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Stupidity - older not wiser. How to help?
Hello all - unfortunately I am back again on this site. This time I am sure its real. All I can say is I do not learn.
Nov 23rd I slept with a woman I thought I could trust. In fact I have brought up the subject subsequently and she is sure she is safe. However my glands are up and I have the shakes and a rash that has appeared on my stomach.
Today I went for an HIV test but will not get the results till early January due to the Christmas break - they post them to the lab in London.
I would like to think I had forgotton all about the posts I put in last year when I thought I had taken a risk This time I thought nothing of it as she was not the kind that slept around.
I would just like to say that the problem (mine only not the site - which is excelent and informative) with this site is that I only really look to it when HIV is on my radar and I am worried. I wonder if my brain is addled.
I will post the result. I would like this to be a warning to anyone out there prepared to have sex with someone you don't really know. She is sure she is ok. But I know I am not, now.
The screening will check for other STD's and I realise sysmtoms mean nothing, a test is the definitive, but this time none of this is imagined.
My question is this. How can I contribute to any cause to fight this cursed virus? I would like to help, but don't know where to start.
Please don't suggest things like not spreading it, I am a responsible individual, other than to myself, hence the test.
I am talking about funding or supporting an organisation any suggestions would be welcome. Based in the UK.
Nov 23rd I slept with a woman I thought I could trust. In fact I have brought up the subject subsequently and she is sure she is safe. However my glands are up and I have the shakes and a rash that has appeared on my stomach.
Today I went for an HIV test but will not get the results till early January due to the Christmas break - they post them to the lab in London.
I would like to think I had forgotton all about the posts I put in last year when I thought I had taken a risk This time I thought nothing of it as she was not the kind that slept around.
I would just like to say that the problem (mine only not the site - which is excelent and informative) with this site is that I only really look to it when HIV is on my radar and I am worried. I wonder if my brain is addled.
I will post the result. I would like this to be a warning to anyone out there prepared to have sex with someone you don't really know. She is sure she is ok. But I know I am not, now.
The screening will check for other STD's and I realise sysmtoms mean nothing, a test is the definitive, but this time none of this is imagined.
My question is this. How can I contribute to any cause to fight this cursed virus? I would like to help, but don't know where to start.
Please don't suggest things like not spreading it, I am a responsible individual, other than to myself, hence the test.
I am talking about funding or supporting an organisation any suggestions would be welcome. Based in the UK.
Hello
I also live in the UK. There are various HIV/AIDS organisations here. I practically try to support the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Regards.
I also live in the UK. There are various HIV/AIDS organisations here. I practically try to support the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Regards.
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