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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: mustang78 on April 05, 2012, 09:36:31 am
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i received a full body sensual massage from an escort with thong panties on...i was completely nude....she finished with unprotected handjob...i know this a no risk situation but i have living in hell since week 4 when the chills started...i am currently at week 13 and just got back a negative hiv antibody test yesterday...i was happy for about 1 hour but chills and muscle pains bothered me all day yesterday into last night....forearms are aching, thighs hurt, triceps are aching, pain in my right pectoral muscle, shoulder pain and currently have chills..in the last couple weeks i have had this crazy neurological thing going on with my hands...i wake up during the night and my fingers are numb and and are curled inward(feel like they are asleep)...feeling goes away after i wake up.....chronic headache for the past six weeks.....Is there anyway possible way ars could still be hanging around at this point...My doctor did all the bloodwork and said i am fine....i am even on anxiety medicine....i am so scared....i feel so bad this morning i may have to go to emergency room...this flu like feeling i have had for weeks will not go away....i just want this to end.....thanks in advance for any advice........
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Mustang, whatever is going on with you symptomatically has absolutely nothing to do with HIV. Nothing you are reporting would have put you at risk for HIV.
Discuss your symptoms with your doctor if they continue.
The only confirmed risks for the sexual transmission of HIV are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse. As long as you consistently use condoms for those activities you will be well protected.
This is not an HIV situation.
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thank you andy....i am just desperate at this point as i have told my doctor about all this and he keeps telling me to take the anxiety medicine and to see a therapist....i am just lost and no one thinks anything is wrong....beads of sweat on my forehead as i type this....from what i have read and understand....most all hiv experts have never scene a negative 13 week antibody test turn positive later...am i correct with my analysis....thanks andy as i desperately need someone to reassure me that i am alright....
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That negative HIV test result solidly and conclusively confirmed that you are HIV negative.
Although it's always wise to check symptoms out medically for a possible cause, it does seem as if you would benefit from some professional support with a counselor or therapist. We can't help you with that in this setting. But I can tell you unequivocally that HIV is not the problem.
Good luck in getting this sorted out.
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thank you for communicating with me this morning andy....my nerves have actually calmed a bit since reading some of your replies....i was an emotional mess when i first sent yall a message this morning...my doc suggested i see a therapist/counselor when i saw him several weeks ago.....i did not take him up on it but i believe i am going to take that step as i cant continue to live in this state of mind.....one last question.....does anyone ever have symptoms that last out to 13 weeeks past exposure or do they come and go in the first 4-8 weeks....have a good day and thanks for your help....
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If symptoms are going to appear at all it is normally within 4-6 weeks after an exposure. The average time to seroconversion is 22 days. Beyond 6 weeks for symptoms would be more than unusual.
I say all of this bearing in mind that you did not have a risk to begin with.
Your symptoms have nothing to do with HIV.
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just curious...i snorted a small amount of cocaine two different nights 1 week before my near zero risk exposure....only use of the drug in over 10 years....can this effect an hiv antibody test?
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No, your snorting coke would note affect the accuracy of your test result.
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sorry to return but my body is aching, sweating, bruising, diarrheaing, etc...my doc keeps telling me i am fine and to keep taking my anxiety medicine...have even been visiting a phsychologist....i am sweating profusely all day and night....have had diarrhea for nearly one month that no medicine will touch....purplish bruising on various spots around my body i have never had.....my tongue is white almost to the tip with ulcer feeling things on the tip.....i tested again(elisa-antibody) nearly two weeks ago(18 weeks) and it was negative.....why do i have all these symptoms????? my life is hell and it is destroying my family.....now my wife has chills everyday and is alway holding her arms close to her chest....started having sex again as advised by various docs....is there a test other than the antibody that you would recommend....
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An HIV test is the only test that detects HIV antibodies.
Which you CAN NOT HAVE because you had NO RISK.
I am sorry you are not feeling well. I hope between your doctor and your therapist you can get to the root of the problem. It is NOT HIV.
This forum is simply not equipped to provide therapy for your irrational fear. As a matter of fact, it will undermine your recovery. You will not be allowed to use this as a place to fuel your fear.
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I would like to commend the patience of Andy Velez in dealing with this poster.
As a sensual massage therapist I do hear of girls getting the (very) odd person suffering “buyer’s remorse”.
It has only happened to me once where a gentleman decided he had contracted something from a MASSAGE with me. He was correct, it was a nasty case of paranoia! He had a full health screen and of course he was perfectly fine. The symptoms, similar to the sweats defined by Mustang78 were created by anxiety.
I keep a very clean personal and work environment, so I find it offensive when someone has chosen to come along for a sensual massage and then decided that us providers are teeming with a variety of infectious noxious sexual virus and bacteria!
I wish more men would switch on their big heads and realise you cannot catch an STI from a massage.
Thank you for having the patience to deal with these folk (who ironically could do with a good massage to chill out)!
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You're welcome, Francesca.
And thanks for your appreciative comment. It is very unfortunate that often the clients of sensual massage therapists and of other services have such negative ideas about those who offer those services. To me it's a part of the whole sex negative attitude in our society.
However, I also must point out that it's a rule of the site as stated in the opening thread of this section that only those who are authorized to do so may write in other member threads.
Thanks for your cooperation with this rule in the future.