Just need a little reassurance

[dumbone]

Hi terri, 1st i need to thank you for all that you have already done for me.  You may remember me.  Brief recap if you dont.  

low positive 1.26
low positive 1.82
5 negative biokits
and
2 negative WB for HSV2- feb 11 and july 11.

I still have no symptoms, and am trying to assure myself that the original low positives were indeed false.  As you see, i have had 5 bio kits done at differant intervals and then became a phone client of yours and had 2 WB's done.  Bothe WB were negative for both HSV1 and HSV2.

This past year has played hell on my mind.  And i am trying to convince myself that i am indeed negative.  But those damn low positives are still in the back of my mind.

My question is this.... I have done my research and have had all this testing done, spent a small fortune and still am scared.  Is the WB the final say, is that test accurate and believable above the others.?  Can i rest assured that i am negative?

Secondly, i am not currently sexually active and have no partner, but when and if i do in the future, do i need to disclose the details of this ordeal to them?  Is there any chance that i could infect anyone if i am believing the WB to be accurate?  

I would greatly like to rest my mind and learn to love my body again.  i am trying to believe that i have done the right thing, and have found out the truth and that i wont hav e to explain this ordeal to anyone in the future.  with the exception of course of just getting tested for future safety.  I realy want to put this behind me.  is is ok for me to move on with my life and believe i am truely negative?  

Can i take the results of the WB as accurate?  i am really haveing a hard time getting past this.

Thank you so much

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

It is my expert opinion that you are negative.  I don't believe any further testing is going to change the results that you get.  

This will be my last post to this thread

Terri

[dumbone]

Thank you terri,

So i should deff believe the WB.  The 2nd was taken 10 months after the second low positive.  

So your expert oopinion is that i am negative?

Have i done all the testing i need to do?  Do i need more testing? and am i obligated to tell anyone that i had a false positive?

Thank you so much , is there any reason to doubt the WB?

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

I do think you should believe the western blot.  It is more accurate, for long term results (like the July one) than the ELISA.  The ELiSA becomes positive sooner than the western blot, but if you want to know the real test result at six months from any exposure, then the western blot is considered the gold standard.  Compared to western blot, anELISA value of 1.26 only confirms about 15% of the time, and the 1.82, about 50% of the time, so false positives are common.  I"m not sure why you are having such a hard time accepting that there are false positives on this test, but there definitely are, and I think you've had two.  

Be thankful right now that you test negative and move on.

Terri