with 7 different male partners here in the last 3.5 months, and have been with each of these partners from one to three times each. Of these partners, 4 were from South Africa, 1 from Zimbabwe, 1 from France, and one is from Ghana, though all are staying in SA. Many of these men I believe to have frequent safe
There is one incident of particular concern: In an idiotic drunken moment, I had unprotected vaginal sex with a 25 yr old Ghanaian man, who came inside of me. While he claims to have been tested (though I do not know how recently) and to not have other partners, of course one cannot be sure. As far as I know, there were no abrasions or other compromised genital tissues at the time of the incident.
I went for a rapid HIV test today, exactly 29 days after unprotected sex, and the result was negative. I plan on going for a test at 7 weeks (instead of at 6 due to traveling), 3 months, and 6 months. I would like to assess my risk factor relative to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in this region of the world and the potential of a remaining window period. Also, am I being absolutely excessive in testing?
Yeah, realized this after I posted... reposted in Doc's forum. Isn't it true that a test is pretty much conclusive at 3 months, but not entirely? There are cases of seroconversion after 3 mos, of course.
Is my 7 weeks test advisable or should I wait until another time (like 8 weeks), or just wait until 3 mos at this point? How far from being out of the woods am I?
3 months is conclusive for most all. Only if you are on chemo, antirejections drugs for a transplant or you are a chronic IV drug abuser my it take longer than 3 months.