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Help me....please....somebody
#139506 - 04/01/05 01:40 AM
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In the past 6 months I have had several unprotected exposures. HIV never crossed my mind. I feel so foolish. I thought at first...oh no...I'm pregnant. Then the guy I started dating got sick....really sick...he was even coughing up bloody plhegm...this was about 8 weeks after my unprotected anal receptive eposure to a guy of unknown staus and about 7 weeks after his ecposure to me. He was feeling so bad he went to the doctor and they tikd him he din't have a bacterial infection or the flu...some type of virus and his platelets were low. I started looking up what low platets meant and wouldn't you know...HIV was an indicator. Then I freaked out while looking at more info on the web. I too got sick, this being about 8 weeks after possible exposure to a random I met a bar before my b-friend and I started dating. Have been freaking out ever since. Especially since I have these white leaions on the back of my tongue and enlarged taste buds...really large. I have a coating on my tongue that looks grosss and like the beginnings of oral hairy leukoplakia on the sides of my tonge. As I am sure you can relate...I am freaking out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you will tell me to test but I don't have the courage. I need your help.
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Hello there,
First thing here is not to panic. We are human we make mistakes all of us. I will say for your own peace of mind you need to test 13 weeks after your last possible exposure go to your local clinic get a full Std screening ask for a rapid HIV test to ease your mind so you don’t have to wait 2 weeks for results. We must realise that HIV is not easy to catch there are easier STDs to catch such as herpes and Chlamydia. Symptoms mean nothing and surfing the Web will only increase your anxiety, believe me if you type in your name and put HIV beside it you will find an association. Please test and let me know how you do.
Good luck
Dr John
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Hi I hopeby nowyou went and got tested I know it is hard but I was tested 15 years ago and althoughI am positive I am glad I know and can go on with my life not that is easy it's not but this too shall pass I know I take good care of m and I have to say at the begining I as told I had 5 years to live yeah they wre wrong ha ha to them well good luck to you
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Go get a test. All you symptoms are stress related. Why the heck are you having unprotected anal anyway??
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I too had unprotected receptive anal sex, and yes he came inside me.....That was on Dec 8, 2004. Yes I was very stupid. I began to have every symptom and got sick, or either made myself sick. I had swollen nodes and all....still do in my clavicals.....but, I have not had any courage to test. I am very scared. I found the person I had sex with and asked them if they were HIV pos.....he said no.....but...who knows.
let me know what you do....perhaps it will give me courage.
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#139525 - 04/01/05 11:44 AM
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i am so scared. he didn't ejaculate inside me but i have no idea what his status is???? it didn't last too long but i guess timing does not really matter. it happened on dec. 16 and i got sick on feb. 15. what concerns me most is the appearance of my tongue. i am a smoker and a drinker - more so now due to the stress. it is white and hairy looking on the back. Looking at pictures of oral manifestations freaks me out. I don't know what to think of it and I am too scared to get tested. I have confided in a few friends and they think that I am crazy...but what if I'm not. I am a graduate student with my whole life ahead of me. I guess I am not as smart as I thought I was. Loral, let's make a pact. Let's pick a date and get tested. We will tell eachother our results and hopefully they will be negative-I pray to GOD!!!!! What do you think?
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I went for my test today. Even though I am still scared sh##less...I feel a little relieved. The woman who took my blood was so supportive even though it was an anonymous test she knew. She even higged me when I left. She told me I was going to be fine. I knw that she does not really know that but I have to believe that maybe she was an angel from God and that I may just very well be fine. I am supposed to call tomorrow afternoon and get my results. I may however wait until Thursday when I am in the presence of one of my good and supportive friends. Thanks and I will keep you posted!
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Most of the people who have most of these symptons are hiv negative and also negative in their thinking. Be patient and take your test in 3 months (12 or 13 weeks) you will be pleasantly surprised. I know, I was. I had all the symptoms you could READ about and a few more. Three months of my life was spent worrying about something that wasn't even there. All the experts told me that the chances were small. But did I listen ? No. I became a bigger expert than everybody else. What a fool I was.
To make a long story very short.
Go out and enjoy every moment of your life.
But what ever you do don't go raw go rubbered. And if you can't go rubbered don't go at all.
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