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I am 23, I took a HIV test (mouth swab) and it came out with a faint positive. I want to seriously die, I dont know how i am going to cope with this. i feel so alone. I dont know who to talk to or what to do. I wont get the blood test back til a week and i just cant stop crying.
teak has been hiv positibe for 28 years. he is living a normal life. i hope you are not affected but if you are you will still be alright
Seriously? The doctor told me its very rare though so I just figured it was me. I still dont know how I am going to tell him. I feel like hes jut going to blame me. Everything i just so confusing and when i call the hiv hotlines they say the same thing and barely tell me anything.
hiv can be detected in 14days. average time is 25 days. 1 year and no symptoms is strange.
I dont think it can be detected that fast. I got tested because I know hes never been tested before so i figured it would be good to make sure I didn't have an STD and now I much rather wish I had one of those instead. I regret ever going
maybe he had it and gave it to you and he didnt know he had it. what made you get tested?
Well I haven't had sex in over a year but then recently about a month ago my boyfriend and I had sex and now I cant help but think that i ruined his life. I dont know how to tell him.
Hi hopeless i hope ur okay :( this must be really hard for you but hopefully it is just a false positive. If you dont mind me asking how long after ur exposure did you get tested?
If I have it I dont know what I am going to do, I dont think i can bare living with it or tell the people i love that i have it..
I asked them if they could just do another one and they said i have to wait til my results come in on tuesday
go have another rapid test done...you don't "have to" wait a week. if it's been 3 months post your last exposure...and it's negative...you can trust that result.
I am trying to stay positive but it's like how can you. I dont know how I am going to tell my boyfriend, I feel like i have ruined his life... I am praying so hard its a flase positive but trying to prepare myself for the worst. I am scared.
it is possible that you had a false positive. all positive test results need to be confirmed by a western blot.
i hope you are okay. look at magic johnson. 22 years of hiv he is still healthy. he said just be in good spirit and take your meds and exercise and you will be ok. I hope you are ok man. these swabs are not that accurate. the blood test will be accurate
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