A brief introduction

So here I am. I am just a normal Marine who signed up to do his part and serve his country to the best of his abilities. Well I have been in the Corps for 2 years now which some days seem like forever and at other times seem like I started just yesterday. Well to make things worse 2 weeks ago I found out some news that will change my life in ways that I can not yet comprehend and fully understand. As you can guess from the name of my blog that news I recieved was that I am now HIV positive.

Alittle about how I figured out...
I was set to deploy soon and was very excited. this was to be my first deployment ever. I was scared shitless but ready for it. I wanted to do my part. Well part of the usual process I had to have lots of shots and get my blood drawn for our annual HIV test. I didn't think anything of it at the time b/c I figured I had been safe and there was no way I could get something like this. So I forgot about it soon and then left to fly back to my home state of North Carolina for my pre deployment leave. I was so ready to spend the 2 weeks just relaxing with my family and enjoying my time off. I got 2 very nice peaceful days at home when my LtCol called me personally on my cell phone with seemed really strange to me at first and I didn't know what was going on. He informed me that I was being called back off leave and I had to fly out the very next morning and that he couldn't tell me what it was about over the phone but that it was a "legal" issue. I coudn't figure out what I had done to get into legal trouble, especially the type of legal trouble that would cause the LtCol to call me personally. So I fly out from North Carolina and was picked up at the airport and taken straight to see the LtCol and he set me down in his office and then informed me what was going on. He made me meet with the chaplin and the flight doc. Then I had to go down to the Naval Hospital to meet my new doctor and there I have been for the past 2 weeks. I report everyday right now for training classes to teach those of us like me how to deal with and live with our new lifestyle.

Well that is just a short kinda interduction.

The purpose of this is going to 1. be a place for me to share my experiences 2. let others out there know that they are not alone and 3. just a general place for me to vent.

Oh ya I almost forgot don't worry I got my bloodwork done and my counts are good from what I have been told. My viral load is 344 and my CD4 count is almost 1400. They won't put me on meds till my CD4 count gets to 500 or so.