Hi Dr. I had unprotected passive anal intercourse with someone who was positive and not on meds. He was not newly positive and assured me that he had no precum usually. There was no ejaculation but 5 days after this incident I began to have slight night sweats (like one time each night and then I would wake up), swollen painless lymph nodes in my neck and a vague headache. At day 7 I panicked and went on nPEP of Truvada, Norvir and Reyetaz. The symptoms went away the next day. I am convinced that sero-conversion had started to occur. I know that starting meds >72 hours after exposure is less than ideal, particularly since I had started to have physical ailments but I am going to finish out the course anyway. Based on these facts I am preparing myself for the news of being positive but am hoping maybe there is some outside chance that I have prevented this. At the very least perhaps minimized cell damage from the initial exposure. What do you think? I am just finishing week one of the course in meds. Two important points: I did not get a baseline antibody test done yet o determine if there were any antibodies yet and I had used methamphetamine during this sexual encounter (hence my poor judgement). Coming down off this drug often makes me fatigued and sometimes with sweats but these come the night after not five days later and they are never accompanied by swollen lymph nodes. I really appreciate your input.

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