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3 days til 12 weeks...Anxious
All,
I am looking for some re-assurance...11 weeks and 4 days ago I had an encounter as I have described here before - but it was recieving UPOS and naked grinding from a female ( I know that frottage is a no risk as stated her, but this is the porb I cant get my head around - there was definitely contact with her vaginal fluid with my penis - she was on top and was wet and rubbing against my penis) - I drove myself insane with worry about HIV and STDs and have been this way for the last 11 weeks...from guilt (married) and have been checking myself every day for temperature and lymph nodes etc,...(My GP says that my nodes are normal)...been driving myself downwards with this...been on anti anxiety drugs for a period too - my nerves have been giving me more symptoms like diarrhea etc...
However, I tested for STIs after a week - all clear...(they did an INSTI after a week, more for my own sanity)
I tested with DUO at 4 and 8 weeks (both negative) and at 11 weeks with an INSTI test...again negative...
Thing is I have a cold (runny nose and blocked ears) which has been exacerbated by probable hayfever and my ears hurt and its def making my jaw hurt - got it into my head my submandibular glands were/are swollen - but again GP says they are normal...I know that sypmtoms arent a good indicator compared to tests which ahve all been negative...I havent had any exposures of any type since...
Questions are, Did I need testing in the first place?...is there a chance that I have HIV but am seroconverting late?...would by 11 week insti test be likely to change to positive?...are the insti tests reliable? Even tho I have negative at 11 weeks, should I look out for anything symptom based that may point to seroconversion - tho its a little late isnt it now?
In the UK, the GUM clinics told me I had no real risk and the Terrence Higgins Trust also say there was no route of transmission - so no risk, so no HIV!...problem is I cant get my head around it - I have read so much nonsense on the internet - thank god for this place!...
Sorry if I sound like a nutcase, but I just want to hear what you think and if I should worry
LW...
I am looking for some re-assurance...11 weeks and 4 days ago I had an encounter as I have described here before - but it was recieving UPOS and naked grinding from a female ( I know that frottage is a no risk as stated her, but this is the porb I cant get my head around - there was definitely contact with her vaginal fluid with my penis - she was on top and was wet and rubbing against my penis) - I drove myself insane with worry about HIV and STDs and have been this way for the last 11 weeks...from guilt (married) and have been checking myself every day for temperature and lymph nodes etc,...(My GP says that my nodes are normal)...been driving myself downwards with this...been on anti anxiety drugs for a period too - my nerves have been giving me more symptoms like diarrhea etc...
However, I tested for STIs after a week - all clear...(they did an INSTI after a week, more for my own sanity)
I tested with DUO at 4 and 8 weeks (both negative) and at 11 weeks with an INSTI test...again negative...
Thing is I have a cold (runny nose and blocked ears) which has been exacerbated by probable hayfever and my ears hurt and its def making my jaw hurt - got it into my head my submandibular glands were/are swollen - but again GP says they are normal...I know that sypmtoms arent a good indicator compared to tests which ahve all been negative...I havent had any exposures of any type since...
Questions are, Did I need testing in the first place?...is there a chance that I have HIV but am seroconverting late?...would by 11 week insti test be likely to change to positive?...are the insti tests reliable? Even tho I have negative at 11 weeks, should I look out for anything symptom based that may point to seroconversion - tho its a little late isnt it now?
In the UK, the GUM clinics told me I had no real risk and the Terrence Higgins Trust also say there was no route of transmission - so no risk, so no HIV!...problem is I cant get my head around it - I have read so much nonsense on the internet - thank god for this place!...
Sorry if I sound like a nutcase, but I just want to hear what you think and if I should worry
LW...
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Worried---No-penetration--but-UPOS-and-grinding/show/1236110?personal_page_id=1391010#post_5656055
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