have had sore throat for five-sex weeks now

[johndoe779]

on or about july 2, 2007 i had unprotected sex with my old girlfriend
it was the first time i seen her in over three years
to the best of my knowledge she has had only one boyfriend since then
but there might have been a chance that she went out to a club immediately after i broke up with her and had sex with someone she hardly knew but i can't say for sure

on july 14 i took two days off work for sick leave, i was experiencing mild hot flashes and didnt feel like going into work, i spent all of the 14th in bed but by the afternoon of the 15th i felt good enough to go out to the bookstore

a terrible cold seemed to be going around the office at about the same time and i caught it, i woke up in the middle of the night coughing like mad, mild coughing episodes followed, other people i worked with seem to catch it too, as well as people at the book store, as well as people at home,

i THINK in the same week, by thursday or friday i decided to go to the doctor and get a full bore of STD tests done, i THINK by the following monday or tuesday I had blood taken for a HIV test
i THINK about a week to ten days later i went back to the doctor for my results,
all negative

i inquired about whether i should take another HIV test but my doctor said no, but to wait 3 months before doing another test

while the coughing subsided over time, the mildly sore throat has not

it's August 25th and i can still feel a mildly sore throat, over the month, i vomitted on a couple of occasions and last night i caught myself in a night sweet

i never noticed any fever, either last night or before, no headache, no musle aches, nothing

i am uncircumsized

i've tried to eliminate my fears by saying that she is an unlikely candidate for HIV but the mild sore throat is wearing me out

further, she's not on talking terms with me anymore

can anybody out there tell me why i am having a sore throat,

i've also noticed a few pimples around my neck were i never used to get them before

no sign of thrush or anything like that, that is, nothing out of the normal

i can't say for sure, but maybe the first time i noticed a sore throat was shortly after the first time i kissed her

if it wasnt for this sore throat i wouldn't give it so much thought, but what really got me today was finding out that hiv infection symtoms shows up 2-4 weeks after possible exposure

is there anybody out there that can help me

[johndoe779]

I was thinking about getting tested today actually.

Had a massive anxiety attack yesterday as you can tell.

The pengilum has swung, I'm feeling much better today.

I got myself convinced again that it's ridiculous to think that she might have anything. So I'll be fine for a little while until I notice another oddity to fly off the handle over.

So I've decided to just go ahead and get tested today at 9 weeks. Hopefully, the nurse will have no problem with testing me again at 12 weeks.

[mistake428]

I don't know the correct numbers so i don't know that answer...

You do know you are almost at your 3 month mark right??

Your almost there you can hang in there a few more weeks!!

Did you ever get testing at the 6 week mark or later?

[johndoe779]

thanks for taking the time to get back to me, there's no disagreement, i DO need to RELAX

along with your wonderful comment, i just read somewhere on this board that having been with someone who has an unknown status sets my odds at 1/200000, is this correct ?

it kinda makes sense in a way, but i do need to relax.

thanks again

- me

[mistake428]

You have to chill, Look I am going through the same thing BUT after getting the advise from certain people on here... I RELAXED and ALL and I mean ALL of my symptoms went AWAY!!!

How crazy is that!! What a crazy coincidence. I still worry and will until my 3 month mark, but I am not driving myself up the wall any more and my life is back.

CHILL OUT And get tested at your 8 week mark and get tested at your 12 week mark… you are fine

[johndoe779]

to recap....

last night i picked up a nasal irrigation kit, took it home, did the nasal irrigation thing, this morning i have what seems like a thin line of blood vessels over the left side of my top lip, and it looks embarrassing not to mention anxiety causing

i just read the entire thread here again and am now a little more relaxed...

i'm going to get the test done for tomorrow and then another on the 7th (if she'll let me, i hope, i hope, i hope)

sorry for being so anxious this morning

thanks

[johndoe779]

i want a logical explanation for what i am experiencing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i seem to be suffering from a lingering sinus infection, nothing major, not throwing up or coughing or anything, just this ever-so-slight tingling at the back of my throat. so last night i thought i'd go out and buy a special nasal kit from the drug store that shoots water and stuff up your nose and lets it come out the other side. i did that with bottled water last night. this morning have this strange bump right next to my left eye brow that at first i took for a pimple, i tried to squeeze it, but it didnt feel like a pimple. just a bump. then when i get into work, i use the bathroom and notice a thin line of raised blood vessels over the top of the left side of my lip!!!!!!!! i look up the internet and the best i can find is something on cellulitis. i looked up pictures of that but it doesnt seem to be the same thing.

i went to planned parenthood to get my 8 week blood test last week but after talking with the nurse, she said that i'm better off waiting till october 7 when i'll be at my 3 month mark, it's september 15.... i dont think i can wait any longer. even when i do the test i have to wait two weeks for the results....

i'm thinking the nasal spray last night might have triggered off a couple of reactions, so i wont be doing any more of that. also, in the past couple of days, in an effort to beef up the body i picked up some good multivitamins and vitamin c as well as some echinacia that i've been on for about 3 or 4 days now.... is this causing what i'm seeing on my face this morning ??????????????????????????????

i talked with joanne last night and told her that i've been really concerned about the sinus infection that i've been having for the last eight weeks, granted for the last 3-4 weeks the sinus infection has been limited to a slight tingliing in the back of the nasal area with not much of a sore throat.... so i asked her about her sexual history, she says shes only been with one other guy in the last four years since being with me and he only been with one other woman 7 years before her.... further, she says every year she gets a full set of blood tests done to check for pap smears and stuff like that and to the best of her knowledge they also check for hiv as well... but i dont know if she knows for sure because i couldnt get it out of her whether or not she ever asked for a hiv test explicitly....

so here i am this morning, pumped up on vitamins trying to get rid of the remains of a sinus infection. i used the nasal irrigation last night as best i could (i used bottled water, it said to use previously boiled water), with a little red mark over my lip and a slightly raised bump next to my eye brow wondering whats going on this morning.......

AM I GOING CRAZY????????????????????????????????

DAMN IT, I JUST WANT TO BE WELL... IS THAT TOOOOOOOO MUCH TO ASK THE UNIVERSE TODAY?????????????????

i'm going to say screw the vitamns and screw the nasal irrigation, i'm going back to just drinking high quality fruit juices, thats about the only thing that seems to work..... also this morning, the morning after doing the nasal irrigation thing, that when i stick out my tongue, i'm starting to gag again.... so maybe i set myself back with the damned nasal irrigation thing

this is driving me insane