HIV Treatment Pills

HIV treatment pills
latin name: remedia extraterrestrialia
July 15th, some years ago
When I was given the first two packs of therapy, only 17 days after finding out the diagnosis at the hospital, I was perplexed. It was difficult for me to believe that these were the medications intended for people with HIV. After a brief love experience, I was to take those medications every day, for the rest of my life. I was looking at them as if they were not of this world. I was reading the boxes the same way I read the package of a chocolate or whatever. The instructions seemed too long at that time, so I only read fractions of it. Such a long description seems to fit such a serious purpose – was how I thought then.
The names lamivudine and zidovudine reminded me of Africa, while efavirenz sounded more abstract.
I was warned that I might have a nightmare that first night. But on the contrary – the yellow pill caused one of the weirdest and most vivid dreams I have ever had.