Is this my Anxiety or am i at risk (HIV question)

Hi there

sorry to bother u with this but i am very anxious atm. i am currently suffering from health anxiety/ocd but im not sure if i was at a risk here

basically my mum has diabetes and uses a lancet pen to test her blood sugar levels daily, back in march i used this pen as i wasnt well and my mum thought i may have diabetes.
I thought nothing of it until the other month until i heard my sister used the pen back last september and this freaked me out

only because i know that she hasnt always been safe sexually in the past, and i was scared if she could have HIV and transfered it to my mother and now me!

I went for a HIV test last july which would have been about 2 months after i 1st used it and was negative.

I read sooo many diffrent reports online that HIV cannot be trasnfered via a lancet, some say it can, some say that blood dies as soon as it hits the air, and they the lancet isnt a hollow needle so there is no chance.... so many diffrent stories and im scared what to believe.

I forgot about it but it has comeback in my mind as i did a search online and got scared. My mum assures me that she changed the pen needle way before i used it but im not sure if she is just saying that to keep me quiet

is it possible to catch HIV this way? i worry about blood all the time and the net has really scared me. Esp yahoo answers

[memela724]

Hi yokoman, I do not have the answer for you but I think you should post your question in the HIV prevention forum so you can get a good answer. Try to relax because if you worry too much it can cause you more problems. Good luck, and I hope everything be ok.