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Why Don't I have HIV?
My husband and I were married in Nov. of 2006. We had unprotected sex in the months of Nov, Dec, Jan and Feb. I had an HIV test in Jan. It was Neg. We decided to start using condoms to prevent pregnancy. We did not have unprotected sex in the months of Feb, March, April, May and mid June.
In mid June, the condom broke and I rushed in to the clinic for a morning after pill. I got on the nuva ring and thereafter had unprotecd sex approx 10 times through the end of June through July 10.
My husband recently tested pos (on Friday the 13th, last week,)
I tested neg again on Monday. .
Why don't I have hiv?
When can I find out? I have a sore throat, a cough...a summer cold, I guess.
Should I start treatment now to narrow the risk of infection or is it way too late for that?
If I test positive a few weeks from now, is it safe to assume that it was aquired between the two us after April? He got a tattoo in April. I don't want to beleive that he had an affair, but I also don't want to stay with a man who would put our family in that kind of danger. I just wish there were a way to know iwhen he got it. I am angry.
In mid June, the condom broke and I rushed in to the clinic for a morning after pill. I got on the nuva ring and thereafter had unprotecd sex approx 10 times through the end of June through July 10.
My husband recently tested pos (on Friday the 13th, last week,)
I tested neg again on Monday. .
Why don't I have hiv?
When can I find out? I have a sore throat, a cough...a summer cold, I guess.
Should I start treatment now to narrow the risk of infection or is it way too late for that?
If I test positive a few weeks from now, is it safe to assume that it was aquired between the two us after April? He got a tattoo in April. I don't want to beleive that he had an affair, but I also don't want to stay with a man who would put our family in that kind of danger. I just wish there were a way to know iwhen he got it. I am angry.
I do get assistance for my entire medical. ADAP pays for the HIV meds and antibiotics and the Noxafil is given to me by the manufacturer, all other meds, drs and tests are paid by medicaid. If you have a job with insurance keep it. Some states have a waiting period to get on ADAP. I didn't have insurance, but had a good paying job but all that went out the window when I was told I would never be able to work again. So you go from making good money to poverty real quick. My stay at OUMC cost 575000 and CHM was 52000 and the UC stay was 75000 all in a years time. So there is some idea what you are up against with this disease.
1200 is cheap compared to Noxafil that I take for histo. It's 3600 a month. This isn't the cost of Drs and lab work. You have to add that all to it.
They have gov. programs to help, but still. Thats a lot of money.
I haven't seen sicko. But nothing about those snakes who run the hospitals will suprise me. All they want is money. I hope Michael Moore was brutal to them.
I haven't seen sicko. But nothing about those snakes who run the hospitals will suprise me. All they want is money. I hope Michael Moore was brutal to them.
Do you get any assistance? What if you can not afford it.. (I could NOT afford that).
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