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what is the STD..if any...
hi. I had protected intercourse but unprotected oral sex (I on her and she on me a )...both occasion only very briefly...less than a minute or two. After it was over and done and she (a prostitute) was getting ready to leave she was complaining of pain in the inside of her mouth...a possible sore?. When she left I saw dropplets of blood on the bed (in a hotel room). The blood was not where we where on the bed but I panicked. Before this encounter I already had sore penis glands due to some masturbation but within 36 o 48 hours I began feeling a sharp sting in my pe nis glands. At the same time I begin feeling a lightheaded sensation for a brief second...kind of like someone grabbing my brain and squeezing. This kept happening every day..sometimes in the afternoons, sometimes in the mornings or nights. As far as the pain in my penis, this lasted for about 6 weeks with thrust for about three days on the 3rd week and the rest of the time the sharp stings however moving from one side to the other..basically only these two areas. For the first 3 weeks I did not take anything or put any type of creams...just cleanned it frantically 3-5 times a day for a week and needless to say it made it worse. On week 4 I took an antibiotic that my wife uses for her yeast infections and within 4 days it all went away. 17 days after this encounter I had a running nose and basically suppressed it with dayquil for three days (did not need nightquil) and it went away. About 5 weeks after this cold (I think more cold than flu) symptoms went away I had a hacking (although milder than when I normally get them)cough that lasted about 7 or 8 days. All the time the only symptom that I continue to have 14 weeks later is the lightheadedness that started on day 2 of the sexual encounter. I forgot to mention that when I got the runny nose i freaked thinking of the worse (HIV). It just happen that that day I had a cross atlantic flight and from that point on forward have had insomnia that it continues. After 5 weeks I went and got a full blood exam and everything came up normal...even the doctor mentioned that I was as healthy as a baby. I had an additional exam that looked at all my organs as I complained of a possible hernia in my lower abdomen (which by the way I had this pain before the sexual encounter) It came back all good and the doctor attributed the pain to a muscle pain or at least not an organ. At two months post exposure the doctor gave me Spilnox to help with the insomnia. I took it for 6 days but stopped since the lightheadedness became slightly worse and more consistent. When I stopped taking Spilnox I experienced nausea and on the 3rd day a strong headache. After four days the lightheadedness returned to normal. All this time I have not stopped "researching the internet" which is the worse thing possible and I think this has developed into a mega anxiety issue for me. On Monday am going to my general practitioner and will be requesting a full STD test but am not sure if all this lightheadedness is a symptom or is something that I created with the stress, anxiety and snowball effect of negative thinking. I appreciate your response. And I thank you.
Over the weekend I reflected on the reality of all of this and was determined to get the testing done, after all it had been almost 4 months since the encounter. Since internalizing and accepting reality, be it what it would be and assuming the worse, I felt a great peace and relief and just had a generally better attitude over the weekend. On Monday got tested for HIV and Siphyllis and had a complete blood test done. Just the fact of taking these tests I could not control my racing thoughts and was just a nervous wreck. Just about every symptom that I had read over the past 4 months seem to manifest themselves however lightly. Even with sleeping pills I did not get any sleep at all. Everyone that I can into contact any where in the city just did not seem to be happy people and certainly I felt that everyone was looking at me.
Long story short, went to the lab to pick up my results, got only the CBC results, the recepcionist looked up me funny, went up to the doctors office, his recepcionist wasn't as friendly as usual, while waiting for ever people came in and out of hallways and they all looked am me strangely. Everyone that sat down to wait for a doctor in the general waiting room seem to be looking at me. Finally got in to see the doctor, reviewed everything and everything was perfect and all that needed to be negative was negative....HIV and Siphyllis included...these came in towards the end of the visit. The doctor assured me that I was pefectly healthy and that I stress out too much...needless to say to me it was an understatement. It's hard to describe the sensations in my body but it felt that I had a million hands tearing up all the negative vibes from head to toe.
Amazing thing is, after leaving the doctors office, everyone seem to be happy people, I smiled, they smiled. I did buy the prescribed anxiety,sleep and pain pills that the doctor ordered but did not take any of them. Went to bed and don't even remmember falling asleep. Ten hours later and still sleepy and having a cup of coffee and writing this experience. THE MIND IS A POWERFUL THING...more so than we can imagine.
Long story short, went to the lab to pick up my results, got only the CBC results, the recepcionist looked up me funny, went up to the doctors office, his recepcionist wasn't as friendly as usual, while waiting for ever people came in and out of hallways and they all looked am me strangely. Everyone that sat down to wait for a doctor in the general waiting room seem to be looking at me. Finally got in to see the doctor, reviewed everything and everything was perfect and all that needed to be negative was negative....HIV and Siphyllis included...these came in towards the end of the visit. The doctor assured me that I was pefectly healthy and that I stress out too much...needless to say to me it was an understatement. It's hard to describe the sensations in my body but it felt that I had a million hands tearing up all the negative vibes from head to toe.
Amazing thing is, after leaving the doctors office, everyone seem to be happy people, I smiled, they smiled. I did buy the prescribed anxiety,sleep and pain pills that the doctor ordered but did not take any of them. Went to bed and don't even remmember falling asleep. Ten hours later and still sleepy and having a cup of coffee and writing this experience. THE MIND IS A POWERFUL THING...more so than we can imagine.
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By the way, what if the blood on the bedding was her from an open soar inside her mouth. Could I be exposed to HIV and/or other stds? Thank you.
Thank you Grace, am heading to the GP right now for the scheduled appointment. I just wanted to clarify that the lightheadedness was about two days later...not inmediately.
no std causes symptoms immediately. sounds like you had anxiety attacks over this more than anything.
A cold is not a sign of a std.
nothing you've mentioned sounds like a std from this encounter. continue to follow up with your provider and discuss anxiety as a source of most of the non-cold related symptoms you've had, including your insomnia.
grace
A cold is not a sign of a std.
nothing you've mentioned sounds like a std from this encounter. continue to follow up with your provider and discuss anxiety as a source of most of the non-cold related symptoms you've had, including your insomnia.
grace
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