Too Scared To Get Tested After Showering

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I Donated: Followup on anal poke in shower question

Dr. Frascino:No question...just a big thank you for answering my question and doing it so fast. It meant a great deal to me. I have mailed my check....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for your thanks and for your support of The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). Both are very warmly appreciated. Now what about the name and address of that gym/ hook-up spa? (kidding)Be well. Stay well.Dr.... Read more »

Re: Injured in sex club shower

(Not exactly a question. Just want to say thanks)Thanks Doc. Excitement indeed. I guess people... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

please read will donate a lot, scared college student 3 Months and scared about symptoms, my story is probably shared by a lot of students out there, giv me the strength to get tested

I have written you before concerend about three months ago, I am still very concerned from the same... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Australia: Patients to Be Tested After Hospital HIV Scare

Officials at Bundaberg Hospital in southern Queensland are recommending blood tests for 274 people treated between Nov. 6 and 13 at the facility's dental clinic. Authorities discovered that one batch of dental instruments cleaned on Nov. 6 was not... Read more »

Canada: Syringe-Scare Tests Come Back Positive; HIV, Hepatitis Found in Patients, But Not Linked to Problem Procedure

Health officials say there is no evidence that a small number of former patients who tested positive for hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV contracted the infections from syringes improperly reused by health workers at High Prairie Health Complex. The... Read more »

AIDS Community Research Initiative of America

Personal Perspective: HIV- UB2?

"Are you clean?" I looked down at the guy who was asking me this. As opposed to what, I wondered. Dirty? Well, I did take a shower before I left the house. So, yeah, I was clean. You see, I had been talking to this guy on a phone sex line (this... Read more »

HIV Testing: Why Aren't More People Doing It?

Stigma still makes people reluctant, even afraid, to get screened for HIV, health officials say. And yet an HIV diagnosis is the first step to care, treatment, and learning how to avoid transmitting the virus to others. "We have to bring it out in... Read more »

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Scared to Get Tested? Please Do - Read My Story

Posted by someone72111, 2 Replies

This is not a question but a post with my experience. It is especially for those that are too scared to get tested because they are convinced they have HIV from some sort of sexual encounter (or other source). Please get tested, life is too short... Read more »

going for testing tomorrow. scared. encouragement?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

i have posted in the past but just got up enough courage to get tested tomorrow, so bare with me, please. i'm very scared cuz i *know* i have *something*.

well, i'm a young 20-something gay male, which i guess puts me in a "high risk group" already.... Read more »

Scared to take the test? Please Read.

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Back in 91 I took an HIV test and the results came back "inconclusive" I was told to take another test, but I didn't. I was too frightened to take it ... too scared to find out if I actually had the disease. Keep in mind that back then HIV/AIDS was... Read more »

too scared to get tested

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

i am too scared to get tested, not knowing is eating me up inside but its not actualy happening untill i get a positive result. im going on that old saying 'what you dont know cant hurt you'. i know this is a silly view to take but im scared. i dont... Read more »

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