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And if it is confirmed, the threads on this forum from people who have been through that first month are worth reading. Modern treatment changed what this diagnosis means, and the first weeks are the hardest part by a distance.

They will also book you for follow up testing after the course finishes. Take those appointments, and if this could happen again ask about PrEP at the same visit. The guidance now explicitly covers moving straight from PEP onto PrEP.

Ask them to write the starting titre down for you. I did not, and at the three month appointment I could not remember what we were comparing against, which made a fine result feel meaningless.

The word doing the work in that sentence is durably.

U=U rests on the viral load staying undetectable, which in practice means taking treatment consistently and having it confirmed by regular blood tests rather than one good result from a while back. That is why monitoring is part of the deal and not an optional extra.

If he is on treatment and keeping his appointments, that is the condition being met. Asking when his last viral load was is a fair question and not an accusation.

How to tell what you are looking at, since checking daily without knowing what counts is its own kind of torment.

Empty egg cases stay glued to the hair after hatching and do not brush off. They can sit there for a long time and are not evidence of anything ongoing. What matters is whether you find something moving, or eggs sitting right at the hair and skin junction, which is where newly laid ones are.

Nothing moving and nothing at the base usually means it worked and the skin is still settling.