Getting A Tattoo Scared To Death

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Scared to death; I'm getting a stem cell transplant.

Dr Dezube,Next week I start the Mobilization phase of the stem cell transplant, high dose cytoxan and neupogen. As i get closer to transplant i become more scared. I've read information and it scared the hell out of me. Have any of your own...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Your fear is completely understandable. Life does not prepare one for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. You're in good hands. Please share your concerns with the transplant team, as I am sure, they have many important support services... Read more »

Scared after tattooing HIV positive client

I was doing a tattoo on a client who has told me he is HIV positive and I have tattooed him a... Read more »

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Tattoo anxiety

I got a tattoo in the beginning of December and have been worried about transmission of HIV ever... Read more »

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Australia's Olympic Doctors Warn Team Off Getting Tattoos

On Tuesday, the Australian Olympic team's doctors advised athletes attending next year's games in Beijing to forego getting traditional celebratory tattoos until they are back at home. The doctors are concerned the tattoos could transmit hepatitis... Read more »

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Professor Poz

Photo: John Phillips . One of the first things you notice about Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, 47, is the multicoloured fish tattoo on his neck. In his early twenties, getting inked was his way of side-stepping a boring, conventional life. "The... Read more »

Scared To Death

The very first man I had a crush on, when I was just a kid, wasn't entirely conscious. He was in a zombie trance. And his name was Quentin Collins. Quentin was a dreamy zombie in a scary, odd little television series called Dark Shadows. He was... Read more »

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Scared To Death Of Death

Posted by DaveyBoy, 6 Replies

Being HIV positive has its woes for sure. When I first found out I had HIV (early 90s), all I could think was poor me, I cannot deal with this, what can I do, what do I care to do? I got so depressed and confused. Things got worse and I wound up... Read more »

Please help!! Scared to death!!

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi guys,
This is my situation. First, I am stuck in Tokyo,and dont know anyone here , and dont know the language either. Please help me , I am worried to death,shivering almost continuosly. This was my exposure - fingering a sex worker, followed by... Read more »

scared to death

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I had an oral encounter a month ago and about a week ago i noticed a mark on my penis and it doesnt hurt , went to the doctor and he said it could be the start of a wart or a skin tag but when you sretch out the skin it looks like it dissappears or... Read more »

10 weeks and scared to death

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I had unprotected oral sex from a sex worker 10 weeks ago. I havd nothing wrong with for 51/2 weeks then one day I had fever 100 that went a way the next day, 3 weeks later I had "the runs" that lasted for One Day and two weeks after that I had a... Read more »

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