You raise alot of issues, which will require some time for you to absorb and get educated about. Your CD4 count is in the moderate range, still high enough not to be at risk for other kinds of infections. Your viral load is extremely high. Your doctors were correct in starting you on a 4 drug regimen now. If viral replication can be controlled, you can live for many many years with the infection.
Life expectancy is always difficult to determine.
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