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Normal or not?

First off, thank you all for what you do. I have been reading some of the trends and it's amazing to see that people spend their free time to help other

I'm going to keep this short.

I had an exposure jan 2010 and tested at the following times
Aug 2010, sept 2010, dec 2010, feb 2011, mar 2011, June 2011, feb 2012, march 2012 and may 2012.

All were negative except for the may one. It was reactive( don't know the index value) but it was followed by a negative western blot. The dr wants to see me again. I told her when my exposure was and I couldn't tell her reaction over the phone when she called today. I told her I had previously tested as well. Should I at all my concerned? I have no idea what she is going to tell me at the appointment?

My jaw dropped when she told me and then she told me not to worry, she's seen it happen once before and she said its in my favor that I'm not in "a high risk group"...whatever that means.
Once?! So reassuring, I told her

Thanks again
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Read everything that has been written to you again.
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:( I know, it's very difficult to process.
So I can definitely move on with this WITH confidence that I am negative and no further testing is required for this exposure?
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kindly move along...you do not have a hiv concern and you are investing waaaaaaay too much time trying to prove you do.
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So I'm 100% negative, no matter what that value was??
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The western blot trumps all results from postive HIV tests.
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Oh. I don't believe any bands were present. She said that it was "completely negative" as far as the western blot goes. My concern is the Elisa and the index value that I may have gotten to cause it to become reactive. I read online, the higher the value, the more likely you have HIV. Not knowing this value is making me anxious.
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