Could i have HIV

[elsa240]

My partner and I are thinking of starting a family so decided to get tested for everything before we go for it.  The last time I had unprotected sex was 11 years ago and I've had no symptoms.  However, I went for a blood test today and, though they told me over the phone that it would a fast result test, now it seems like it's going to take up to 4 weeks for the results to come back... The wait is driving me mad, so much so that I'm actually considering paying a lot of cash to do the test in a private clinic which gives the results within 5 minutes...  Am I being ridiculous and paranoid?  How likely is it that I could have had the HIV virus for 11 years and been asymptomatic?
Thanks!

[Mitch82]

Fairly unlikely, you may need to contact the particular NHS clinic/department where you got the test results done, there may have been a mix up of some sort, I'd always go private but that's beacuse the public system can often let you down.

[elsa240]

Hi and thanks for your reply...  Not quite sure what you mean though cos I am afraid here, I live in London by the way, it is possible for the test results to take up to 4 weeks to come back... Back log on the NHS and so on... Regardless though, do you know how likely is it that I could indeed have HIV even though it's been 11 years since I last had unprotected sex?  Thanks!

[Teak]

There are no HIV tests that take that long to obtain the results.