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This is a real mess
Hi. This is a real mess, but would appreciate some advice. This is my story:
Week 0. Had vaginal sex with a worker, the condom broke. Not sure how long it was broken for.
Week 1. Got very mild flu like symptoms. And a bug golf ball in my throat for a couple weeks.
Went crazy, depressed etc. Basically just accepted that I'd caught HIV
Week 10. Thought screw it and had sex with another worker. Condom broke again but only for a very short time.
I couldn't beleive how stupid I'd been. 3 days later I went to a clinic and had a serum test which tested negative. I also took a course of Combivir for 30 days.
Week 12. Had an antibody test in a UK clinic which came back negative. After a massive sigh of relief I carried on taking the Combivir (it cost me $700, so thought may as well) and put my rollercoaster of emotions and symptoms down to psycosamatics and the fact that I must be a head case.
Week 34. Had two tests in Thailand at different clinics. One was ECLIA, the other I don't know. Both were negative.
Now I have read that if you take ART in the window period it will make antibody tests less reliable.
As I type this I find it hard to believe what I've done. But done it I have so I have to get on with it.
What are the chances that I could actually be positive. And what else can I do to check? I know it's complicated as there are two possible exposures but it is the first one that I am more worried about.
Week 0. Had vaginal sex with a worker, the condom broke. Not sure how long it was broken for.
Week 1. Got very mild flu like symptoms. And a bug golf ball in my throat for a couple weeks.
Went crazy, depressed etc. Basically just accepted that I'd caught HIV
Week 10. Thought screw it and had sex with another worker. Condom broke again but only for a very short time.
I couldn't beleive how stupid I'd been. 3 days later I went to a clinic and had a serum test which tested negative. I also took a course of Combivir for 30 days.
Week 12. Had an antibody test in a UK clinic which came back negative. After a massive sigh of relief I carried on taking the Combivir (it cost me $700, so thought may as well) and put my rollercoaster of emotions and symptoms down to psycosamatics and the fact that I must be a head case.
Week 34. Had two tests in Thailand at different clinics. One was ECLIA, the other I don't know. Both were negative.
Now I have read that if you take ART in the window period it will make antibody tests less reliable.
As I type this I find it hard to believe what I've done. But done it I have so I have to get on with it.
What are the chances that I could actually be positive. And what else can I do to check? I know it's complicated as there are two possible exposures but it is the first one that I am more worried about.
So the test at 34 weeks (24 weeks after second possible exposure) is conclusive despite the course of Conbivir I took?
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