5 Days Since Exposure

[titi88]

Hello There,

I am writing this because of an exposure I had on the weekends. I was staying at a 5-star hotel when I suddenly felt like getting a massage bcuz I was having problems sleeping. It was past 10pm so the people working at the hotel said the massage room was already closed , so they'll send someone to my room instead. Thinking nothing was wrong, I mistakenly agreed.

The masseuse who came to my room gave a terrible massage. About 10 minutes in she asked if I wwantes to pay money for sex and i kindly refused. Seeing my light refusal she continued to persuade me for 20 minutes. I finally gave in and received a blow job with a condom on and then have less than a minute of vaginal sex with a condom.

I realized this was a major mistake. I was weak and she was VERY persuasive. Now Im worried I may caught an STD or worse, HIV from this mistake of mine. The good thing is that I was conscious the entire time, so i am 100% certain the condom never broke and was intact when i pulled out. What worries me is that the condom I used belonged to her so i never got to see rhe expiry date. Also

[Jeff G]

You did not have a risk and did the correct thing by having protected sex .

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:

You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.

To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.

Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.

Although you did not have a risk and do not need to test for this specific incident , anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!

[titi88]

Hi Jeff , thanks for the quick reply, it helps with the anxiety a lot.

Do you think I should get tested for this specific incident? My last sexual activity was protected in Dec 2011 and I ended up testing negative up to 6 months to be safe. The entire process was very painful/stressful and I would hate to waste away another 3-6months of waiting in agony

[Jeff G]

Hi Jeff , thanks for the quick reply, it helps with the anxiety a lot.

Do you think I should get tested for this specific incident? My last sexual activity was protected in Dec 2011 and I ended up testing negative up to 6 months to be safe. The entire process was very painful/stressful and I would hate to waste away another 3-6months of waiting in agony

You do  not need HIV testing for this incident so just do your next regular checkup ... you really did not have a risk in this situation to test for .

For future reference in case you ever do have an actual risk ... You did not have a risk so keep that in mind .

The average time to seroconversion is 22 days. Most who are infected will test positive by 6 weeks. For various reasons a small number will take longer and that is why we follow the CDC recommendation to test at 3 months for a conclusive negative result. There is no need to EVER test beyond 3 months past any possible exposure .