“I’m still Shoo. Yes, I’m living with HIV, but I’m still
the exact same person.” That awareness is what led Shoo Robbins, a
30-year-old talent agent in Nashville, Tennessee, to tell his family
about his diagnosis within 24 hours of finding out he was HIV-positive. “The only way that my family would be OK would be for me to tell
them face to face, for them to see me and touch me and look in my eyes and see that I’m still exactly the same person.”

"Stopping your HIV regimen will likely result in return of the HIV virus to
pre-treatment levels and a loss in CD4 cells heading towards your previous low level. That will put you at increasead risk for AIDS and non-AIDS related
serious health concerns. I would discuss with your HIV specialist to see if
there is an alternative (such as atazanvir or nevirapine) to the Stocrine
(efavirenz) avhailable to you since that is the drug most likely making your feel high." KH(M.D)