WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.230 Adhering to my HIV's, my med schedule 2 00:00:04.230 --> 00:00:05.600 the first go around 3 00:00:06.450 --> 00:00:08.333 was absolutely horrible. 4 00:00:12.550 --> 00:00:14.310 I was supposed to take my meds 5 00:00:14.310 --> 00:00:17.123 once in the morning, once at night, 12 hours apart. 6 00:00:19.270 --> 00:00:22.530 But I was supposed to take my night meds 7 00:00:22.530 --> 00:00:23.880 right before I went to bed. 8 00:00:25.360 --> 00:00:27.390 Well, at the time I worked at a bar 9 00:00:29.360 --> 00:00:31.660 as a server, bartender, and part time manager. 10 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:35.970 There was some nights I would go to bed at 10 o'clock, 11 00:00:35.970 --> 00:00:38.840 other nights I'd go to bed at two o'clock. 12 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:39.833 So, 13 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:44.430 I had to time it to where 14 00:00:44.430 --> 00:00:46.060 I would take my night meds 15 00:00:47.380 --> 00:00:52.380 not too much before when, if I had to work till two or three 16 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:55.183 that my side effects could ... 17 00:00:59.160 --> 00:00:59.993 Affect 18 00:01:01.400 --> 00:01:03.960 my driving, so on and so forth. 19 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:05.840 But that also meant that 20 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:09.260 on the nights that I didn't get home till 3:30, 21 00:01:09.260 --> 00:01:11.410 I was back up at 9:30 in the morning 22 00:01:11.410 --> 00:01:12.910 just to take my meds (laughs). 23 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.610 Now, the fact that I only have to take my meds once a day 24 00:01:20.220 --> 00:01:21.773 makes it a lot easier. 25 00:01:24.010 --> 00:01:27.800 Partially, because now I also have some leniency 26 00:01:27.800 --> 00:01:32.800 in when I take them; I've got that little bit of a window. 27 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:37.370 That I don't have to set my alarm at 9:30 in the morning 28 00:01:37.370 --> 00:01:39.793 to wake up and take 'em at 9:30. 29 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:44.263 I take my meds every morning at approximately 11.