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One Positive, One Negative?

I'm a 26 year old female. In the past, I have never tested positive for HIV. I was date raped unprotected a little over a month ago. I was anxious, and had trouble waiting for the real doctor's test, so I bought an OraQuick over the counter test. On this test, there was a very obvious Control line, and an extremely vague line by the Test. It was so light it almost looked like a shadow, but was clearly a real line. If I shined a light behind it, the line was more obvious. I called the OraQuick support line, and they said I might have a preliminary positive. The next day, I went to a testing center, and they said that my test was negative. I hardly looked at that test, and the guy doing the test just glanced at it, so it's possible it was another faint positive that was faint enough that it was missed, but it could have been a negative like the guy said. I called the OraQuick line again, and this time a woman who answered just yelled at me forever about how I took the test too early to know. She was really nasty.

So yeah. I know I tested really early, but I don't know what to think?
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The other thing is that the first test I did,  I swabbed my gums, as instructed. The second time, the guy testing me said just to get saliva on it, so I swabbed my tongue. Could the seemingly incorrect way of doing things the second time impact the result at all?
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Hello,
Unprotected penetration poses a risk of HIV transmission.
An HIV test AT THE RIGHT TIME will give you accurate results.
A 4th generation test should be done at 4 weeks post exposure and a simple HIV test at three months post exposure.
Keep calm and test at the right time.
Take care
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