on me. She left and the party died down and my anxiety kicked in. I immediately started to do self examination for signs of an STD. Touching the tip looking for discharge
. A few days later I notices the constant need to urinate. I think that one was mental. I could sleep all through the night and not have that feeling again until I had been thinking about it again.
Wife isn't on birth control so we regularly use condoms and I wouldn't let her perform oral on me so I believe there is no need to worry about transmitting anything to her.. 2 weeks from exposure I visit a local clinic. Strangely enough symptoms had subsided until I walked into their office. The PA examined me and said it was most likely NGU or chlamydia. He said tests were pointless since the antibiotics prescribed would be the same. He prescribed one 1G single dose zithromax and 10 days of Doxy. No more physical issues with me
Week 3 and my anxiety gets the best of me. I start to get concerned about HIV. Just married, So much to live for, Ill never do it again, blah blah blah. My concern turns to a paralyzing fear at week 4 when my wife comes down with a cold (ache, fever, chills) for 1.5 days that turns into a sinus infection (headache, tired). My mind, reinforced with the ridiculous amount of internet searches ive done, goes to ARS. My emotional stress hits an all time high.
Finally at week 6 and 2 days I go get an oral HIV test. It was the Orasure HIV1/2 test. The test results are NEGATIVE.
That was yesterday, here are my questions.
1. Can long periods of stress (a body flooded with neuropeptide Y) slow the antibody process that would skew the test I took??
2. If you were in my shoes, would you be satisfied with a negative 6 week test, put it aside and go on with life?
Mom tells you growing up that you are one in a million, this is one of those times you hope she was wrong.