the mid 80s and had cmv

colitis

in the early 90s. But since HAART and the mid-90s, my eyes (never had

retinitis) are fine and my tee cells have been over 500 for a number of

years now with u/d viral load. I have had 4 incidents of flashers in

my

eyes when I woke up in bright sunlight and they've resolved themselves

pretty quickly. I got a little scared recently and checked with my eye

doc

and there was no problem with retina or cmv. I've read that migraines

(with

or without headaches) can cause this, and/or hi blood pressure? I take

crix, 3tc and abacavir (yes, i'm ole skool). I'm gonna check with my

regular doc but does any one have any feedback on what can be causing

this.

I know you don't know all my particulars...but just searching. Perhaps

it's

no biggie. ALso can you email me privately at joe_d_o@...?

Health

is great btw.

Thanks,

Joe