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Q: unprotected anal sex & HIV
asked by: Hylian on March 16th, 2008
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I had unprotected anal sex ( I was top, circumscied, with no ejaculation, not long exposure ) with a guy that a month later turned out ot be HIV ..... Crying or Very sad

o.k... I took a test 3 weeks after exposure, came back negative, only to discover that the test at that time doesn't mean a thing. A more indicative, yet not conlusive ( 3 months I know ) test would be at around 8 weeks or 2 months. Tomorrow is that day and I can't stand the anxiety anymore. I had never cried until today but I really broke down... I am supposed to check at 3 months according to the right procedure but I just can't, It feels like it is a ticking bomb that I decide when I want it to explode.

I was o.k until know, I prayed to not develop symptoms like swollen Lymhps and stuff but I have this little feeeling in my groin that feels exactly where the Lymph is found and other thing, I just read that people who have HIV are more propense to have a severe "athlete's feet". I always had small and controlled AF but today I woke up and my feet had red spots I never had before... both feet.... with red spots and a strange feeling when I touch my toes.... can red spots indicate that my body has lost defenses and that the Fungus has been given force to wreak havoc on my feat? It doesn't hurt but it scares me to death, I was instantly depressed and hopeless.

I know it's over, it's life telling me it's time to know. Postponing a test would only lead me to insanity and I just need to make it through the " Positive " message on the internet site of my labs... but it's so daaamn hard....

please don't pity me, I am not the typical forum goer that will come back " yay! negative! ". Unprotected anal sex with a HIV infected guy is as risky as it gets and most of the people I know that have the infection got it on one single, apparently uneventful exposure... I am absolutely screwed.

so I'll have to cope with that my thing is:

How can I calm down about my body?? I really wouldn't mind having HIV that much if I can stay healthy to do my work and have money to get my medical apppointments and medicines but with this feeling on the groin and the screwed up feet I feel like It a matter of time before sometime terrible happens.

can someone please help me??? :(

thanks, thanks a lot.
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homerx
replied on March 17th, 2008
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Go to a doctor and have the doctor check you out, tell them all your symptoms and get the doctor to do another HIV test. You need to have a one on one with a doctor, not over the internet or the phone or the mail or whatever, you need counseling and testing and you need to be examined by a doctor face to face. And you need to be open and honest with your doctor.Good luck, let us know how it goes.
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Muthoni
replied on March 17th, 2008
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Re: Today and Tomorrow: hardest days in my life ( Athlete's foot
Hylian wrote:

so I'll have to cope with that my thing is:

How can I calm down about my body?? I really wouldn't mind having HIV that much if I can stay healthy to do my work and have money to get my medical apppointments and medicines but with this feeling on the groin and the screwed up feet I feel like It a matter of time before sometime terrible happens.

can someone please help me??? Sad

thanks, thanks a lot.


You sound very strong and I admire that. All the best with your second test. About calming down, I have noticed that breathing in and out works for me. Focusing on other things other than HIV would be helpful. I know it could be tough but make an effort.

We are what we think. If you think you are going to get worse and something horrible will happen, then it might happen. If you count all the ways in which you are healthy and focus on that, you will start to feel better. As Homerx said, please see your doctor. Make a list of everything that you are ailing and tell it to the doctor.

All the best and take good care. Remember that HIV is not the end of the world. I sense that you already know that. But you cannot assume you have HIV until you have had a positive test.

Please exercise behaviour change.

Always
Muthoni (Mson)
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homerx
replied on March 18th, 2008
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Mson, so true, we are what we think...that is good!!!!Smile
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