People who beat HIV!

There has been interest in the subject of people who beat hiv. Yes, there have been a few who baffle science. Here are the ones I can think of, in no particular order. All facts are from memory, but I enclose links with more accurate information!

Andrew Stimpson

A young Scottish guy who tested positive and then tested negative again in 2002. His boyfriend at the time was hiv-positive, I seem to remember, and so baffled doctors explained he must have developed immunity from that. I believe Andrew did not agree to undergo further tests which would have made some light over that mystery and maybe helped find a cure or an explanation. Well done, Andrew! Here are some top links about Andrew if you want to make your own research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Stimpson
http://www.avert.org/stimpson.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4432564.stm
http://aidsblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/analysis-what-andrew-stimpson-case.html

Tommy Morrison

The great boxer was diagnosed with hiv in 1996 (Same year as me!) and always proclaimed that the diagnosis was rubbish. Then in 2007 he was hiv-negative again!! He always resisted treatments and denounced them vehemently. Tommy Morrison also claimed that the hiv+ diagnosis was a way his opponents found to keep him off the boxing ring. Well done, Tommy!Pity, I don't know if there was a follow-up to his status reversal by doctors... but I am sure he doesn't care. What a fine looking fighting machine!
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2772386
http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/tommy-morrison-fights-again-pt-1-the-inconsistencies-of-hivaids-theory/
www.sugarshanemosley.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=123
http://i-quit-hiv.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.htm

The Berlin Patient

This anonymous patient lives is from Berlin, Germany. In 1995-1996 he was hiv-positive and got started on anti-retrovirals. Then, against his doctor's advice, stopped his treatment. Surprisingly, his viral load which had been very high previously, remained at zero - Hiv couldn't be found in his blood or his lymph (the place where hiv hides and is very difficult to eradicate). Apparently, the Berlin patient is still hiv-positive (traces of the virus are found in his body) but his body keeps the hiv under control. Well done, Berlin patient!
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B07E3DE153DF932A15755C0A96E958260
http://www.ascp.com/publications/tcp/1999/aug/healthtrends.shtml (html does not display properly but infornation is good if you have the patience to read between the tags)


They are the only people who beat hiv I can think of. Of course, I'm adding myself to the list - as soon as possible. In a way, I beat it already since I was told I would be dead by 2006 and I still haven't even got slightly sick (it's 2007 as I write) and that's good enough proof, methinks! I hope you found the above recollections helpful if you were looking for information about people who beat hiv!