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Added Info On My Exposures & Possible Symptom. Pls Help
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Added Info On My Exposures & Possible Symptom. Pls Help
by 88oo, Jul 23, 2008 02:08PM
Dear Doctor, I have posted before but could not find my original thread
Please help Doc, I hope you understand, I am not a sexually active person so this has been a really big deal for me. My worries is now interfering my life again.I practiced abstinence all my life and in all honesty I have only 3 sexual encounters in my life.
My first encounter was an PROTECTED ORAL sex. I gave him oral for a couple of minutes and no ejaculation was involve. You said that this has very low risk, so I was convinced that I should rule this out.
Both of my second and third encounter happened about 2 days apart about three weeks ago.
My second encounter was a PROTECTED RECTAL sex. I am the receiving partner, no ejaculation involved in his part. You said that this is also low risk, so I also ruled this out. I know the condom was new because I help him put it BUT I do not know what lube he used. Does this make any difference? ALSO I did give him an UNPROTECTED ORAL for a few minutes just to make him erect. There were NO EJACULATION involve. AND He was also Uncircumcised. Does this make any difference? But I AM NOT really 100% sure whether a drop or two of his pre-*** went to my mouth or if I unknowingly swallowed it.
My third encounter was mutual masturbation with his semen went to my hands. You said that this also has a zero risk so I also ruled this out. BUT I did give him an UNPROTECTED ORAL for a few of minutes just to make him erect. But after I gave him an oral I gargled my mouth with my leftover soda also because of the lube in my mouth. I tried to suck him too with a little lube. I do not know if that would be any important thing to factor. Another point. When his semen went to my hand I smell his semen for me to get off. Absolutely no contact with my mouth I am sure of that. But still worried if smelling a semen would also pose a risk?
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Please help Doc, I hope you understand, I am not a sexually active person so this has been a really big deal for me. My worries is now interfering my life again.I practiced abstinence all my life and in all honesty I have only 3 sexual encounters in my life.
My first encounter was an PROTECTED ORAL sex. I gave him oral for a couple of minutes and no ejaculation was involve. You said that this has very low risk, so I was convinced that I should rule this out.
Both of my second and third encounter happened about 2 days apart about three weeks ago.
My second encounter was a PROTECTED RECTAL sex. I am the receiving partner, no ejaculation involved in his part. You said that this is also low risk, so I also ruled this out. I know the condom was new because I help him put it BUT I do not know what lube he used. Does this make any difference? ALSO I did give him an UNPROTECTED ORAL for a few minutes just to make him erect. There were NO EJACULATION involve. AND He was also Uncircumcised. Does this make any difference? But I AM NOT really 100% sure whether a drop or two of his pre-*** went to my mouth or if I unknowingly swallowed it.
My third encounter was mutual masturbation with his semen went to my hands. You said that this also has a zero risk so I also ruled this out. BUT I did give him an UNPROTECTED ORAL for a few of minutes just to make him erect. But after I gave him an oral I gargled my mouth with my leftover soda also because of the lube in my mouth. I tried to suck him too with a little lube. I do not know if that would be any important thing to factor. Another point. When his semen went to my hand I smell his semen for me to get off. Absolutely no contact with my mouth I am sure of that. But still worried if smelling a semen would also pose a risk?
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Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jul 23, 2008 02:37PM
, Jul 23, 2008 02:37PM
Your previous thread is at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/563653. Also, this question is much too long. The reason for the character limit is so people will post the entire question in the initial window, and not spill over into a comment window.
Most important, there really is nothing to add to the discussion on your other thread, which covered just about all this forum can possibly cover. The additional questions you ask are purely anxiety-driven. This forum is not a psychological counseling site, and not a substitute for personal counseling of the sort you seek. If you live in the US or other industrialized country, almost certainly you can easily find gay support organizations that can advise you about the sort of counseling resouces you request (and obviously need). Or phone your local health department for such advice. The folks on the HIV community forum will also have suggestions about how to find such counseling services.
There won't be any further comments or advice on this thread.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Most important, there really is nothing to add to the discussion on your other thread, which covered just about all this forum can possibly cover. The additional questions you ask are purely anxiety-driven. This forum is not a psychological counseling site, and not a substitute for personal counseling of the sort you seek. If you live in the US or other industrialized country, almost certainly you can easily find gay support organizations that can advise you about the sort of counseling resouces you request (and obviously need). Or phone your local health department for such advice. The folks on the HIV community forum will also have suggestions about how to find such counseling services.
There won't be any further comments or advice on this thread.
Regards-- HHH, MD
I guess the point is I am still worried about the UNPROTECTED ORAL sex I did.
AND most importantly because I have experienced stomach pain and aches especially after I eat and when I am hungry, about a week or two after the encounters. Though my stools are OK and not loose. It was not an excruciating pains but it made me worry. More than three weeks now and seems Im OK again. But still worried
I don’t know if this a symptom that I should concerned about or it simply due to something else or simply due to stress? You said If I want to get tested wait 4 to 6 weeks but each day is beginning to be longer for me.
I am beginning to ask my self of too many “What If” questions, like what if I swallowed a drop or two of their pre-*** and me and not knowingly I have an stomach ulcer or cuts inside my mouth?
AND one more important point. I’m still worried because I know whenever I brush my teeth hard enough they bleed. And that added to my WHAT IF questions.
I have no one to talk to, not to my family or friends. I am still in the closet, so its really embarrassing for me.
I am also thinking if I decided to get tested is I want to talk to a counselor first, because everything is really out of my mind, and do not know how to handle it. Is there any such thing?
I know I keep on saying I am worried but Doc please really tell what is up in my particular case, and the added information and my symptom.
Thank you Doc.
I guess you are right that this is just pure anxiety.
Deep inside, I know, I should be fine.
But sometimes whenever my anxiety attacks, I begin to think Irrationally.
And every little physical changes I feel or notice, I tend to make a big deal out of it.
I think its really better for me to get counseling.