An 8 week blood test is great....really great!
But you had a real risk, but even so, if you would post in the doctors forum they'd throw statistics at you...and statistically speaking your chance of having been infected ...not your risk...is low .
12 weeks is what you need to slam the door on this, but 8 weeks is still great.
Next time...well...I don't need to tell you what to do next time......
STOP worrying. you have had a risk and you have tested at 8 weeks and it is negative.
A 8 week negative is highly unlikely to change so calm down and get your conclusive result at 12 weeks!
USE CONDOMS for penetrative sex and you will remain hiv negative!
Good luck!!!!
You did have a high risk. Yes I have seen people test positive after 8 weeks reason for the 3 month conclusive test.
Thank you, I'm praying that my symptoms are not related to HIV, although I have also tested negative for other STIs and mono/strep, etc.. which is making me nervous as those have been ruled out. I know my 3 month test in 2 weeks will give me my conclusive result, but these next two weeks are going to be difficult.
Teak, I've been reading everything on this site and others, and it appears that most people have low risk/0 chance exposures (oral sex/protected sex), so obviously they all end up testing negative, but I consider mine a higher risk (unprotected anal). I know 3 months is the conclusive test, but do you know of cases where people have tested positive after 8 week negative tests because I have also read literature that 6 week tests provide near 100% accuracy..
Symptoms or lack of will not tell you anything about your status. HIV has no specific symptoms. You can obtain your conclusive test result 3 months post exposure.
Relax ! The symptoms you mentioned, do not relate to ARS. Whiteness of the tongue alone is also not an HIV sysmtom. It is almost unlikely that your 8 weeks result would change otherwise, so believe your test report. It is highly reassuring. Repeat the test after a couple of weeks and collect your conclusive report which would not be different from why you have now
It is true that anal sex is the riskiest for those in bottom role, there is a very strong possibility that your partner was not an HIV +, therefore it brings your risk down, since you can not give something you do not have.
Having said that, take it as a "lesson learned". Never ever unprotected with anyone again.