Aa
why is it so hard to except
a conclusive test. I mean some people here will go on and on way after the conclusive test word of advice stop looking for something thats not there
That's a mental issue not a factual issue.
Since this is an open forum and I could add myself to the non-accepting-the-result kind of guy, I will share my opinion on this matter.
My main concern, and the reason why this HIV issue keeps on haunting my mind (even after a VERY low risk exposure: protected oral and protected vaginal intercourse with a csw of unknown hiv status and a NEGATIVE Abbott Determine HIV 1/2 Antibody Test @ 7.5 weeks) is the fear of the astronomical existance of the possibility of still being infected and pass the infection to my current partner.
That is the only cause for me having such a hard time accepting that I don't have HIV. Dr. Hook, who by the way is more conservative than Dr. Handsfield, said my testing was conclusive and that I didn't have HIV. Still I just feel like I need the 12 weeks test to be absolutely sure.
I just couldn't bear living with the guilt of infecting my partner (who by the way I happen to care a lot for). The poor decision making was mine and no one else should pay the consequences but me.
But this is just me. This is the reason why I have such a hard time letting go of the issue and will wait until my 12 weeks result (13 days ahead).
Manny
My main concern, and the reason why this HIV issue keeps on haunting my mind (even after a VERY low risk exposure: protected oral and protected vaginal intercourse with a csw of unknown hiv status and a NEGATIVE Abbott Determine HIV 1/2 Antibody Test @ 7.5 weeks) is the fear of the astronomical existance of the possibility of still being infected and pass the infection to my current partner.
That is the only cause for me having such a hard time accepting that I don't have HIV. Dr. Hook, who by the way is more conservative than Dr. Handsfield, said my testing was conclusive and that I didn't have HIV. Still I just feel like I need the 12 weeks test to be absolutely sure.
I just couldn't bear living with the guilt of infecting my partner (who by the way I happen to care a lot for). The poor decision making was mine and no one else should pay the consequences but me.
But this is just me. This is the reason why I have such a hard time letting go of the issue and will wait until my 12 weeks result (13 days ahead).
Manny
and if it helps you all i stopped testing at 84 days with a uni gold test that took 10 min for results i have never thought to test again
and if it helps you all i stopped testing at 84 days with a uni gold test that took 10 min for results i have never thought to test again
If you go to a doctor and they tell you to test to 6 months. You are going to a doctor that doesn't know anything about HIV or Testing.
look most symptoms have always been there we just choose to ignore them but once something happens we notice it all i find myself laughung when i think of it now hell i went crazy but you know what when you train the mind to go into a mass panic you deserve the outcome it puts you through
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