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Wierd cough....hiv?
It's been four month scince i was possibly exposed to hiv/hep-c through a needle stick. As some of you know i've posted this info before, but this week i'm experiencing a cough that began as chest congestion then moved up my throat and has made my voice raspy and turned into a cough. I've tested negative twice, once at about a month after pos expossure and then again at 11.5 weeks (85 days). Can someone give me some advice on this. Coughs are in the Aids category, not hiv category of symptoms. I'm very worried as i've noticed a mole on my arm change from flat to a bumpy texture consistent withskin cancers. I will be getting a Doctors opinion on that. Maybe i have something to be worried about....
I don't know, something must be wrong with me, before this is was fine, healthy, virile. I never get colds/ whatever. I'm sneezing a lot, plus my head is hurting once again. My skin looks dry sometimes, and blotchy as well, never before though.
Yes, but Lizzy most people are going to stress out when there healthy lifestyle has possibly been comprimised. I have disagree, i think this is a stage, is it not?
you stated this above:
I know there are mental things going on with me as well but this going to happen when something like this happens to people, it's a normal reaction
this is where you are wrong chapeau...this is NOT a normal reaction...this is manic.
I know there are mental things going on with me as well but this going to happen when something like this happens to people, it's a normal reaction
this is where you are wrong chapeau...this is NOT a normal reaction...this is manic.
Happy thanksgiving to you, and thanks for your kind words Lizzy Lou. It's difficult to stop obsessing on thoughts of hiv and to avoid looking at every post, especially scince there are not any other posters with the same set of circumstances adding to the forum. I'll try to ween myself off of the forum although my thinking was to do so until Feb (6 months/ 1 week mark). I know there are mental things going on with me as well but this going to happen when something like this happens to people, it's a normal reaction. Testing for hiv brings out anxiety a depressive thought patterns, but i've been constructive in seening a therapist. It's going to take the absoloute certainty of a negative hiv test result at 6 months and one week. I do belive agree that my test is very promising , but some also say 13 weeks as well. So i'll check again, beyond a shadow of a doubt. You are a very nice person, you have reached out to me a perfect stranger several times and that means a lot to me Lizzy Lou.
my advice to you is to get a life...really.
of course you are not yourself. please read up on depression and anxiety. listen to what you just said..."physically/mentally drained, consumed with desperate thoughts/mourning my life before possible exposure" does this sound like a happy person?
your cough and congestion is nothing chapeau. if this had happened 6 months ago...you would not have even given it a second thought. now it is hiv??????
you are allowing this to consume your life...this is a choice that you are making. you have an eleven and a half week negative, for God's sake. there is a way to get over this fear...and it starts with getting off this forum. you do not have a hiv concern chapeau...it's over. you have a choice here...continue this insanity, or take the necessary steps to do something about it. we are the only ones that are responsible for our happiness...you do not have hiv...but you do suffer from depression and anxiety.
stop posting about this...get off this forum...and reclaim your life. you DO have a choice.
of course you are not yourself. please read up on depression and anxiety. listen to what you just said..."physically/mentally drained, consumed with desperate thoughts/mourning my life before possible exposure" does this sound like a happy person?
your cough and congestion is nothing chapeau. if this had happened 6 months ago...you would not have even given it a second thought. now it is hiv??????
you are allowing this to consume your life...this is a choice that you are making. you have an eleven and a half week negative, for God's sake. there is a way to get over this fear...and it starts with getting off this forum. you do not have a hiv concern chapeau...it's over. you have a choice here...continue this insanity, or take the necessary steps to do something about it. we are the only ones that are responsible for our happiness...you do not have hiv...but you do suffer from depression and anxiety.
stop posting about this...get off this forum...and reclaim your life. you DO have a choice.
So called needle stick?Are you making light of this Teak? This is my life, not a joke. No, i was not stuck in a vein, i was stuck in my shin (07/26) The wound became infected the very next day and I was given antibiotics to clear the infection. I've been down every scince then. Mt latest symptoms (above) worry me greatly because it involves respitory as well as a cough. As you know i tested negative @ four weeks and negative @ 85 days, 11.5 weeks. I'm still not myself four months later physically/mental drained, consummed with desperate thoughts/ mourning my life before possible exposure. I'm going to test in Feb (6 months/ 1 week). I have been going to a therapist as well. What does this sound like to you?
Did your so called needle stick, stick you in a vein? Didn't think so. You didn't have a risk. Your symptoms have nothing to do with HIV. If your symptoms concern you, see a doctor.
I don't understand how you can say i was never at risk Teak, it was a needle stick injury from an iv drug user that i came in contact with.... Thats the highest risk on the hiv totem pole my friend. I'm concerned, i'malso in tune with my body and know that some drastic changes have taken place over the past four months or so. People/Doctors keep write off my symptoms as anxiety/depression which i admit plays apart, but i can't believe that it's the sum of everything that i've gone through. This forum is all some of us have to go to for advice during difficult times like these, however i've noticed some dissapointingly harsh and insensative exchanges/responses taking place on ocassion. Hiv is a difficult subject, one that in most cases can not be even broched by even your closest friend/family member, ect. My girlfriend broke up with me soon after i told her what happened to me. She came to the police station, saw the needle stick scar and became very alarmed that i was going to contract hiv. She offered me basicaly no support and has moved on, which is fine. I don't think that any serious question or request for advice should be dismissed. Lizzy i've thought that it was maybe a chest cold, but there are no sniffles/runny nose. My mouth has been very dry as of late/ it started in my chest and moved upwards into my throat. This is not ARS symptoms?
again i will say this...
this is a hiv forum. your symptoms have NOTHING...hear me...NOTHING...to do with hiv. please stop posting every time you have another so called symptom.
we are not diagnosticians here...but sounds to me like a freaking chest cold. ever thought about that?
this is a hiv forum. your symptoms have NOTHING...hear me...NOTHING...to do with hiv. please stop posting every time you have another so called symptom.
we are not diagnosticians here...but sounds to me like a freaking chest cold. ever thought about that?
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