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Burning meatus and urethra opening not an STD? Freaking Out...
I'm 29 and have been in two back-to-back serious relationships for my entire 20's. My last relationship of 4 years ended without warning in September. Basically, I've never been sexually promiscuous. Not since high school at least.
About 10 days ago, my brother insisted on taking me out for my birthday. I've been down in the dumps a little and I really wasn't in the mood to go out. He insisted. In his words, "It's time for you to start getting weird in your life." My brother is 4 years younger and lets loose a little more than I do lol. Anyway, he takes me to this hole in the wall bar and him and his friends proceed to get me hammered.
I meet some girl who was a mutual friend of his and we end up getting pretty physical on the dance floor. She talks me into going back to her place. I had no plans at any point in the near future of getting laid so I had no condoms or anything. We ended up having sex. It was my first one night stand. I knew it was a bad idea but I was drunk and went with it. I immediately regretted it by the morning.
I end up talking with my brother about it the next day. Him and his girlfriend are shocked I did anything with this girl and tell me they don't know her that well and that she has a reputation for sleeping around. I'm sort of a hypochondriac and this type of information immediately triggers all sorts of anxiety. I already take Xanax to help with that but sometimes it doesn't do anything for me.
Meanwhile I'm starting a new job, I'm in the middle of training, so I'm losing sleep and extremely stressed out. A few days after the incident, I catch a really nasty cold that I'm still recovering from. I begin to panic even further when I start to feel a burning sensation near the tip of my penis and urethra opening. I try to tell myself my stress, lack of sleep, cold, and anxiety is the cause and I ignore it for a few more days. A week after sleeping with her, I notice that the opening of the urethra is slightly red and just a tiny bit swollen. I panic and go to a doctor to get tested. I tell him all my symptoms, including the cold symptoms and everything else. The doctor tells me I'm beating myself up over this and at the worst, it's chlamydia. I ask about Herpes, HIV, etc. He tells me that I can't test for HIV for a few more months and that he doesn't think it's something I need to seriously concern myself with at this moment.
So I do a urinary test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The test came back negative. I still have the burning so in all honesty the test coming back negative hasn't answered any questions and has allowed me to panic even more. I don't understand what's happening to me. I asked the nurse why my urethra was still irritated and she had no answers for me and told me to make an appointment if it keeps up. Well, how long should I be waiting? It doesn't seem to be getting any worse but I'm uncomfortable and have little to any sexual motivation at all. I masturbated for the first time since the hookup with the girl last night and that really irritated it more than ever. It took hours for it to really stop burning.
Other than the very slight swelling around the urethra (I'm sure I'm the only one who could even tell that it looks different) and burning just before and after urination, the conditions arent worsening yet. I've spent hours researching it online. It's an STD or something is wrong with my prostate? Who knows? I'm exhausted from this and its ruining my life. I'm completely horrified and have become completely withdrawn while I try to figure this out.
About 10 days ago, my brother insisted on taking me out for my birthday. I've been down in the dumps a little and I really wasn't in the mood to go out. He insisted. In his words, "It's time for you to start getting weird in your life." My brother is 4 years younger and lets loose a little more than I do lol. Anyway, he takes me to this hole in the wall bar and him and his friends proceed to get me hammered.
I meet some girl who was a mutual friend of his and we end up getting pretty physical on the dance floor. She talks me into going back to her place. I had no plans at any point in the near future of getting laid so I had no condoms or anything. We ended up having sex. It was my first one night stand. I knew it was a bad idea but I was drunk and went with it. I immediately regretted it by the morning.
I end up talking with my brother about it the next day. Him and his girlfriend are shocked I did anything with this girl and tell me they don't know her that well and that she has a reputation for sleeping around. I'm sort of a hypochondriac and this type of information immediately triggers all sorts of anxiety. I already take Xanax to help with that but sometimes it doesn't do anything for me.
Meanwhile I'm starting a new job, I'm in the middle of training, so I'm losing sleep and extremely stressed out. A few days after the incident, I catch a really nasty cold that I'm still recovering from. I begin to panic even further when I start to feel a burning sensation near the tip of my penis and urethra opening. I try to tell myself my stress, lack of sleep, cold, and anxiety is the cause and I ignore it for a few more days. A week after sleeping with her, I notice that the opening of the urethra is slightly red and just a tiny bit swollen. I panic and go to a doctor to get tested. I tell him all my symptoms, including the cold symptoms and everything else. The doctor tells me I'm beating myself up over this and at the worst, it's chlamydia. I ask about Herpes, HIV, etc. He tells me that I can't test for HIV for a few more months and that he doesn't think it's something I need to seriously concern myself with at this moment.
So I do a urinary test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. The test came back negative. I still have the burning so in all honesty the test coming back negative hasn't answered any questions and has allowed me to panic even more. I don't understand what's happening to me. I asked the nurse why my urethra was still irritated and she had no answers for me and told me to make an appointment if it keeps up. Well, how long should I be waiting? It doesn't seem to be getting any worse but I'm uncomfortable and have little to any sexual motivation at all. I masturbated for the first time since the hookup with the girl last night and that really irritated it more than ever. It took hours for it to really stop burning.
Other than the very slight swelling around the urethra (I'm sure I'm the only one who could even tell that it looks different) and burning just before and after urination, the conditions arent worsening yet. I've spent hours researching it online. It's an STD or something is wrong with my prostate? Who knows? I'm exhausted from this and its ruining my life. I'm completely horrified and have become completely withdrawn while I try to figure this out.
Conditions haven't changed, even after spending the last few days remaining calm. Thinking it was a possible uti I bought cranberry pills. They didn't work.
There is visible redness around the bottom of the urethra opening.
I guess I'll have to see my doctor. Ugh...
There is visible redness around the bottom of the urethra opening.
I guess I'll have to see my doctor. Ugh...
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