schoolboy error - I get a reprieve

An email from my doctor in Sydney: go get meds. He suggests SF Gen Hospital, and gives me some names. I'm there first thing.

The first question I am asked at the hospital is whether I have a valid visa. Now that people with HIV can enter USA just like anyone else, yes I do have a valid visa (but this schoolboy error would have been a major problem before the visa change!)

I get helped, I get new meds, I burst into tears: I am so conscious of the benefits of the medication - it's the only reason I can live my life to the full, and why we can do RAAM.

But the cost of the meds is huge - $25 per tablet (and I take 2 per day) - unaffordable for most people on Earth. One of the reasons why we're riding.