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Positive elisa and negative western blot. Can I move on?
In december 2014, a routine wellness check up changed my life. The nurse called me in and said I was Hiv positive. My elisa was 1.14 and cutoff is 1. I was in disbelief as I always stay on top of my status at the HD. Mind you, the multispot hiv 1 and 2 were negative. The obgyn nurse still said I was positive and that I will have to take a western blot and be referred. She told me she is pretty sure its going to be positive.
2 weeks after that day I went to the HD. When I got my results the elisa was postive, supplement IA negative and NAAT negative. Finally went to ID doctor and was sent to lab. Month 2 They performed the same test again, multispot which was negative, rna prc which was negative. The doctor was not satisfied because he wanted western blot. So i had to look for a place that performed that test..
I cannot remember the last time I had sex but the western blot was taken 84 days after the nurse broke the news to me. No bands were detected. The doctor told me i do not need to follow up. No one explained anything to me. Since then i have not been intimate and is afriad to get tested again. Can i move on with my life and accept these results or is there a possibility it may change? Sorry for the long post.
2 weeks after that day I went to the HD. When I got my results the elisa was postive, supplement IA negative and NAAT negative. Finally went to ID doctor and was sent to lab. Month 2 They performed the same test again, multispot which was negative, rna prc which was negative. The doctor was not satisfied because he wanted western blot. So i had to look for a place that performed that test..
I cannot remember the last time I had sex but the western blot was taken 84 days after the nurse broke the news to me. No bands were detected. The doctor told me i do not need to follow up. No one explained anything to me. Since then i have not been intimate and is afriad to get tested again. Can i move on with my life and accept these results or is there a possibility it may change? Sorry for the long post.
I see it as a misinterpretation if u have a positive elisa, negative supplement test and still was told that you are conclusively hiv positive. That's insane. All she had to say was that i need to confirm with western blot. She knew nothing about multispot and labeled me from the start.
If you have a negative WB then you are negative and it appreas just about every other test you have taken is negative.
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These healthcare professionals need to have more education on these labs as it was obviously misinterpreted. I could have harmed myself. No counseling was offered she just asked me if i was ever told bad news and the told me i was positive.. She completely disregarded the other negative tests. I am still traumatized and idk when i will heal from this
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