really worried T.T

[nettokung]

I had sex with a CSW about 3 months ago. But it was protected for the vaginal sex, and unprotected on the oral sex. After that I have been worried until now!
The thing is, I have tested for 3 times: at 10 days, 1 month, and 2 months. All are negative but I'm still worried. The point of this is that...

The day that I had the latest test (at 2 months), I noticed that the nurse didn't change the gloves and the previous patient before me was HIV+. I know that the nurse used sterilized needle but I'm not sure if the virus could survive on her gloves and get into my bloodstream or not.

Let me make this clear. It could be the case that she touched some blood from the previous patient and when she got me, she might touch some part of the needle and then insert it into my body. If this the case, would I be infected from the HIV? And also, when the process was done, she used the same gloves to pick the cotton and hand it to me for clotting the blood.

Now i cant live as normal at all
My head keeps thinking about this. I just want to know if there any case report about acquiring HIV from not changing gloves or by blood testing...
please help!
Thanks

[PurellGirl]

I will be quite frank with you... whenever I am obsessing about something... my mind can usually not be at ease until I have been tested or told by a professional that I am being paranoid.

So, that's not much help to you.


What would I recommend then? Do something that will distract you from these thoughts. Start a project, stay busy. Anything to help you de-stress.

[nettokung]

Of course, i will get it tested in 2 months, but so far, im really worried from these things
they keep popping up in my head all the time

I know its silly but i just cannot keep it away from my conscious

do u know any way to distract me from this thought?

[PurellGirl]

Well.... look at it this way.

When they draw blood, the needle goes in, they get the blood, and then they take the needle out, correct?

Well, immediately after they put a cotton ball or something on it to stop the blood, and then put a band-aid over the blood right?

If so, then they may not come in contact with the blood at all.


Also, as for the HIV virus, once it is exposed to air, it basically becomes ineffective.


Why don't you just get tested again in a few months to ease your worries?

[nettokung]

YES

First of all, the place where i have blood tested, is anonymous clinic which is for HIV people.

1. I accidentally saw the list of what the previous patient wanted to check, and one of the boxes is CD4 which means she is HIV+

2. I was watching the room since I had noticed that they didn't change the gloves for other patients as well.
Then I asked the information desk (by calling them 2 weeks after), they told me that the policy is to change the gloves every 3 patients or whenever the gloves have contaminated with blood.

The point is that, how would they know that the gloves have contaminated?

[PurellGirl]

Okay, first off.. two questions..

1) How did you know the previous patient was HIV+?

2) Are you SURE the nurse didn't change her gloves? We're your eyes on her the ENTIRE time from when she treated the last patient to when she got to you?