Hello all.. I have been beside myself the past couple of days. I wanted to post on here to get some feedback from the community.
On February 19th, I had sex with a stranger while I was very drunk. I do believe I heard a condom being put on but I can't be sure. On March 23rd I began having pain that spread rather quickly throughout all my lymph nodes and body. I have been experiencing headaches, muscle pain, nausea, diarrhea, night sweats, and disruptive sleep. No fever, sore throat or rash. I had a rapid (blood) HIV test today which was negative. I also did an antibody blood test which will be back on Thursday. I'm going back to get tested again in a few weeks if my HIV antibody is negative. But I wanted to know how conclusive is my rapid (blood) HIV test after 6 weeks? I also had blood drawn last Friday and my doctor checked my white blood cells..he said everything came back normal. How long until the white blood cells are affected by HIV or ARS? Is it immediately or is it something that happens in the progression of HIV?