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Anxious!

Hello all! First and foremost I want to thank you all for this wonderful forum. I can honestly say that you've helped me out with my HIV anxiety a great deal. However, I am scared once again. I'm not going to detail my complete situation because you can look at my older post to get a better understanding. To sum it up, I have a very vindictive ex-girlfriend who told me she was positive, her Western Blot came back negative ( So she says). I was last with her in mid-June (unprotected) and I've been tested several times which have all been negative. I had the Oral test at 6 weeks which was negative, and I had a complete blood test done  on 17 Aug (9-10 weeks post exposure) and my blood work was normal. That doctor said he is 99% sure that I don't have HIV, but my liver enzymes were slightly high.That has me concerend because I've read that liver enlargement can happen when infected with HIV. Since then I haven't been able to sleep, and I'm experiencing discomfort in my abdomen, which is also making strange noises. My questions are: 1) Is a normal WBC count at this stage of the waiting perioid a good indicator of my hopefull negative status (in addition to the 6 week negative test)
2) Can the information of my liver enzymes cause my anxiety to attack me again?

I also want to add that I have Dysthymia (mild depression) since I was a kid, and that I just lost both of my grandparents last month, which can cause more stress and anxiety. If I am posting excessivley, I do apologize! This forum just knows so much and as expected I'm anxious and curious. Thank you all very much.
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I got a negative result from the OraSure today! That makes it 10-11 weeks post exposure! I'm going to go again in two weeks but from this forum I understand that its highly unlikely that my results will change! Right???
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In your life you will meet the ex"nutter" misses buddy. Yours went quiet low in her anger and i think really you must understand its her bitterness that lead her to that statment rather than fact. Your tests have also confirmed your status so any symptoms you have are not HIV related. I wouldnt worry about the liver, im sure with all the stress you had you have probley drunk a little more booze than normal, but again nothing major to worry about.
So buddy, although she did her best to shake you up, simple facts from tests have shown your fine and nothing to worry about.
In the future, i would really recommend using condoms and then you can never have anything to worry about buddy.
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That's a very good question Lizzie Lou. She is a liar and she has lied about me giving her an STD before. So I really don't know if she lied about being told she was positive, or she could have been positive the entire time and lied to me about the negative WB test. (Which she says she received in a couple of days, I figured since she was pregnant she got her results quicker). I know it sounds crazy but that's the type of person she is. I'm really hoping that this is my anxiety kicking my butt. I was fine before the doctor told me my liver enzymes we "slightly high" (ALT-79 AST-46 Billrubin 1.7). Granted I've been taking Nyquil to put me to sleep, and I just got off the anti-biotic Augmentin as well. This all seems crazy as I'm typing it but I know that this forum is well informed and very helpful. So I figured I'm post my "new" concerns.
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how can she give you something that she doesnt have?
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