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how worried should I be?
Hi, to anyone out there that may have some insight I'd greatly appreciate a advice.
Over the weekend here in south east asia I was out with some friends. I can across a nice looking gal and we hit if off. We went dancing...drinks...etc etc...
I thought I was being smooth and got her to come home with me.
We used protection but the condom broke, dont know for how long, but there it was...broken...
When we woke up later that morning and I was walking out of my apt a buddy of mine saw us.
Anyway, I got her a Plan B morning after pill and went on with our day.
She never identified herself as a sex worker nor asked for any money at any time. My buddy, however, who is a local, stated that she was a sex worker. I confronted her about this. She stated, or nodded rather, that indeed she was. I asked her about testing, she said that she had one 7 months ago. I then took her in to get tested. I go to a US friendly hospital and they use, what the doc stated, was the most up to date rapid tests.
She came up neg.
My question is - That still would leave some time for her to pick something up. I see on most professional sites (including this one) that her test would cover if she picked something up 6-8 weeks ago. I also see that I have a 1 in 1000 chance of getting something if indeed she did have something.
1) Should I be freaking out?
2) Do I warrant testing?
3) Should I have gotten PEP?
Over the weekend here in south east asia I was out with some friends. I can across a nice looking gal and we hit if off. We went dancing...drinks...etc etc...
I thought I was being smooth and got her to come home with me.
We used protection but the condom broke, dont know for how long, but there it was...broken...
When we woke up later that morning and I was walking out of my apt a buddy of mine saw us.
Anyway, I got her a Plan B morning after pill and went on with our day.
She never identified herself as a sex worker nor asked for any money at any time. My buddy, however, who is a local, stated that she was a sex worker. I confronted her about this. She stated, or nodded rather, that indeed she was. I asked her about testing, she said that she had one 7 months ago. I then took her in to get tested. I go to a US friendly hospital and they use, what the doc stated, was the most up to date rapid tests.
She came up neg.
My question is - That still would leave some time for her to pick something up. I see on most professional sites (including this one) that her test would cover if she picked something up 6-8 weeks ago. I also see that I have a 1 in 1000 chance of getting something if indeed she did have something.
1) Should I be freaking out?
2) Do I warrant testing?
3) Should I have gotten PEP?
Just to touch on your last sentence, you think I'm over reacting?
There are no specific warning signs. You cannot determine your HIV status by anything that is going on with your body. HIV is not something that you can diagnose yourself through Google. As testing is the only way to know, you are going to just have to wait to test at the appropriate time. But this isn't something that you should be worried about at all as the chance that your partner is infected is NIL.
Vance,
A day or two after the "incident" I got a mild, from what I can gather, throat infection of sorts. My tonsils are swollen and my throat has some mild pain. I have a mild amount of congestion and when I hack it up its a bit on the yellow tinged side. I cant tell if I have any swollen lymph nodes. But it "feels" like they should be (I dont know what I'm even talking about) My temp this morning was 99 on the dot. Today will be 6 1/2 days since the gal. Would these be considered "warning signs?" Or did I just catch a cold coincidentally? I read that symptoms are both very un reliable and that they shouldn't theoretically start for another week. But, I am getting concerned....
A day or two after the "incident" I got a mild, from what I can gather, throat infection of sorts. My tonsils are swollen and my throat has some mild pain. I have a mild amount of congestion and when I hack it up its a bit on the yellow tinged side. I cant tell if I have any swollen lymph nodes. But it "feels" like they should be (I dont know what I'm even talking about) My temp this morning was 99 on the dot. Today will be 6 1/2 days since the gal. Would these be considered "warning signs?" Or did I just catch a cold coincidentally? I read that symptoms are both very un reliable and that they shouldn't theoretically start for another week. But, I am getting concerned....
1) Because he test is negative which is a good sign
2) Because your condom broke. With her negative test as I said it's good but you still should test.
3) PEP should only be given to those who have a known risk...unprotected sex with someone who is HIV+.
2) Because your condom broke. With her negative test as I said it's good but you still should test.
3) PEP should only be given to those who have a known risk...unprotected sex with someone who is HIV+.
wow that was incredibly fast...thank you...
1) not freaking out because - my risk is very low? or because it does no good...
2) because its just the reasonable thing to do, or because I have a legitimate risk...
3) why not?
thank you very much for your attention.
1) not freaking out because - my risk is very low? or because it does no good...
2) because its just the reasonable thing to do, or because I have a legitimate risk...
3) why not?
thank you very much for your attention.
1) No
2) Yes...6-8 weeks after is a good indication 3 months is conclusive
3) No
2) Yes...6-8 weeks after is a good indication 3 months is conclusive
3) No
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