Follow up question..

[JimT561]

I wanted to add my comment in here, if I may... I too am experiencing similar symptoms.

Here's my story... I absolutely need you're guidance and expertise.

In mid January I changed jobs, the process was a little stressful. On the 2nd of February I was laying down on the couch when out of nowhere I suddenly felt intense fatigue, like the wind got knocked out of me... I tried to relax, the next day I went to work but felt even worse intense body fatigue and nauseous so I took the rest of the day off and went home to try to sleep it off... I remember laying in bed and my heart was beating very fast.

Since then I've been feeling like I'm in an uphill battle I suddenly get very cold and shivery, my legs and arms get heavy, my appetite goes up and down. I wake up with some sort of burning sensation on my shoulders and back, I get dizzy spells, I feel I don't have the energy I had just 2 months ago! This has been going on for over a month, just when I think I've shacked the feeling off, it's comes back.

No fever though, no rashes, no night sweats just feeling my my body is constantly trying to fight off something.

I am married. I was with sex workers about 2 years ago always protected and just vaginal. Even the oral was with a condom... Would HIV symptoms be creeping up on me now?

My questions is what's happening to me and what should I do??


This discussion is related to Are pain muscle and joints the early symptoms of HIV?.

[scared_half_to_death]

Good Jim. I don't mean to be mean. However, sometimes we just need a way to motivate ourselves to do the things in life that are hard. Fierce ragging by "friends" or peer pressure sometimes helps :)

[JimT561]

I hear you guys, you're right. I appreciate your time and concern.

[scared_half_to_death]

You are not reading this wrong.

"Jim" is capable of spending the time and money to go and have sex with prostitutes.
"Jim" is capable of sitting around and worrying about HIV.
"Jim" does not appear to be capable of going to get an HIV test when he is worried about HIV.
However, "Jim" is still capable of sleeping with his wife.

I hope that you get the point Jim. Go get tested. You will most likely find that you do not have it. If you are worried about confidentiality use the service mentioned in my previous post.

[auntiejessi]

It could be HIV, but the average time for HIV symptoms to show up is 10 years post-infection.

You would, however, show positive on a test within 3 months, so my guess is this is stress and anxiety, but why not get tested and find out?

And seriously, if you are HIV positive, you wouldn't tell your wife?  You would let her go on thinking she is fine, and not test and receive treatment if she needs to?  I so hope I'm reading that wrong.

[scared_half_to_death]

Why would you have to tell your wife that you went to get an HIV test? You can set one up confidentially through services like healthcheckusa on the internet.

I am not an HIV expert. However, I do no know that your sexual encounters sound low risk. It should be easy to setup a confidential test and go do it, unless you enjoy sitting around and worrying about it.

[JimT561]

The reason I haven't gone is because there's no way I can break something like that to my wife...

Do the symptoms sound like HIV related symptoms???

[scared_half_to_death]

Protected sex is low risk for HIV. All you have to do is get an HIV test. Why sit around worrying all day when it just takes an hour to go get a blood test. If it is over 2 months, it should be very accurate.