I have recently been involved in a couple of scenerios that may have put me at risk for STDs. Here's the story:
I had a handful of sexual encounters with a man through about the span of a month. We did not have intercourse and I didn't come in contact with his semen at any point, though we engaged in oral both ways and 'dry' sex in underwear. I never noticed any symptoms of any STD on him or me during this time. After this ended I learned that he had lied about having been tested in the past and about his number of partners--potentially unprotected encounters with over a dozen females. I'm worried about my exposure to STDs with this high risk partner.
Sometime after this ended, I began dating another man who had only one partner in his past. We had oral & one or two sessions of protected intercourse, and I did not come in contact with his semen. This relationship ended after I learned that he had continued to sleep with his ex throughout the time that we had been intimate--about 1.5 months. I also learned she had been sleeping with OTHER men during this time, increasing her & therefore my potential level of exposure. I sure know how to pick em, huh?
About three to four months after this ended, I noticed a small painful bump on my labia. It was almost imperceptible to the naked eye & I only knew it was there because of the sharp pain in the area. I chalked this up to a cyst as it didn't seem to fit the bill as far as what I knew in terms of STD symptoms at the time. It clearned up mostly in time for my scheduled gyno exam, & the gyno didn't even notice it.
I requested an STD screening to be safe, and she gave me whatever standard tests that come with the GenPap program. I am still not fully sure which tests are covered by the GenPap program, so I'm not sure what exactly I was tested for. I'm having trouble contacting my gyno office for this info so I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with it. I was contacted and told that all tests were negative, but just not what tests they specifically were.
This leads me to my next question--what is the likelihood that contracted any of the STDs that require blood tests to screen for, based on my sexual history I've presented here? My insurance will not cover any sort of testing for it so it will all be out of pocket. I would like to mention that I have actually met a wonderful guy that I want to protect against anything I could have been exposed to. Ideally I would test for everything I possibly could but I don't know how I would pay for that at the moment.
Thank you!!