Hello everyone! Just like the many other posts on this board I am worried that I may have contracted HIV.

About 2 months ago I was away on holiday in the UK and went to my cousins wedding. While there I got -extremely- drunk, and ended up going home with a girl.

I asked her if she had any STDs, and she said no, but unfortunatly we didnt have a condom. Like I said, I was really drunk, so I decided to do it anyway (HUGE mistake). We had unprotected vaginal and anal sex.

Anyway, about a month later, my best friend got sick with a cold, which he quickly passed on to me. Now, im not sure if I developed these symptoms independantly OR if he just gave me a cold. About a week later another one of my close friends got a very bad headcold, which he also passed on to me. So I have been kind of sickly for the past 2 weeks.

The symptoms ive had are: Runny nose, Painful sinuses, Cough (from the runny nose), and what seems to be a slight reddish rash on me which seems to get worse the more I am stressed. I have been INCREDIBLY stressed lately with school and work, and the worry of HIV has just added to it, which I believe *may* be the cause of my rash. They day I started researching HIV I also got kind of itchy on my body, again I believe it to be stress induced, but I obviously could be wrong.

I do not have a sore throat, I have no been having constant headaches, I am sleeping pretty much regularly, I have no night sweats, and no bowel movement problems.


No, I KNOW I need to get tested, but for anyone else that has been in my position you must know how stressfull and difficult it is to get the courage to go. I would just like some reassurance and someone to give me hope for not having HIV.


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.