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Negative DUO at 3 weeks - Teak/ExtremeStress

Negative p24 and negative Anitibody at 3 weeks.  As I'm sure you recall,  my exposure was cunnilingus (brief 5-15 seconds) and deep finger penetration (10-15) seconds with stripper/csw.  She also grabbed my penis 2-5 seconds.  Nothing further.  You know I've been freaking out even with your kind reassuarance along the way that my risk was minimal at best.

Anyway, (lets pretend that you think I had a risk for the sake of numbers) how reliable is the 3 week DUO.  I saw somebody else post that its about 90 % reliable.  Do you agree with this.  I'm def. going to test out at least 6 weeks wth antibody because otherwise I'll g crazy, but I have to say I'm starting to feel better about this. (I know your going to tell me "i told you so").  What are your thoughts?  Am I at 90% reliability with testing alone?
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Cripes, no risk here.
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I really don't want to be that guy.  Its just funny how you never really pay attention to the body until you think something is wrong with it.  I will stop.  I'm seriously a mentally stable person (at least before this happened).  I've never really had an ailment my whole life.  I have moments of rational thought, and then I start playing the "what if" game.

I certainly don't want to be Goloka.  I don't sound that irrational do I?
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Its funny you said that about not noticing the body until something happens. I didn't know what my penis was for until I watched the movie Top Gun and saw Kelly McGillis. From that point on, if the wind blew wrong I was in trouble! Kelly McGillis now would have the opposite affect!!! She has got old and is comfortable (what fat people say) with her body! Hopefully this made you laugh!!! Have a nice day!!!
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Haha.  Ditto about Kelly McGillis.  Did you know she ditched hollywood and runs/owns a bar in Mexico.  Thanks for the laugh, and thanks for the patience.  I'll try to remain calm, at least for the rest of the day...
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Yeah! That is when I decided not to look up her nude photos on google anymore. She has lost it!
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Question about ARS rashes.  I am at 37 days post exposure.  From week 1.5-2.5 I had nearly every symptom including fever.  Now for about the past week or so I have seen rashes.  I want to believe they are anxiety related or due to poor circulation b/c of anxiety.  Do ARS rashes come and go really fast ... minutes and hours, and then reappear?  Or when it comes to a certain spot does it stay for days?  I feel like I have prolonged redness when pressure is applied anywhere to my body, but it then fades over several minutes and hours?  Am I being paranoid?  Do you think I could have other STDs causing issues.  Full panel was negative at 11 days.
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