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[troggs]

I read here on the fourum that you work with hiv so i wanted to ask your opinion regarding my exposure  RJ. Please tell me what you have noticed in regards to exposure/window period envolving possible co-infections-hep c in paticular if you could i'd greatly appreciate this.

Exposure-needle stick (by iv drug user-likley positive w/hiv & hep-c,ect)

-Tested hiv neg @ 30 day and again neg @  12 weeks.
Would you consider my test to be conclusive based on your experience or would think my status likley to change if i've experienced what i think may have been ARS?

[troggs]

You would think so but it's not the case at all, it's all based on witnesses and some people observed her because of her prior wierd behavior during the trip (she kept moving around and making odd gestures i was told). I thought they would take the syringe and test them to see which one i was stuck with, i thought they would force her to submit to a screening for tb / hep & hiv, ect, but these things were not done. I spoke with the policeman regarding these possibilities and they said that (in their words) "unfortunatley... she has rights to" They told me of a few situation were officers were stuck because of non-disclosure after asking them if they had "sharps" in there posession before a pat down or whatever and were subsequently stuck, fortunatley they were fine. They said for the most part it takes repeated occurences to come up positive but it is still possibility.                                  

     I don't even know if she stuck herself before sticking me (worst case) or if she had blood in the needle that was injected into me -or-both. You think you would feel such a thind would'nt you? But for some reason i did'nt realise right away. That's what kills me, there was no feeling of being stuck, but i was deff stuck because i saw the poke mark after lifting my pant leg up. there was no blood on the outside of my pant which i a good sign that MAYBE she did'nt stick herself right before she stuck me, but if she recently used the works and there was blood inside well..She expained herself as a good semaritan who was simply going around picking up discarded syringes so children would'nt find them and play with them, go figure..so maybe she stuck me with one of her own -or- she stuck me with one she found disgaurded, i'm screwed either way...

[regularjoey]

I would consider your test conclusive, yes.

[LIZZIE LOU]

it seems that if a homeless person stuck you with a needle, and arrested, she would have been tested.  why did this not happen?

[LIZZIE LOU]

do you have a hiv concern?

[hollyhobby]

Do you have problems with mental illness in Montreal too?

[troggs]

We have a big problem with heroin / homeless & crime here in Montreal...