weakly reactive rapid test

[floydian]

Hello,
Some of you might remember me from 6 months ago, my exposure was with csw and negative tests out to 6 months, at the end I was still not convinced that i am hiv free. Last month I got drunk with my frnds and told them about it they took me back there and I did the same mistake again. After 11 days I got flu like symptoms with diarrhea and a few pink spots on my stomach. Next day I ordered a PCR from labcorp which I am still waiting on... They have not sent a result yet! So I went out and got a rapid test and it showed a weakly reactive result... twice! They took my blood sample for western blot.... any suggestions? My exposure was full massage and protected oral/vaginal but I had 2/3 sores diagnosed as folliculitis by a dermatologist. Thanks...

[floydian]

the sores were on my thigh just below the genitals.

[Teak]

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[floydian]

Teak,
This is a separate incident and I just had TWO positive tests, please have some mercy on me, I just got this news today...
labcorp hasn't sent back test results in more than 2 weeks

[Teak]

You didn't have a risk. MOVE ON.

[zimmerman]

it sounds like you didnt have a risk. i would think that you took long to sero but you said you just went throu ars. so i dont understand how lyou could be infected from this last exposure

[floydian]

I had another exposure a month ago

[Teak]

"My exposure was full massage and protected oral/vaginal but I had 2/3 sores diagnosed as folliculitis by a dermatologist"

You were not at risk for contracting HIV.

[zimmerman]

that was not an exposure.

[floydian]

i know thats why i did that, but can't ignore a positive test - twice.

[zimmerman]

then you are hiv pos from the first exposure. not sure about your story. when you   get infected you will have symptoms. its there, very mild or severe. either way you will know ,

[floydian]

After my first exposure i did have fever and sore throat and I had numerous tests CD4 counts till 6 months all negative. and good CD4 counts. 11 days after this second exposure I got very mild symptoms including fever, pink rash like spots and diarrhea. and now I have 2 positive rapid tests on day 22

I think i was infected through the sores the second time even tough it seems highly unlikely or maybe the condom didnt work

[zimmerman]

doesnt matter. if your cd 4 count was high or normall than you could still be infected. usually that means your immune is doing ok fighting the virus. even if you had a pcr rna with a normall or high cd4 could cause the viral to be undected. lots of poeple test pos after six months, due to there immune system. not lots but it does happen.

[zimmerman]

you need to get the western blot result to know your hiv status.

[Teak]

From the exposure he summited you didn't have a risk. PERIOD. By the way you can't order a PCR test for Lab Corp.

[floydian]

i used request a test, just got off the phone with labcorp they still dont have the results ready to be sent to request a test. they are taking for ever

[floydian]

i know the previous exposure was relatively higher risk than this one but the timeline suits this exposure better like ARS and test data, I think it was now that I got infected, what irony :-(

[Teak]

So what you are saying you went to a Lab Corp testing facility and was tested?

[floydian]

I ordered a test from request a test and went to labcorp PSC and they collected my blood for PCR test. I have not heard back from them yet.

In the mean time today, since it had been 12 days since onset of fever I decided to get rapid antibody test. It was clearview statpak that came back with a weak line, the counselor repeated the test and it was the same so she collected my blood for WB.

[Teak]

Besides not having a risk. You took a rapid test to early.

[floydian]

i know but it came back positive, this mean i am hiv+

[Teak]

You ever hear of false positives. You didn't have a risk. I hope you don't think you are going to do like you did on here the first time and like you did on AidsMeds. It's not going to happen.

[zimmerman]

how long from you first exposure. ?

[zimmerman]

your neg unles wb shows differently

[floydian]

more than 6 months from the first and only 22 days from second.

teak: I believe what I did the first time lead to my down fall. Instead of believing the tests I went out and had another risk... I was  very nervous and did all kinds of tests. I should have believed that i didnt get hiv that time much earlier... the tests were negative all the time. Now its positive. I thought about false positive but this labcorp people are taking for ever which hints towards a positive also since the run the pooled PCR so it would take time to get to the infected sample....