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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a blood transfusion in the 80s about six months before they started the routine screening of blood for HIV.  Instead of worrying about it for years, I got tested.  Seems to me that a simple test is more effective than worry. [/quote]
I’m stranded at my parents’ in the middle of nowhere. Will have to wait until I get back to Dc to go buy a kit from CVS and test. Meanwhile the anxiety is literally making me sick.[/quote]

You had 5 years to get tested and you still haven't done it... [/quote]
I didn’t think about it until now[/quote]

[b]For the future, you should get tested yearly for Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV when you go to the gyn. [/b] Otherwise, you have potentially put everyone else you had sex with in the last 5 years at risk too. Part of being a responsible sex partner is getting tested for STIs including HIV regularly unless/until you are in a relationship where both partners are 100 percent monogamous.

But yes, definitely get a home kit when you get close enough to a CVS, Walgreen's, etc. Within 20 minutes you'll know. Until then try not to stress too much.[/quote]
I have never in my life been offered an HIV test. Chlamydia and gonorrhea are done when I get my pap (I guess they use the same cell sample) but literally no one has ever asked me if I wanted to be tested for HIV. I am not sure if that's because of the likelihood of hetero women getting it is slim to nil or if I just had three bad gynecologists in my life, but it was never even offered.

Also I think if you get HIV and you leave it untreated for nearly half a decade, you definitely start developing weird symptoms. Your blood work would be wonky by now and you'd have constant infections.[/quote]

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