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Offline concerned1

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Is This An Issue
« on: November 17, 2006, 10:21:23 pm »
I had a massage this past week and have a few questions that have caused me some anxiety:

1.) The girl was up on the table rubbing my back and was clothed but I thought I felt something drip and land on my buttocks. If this girl was on her period and it was blood and it ran down, could I be infected?

2.) She went over to this tub after masterbating me to wash her hands and wet a towel.  Part of the towel touched the bottom of the tub. She than used the towel to wipe off my penis. Am I at risk if the towel had anything on it from previous customers when it hit the bottm of the tub?
« Last Edit: November 17, 2006, 10:37:18 pm by concerned1 »

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Re: Massage ?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2006, 07:54:53 am »
Please read the lesson on Transmission. You can find a link to it in the Welcome thread which opens this section.

You have no cause for concern about this massage incident. Even IF the woman dripped blood on you, which I must say is highly unlikely, it still wouldn't have been a risk unless you had an open wound into which HIV+ blood was pouring. Nor would you have been at risk for the other detail you are concerned about.

HIV is a fragile virus and not easy to transmit. Sexually the risk is primarily through unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse.

Read the lesson for more details. You have no cause for concernt this time out.

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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2011, 06:24:11 am »

I went to a Asian massage place last night and received hand job at the end of the massage. She left the room after the HJ and came back with a wet towel that was not hot like the one she used to wipe me off after my massage before the HJ.

I am scared she went out and just grabbed a towel that had been used to just recently clean up another client that may have had semen on it.  She tip wipe the tip of my penis.

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Re: Massage Experience (Please Respond)
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2011, 07:16:47 am »
Concerned,

I've merged your new thread into your original thread - where you should post all your additional thoughts or questions. It helps us to help you when you keep all your additional thoughts or questions in one thread. It doesn't matter how long it has been since you last posted in your thread or if the subject matter is different.

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Getting a massage is not a risk for hiv infection.

Being wiped with a towel that might have semen on it is also not a risk for hiv infection. Hiv is fragile, difficult to transmit virus that is primarily transmitted INSIDE the human body, as in unprotected anal or vagina intercourse where the virus never leaves the confines of the two bodies.

Once outside the body, small changes in temperature, and pH and moisture levels all quickly damage the virus and render it unable to infect.

Hiv is NOT transmitted from objects in the environment, including wet towels, dry towels, doorknobs, sheets, spoons, or whatever else you can think of. Hiv is mainly spread through unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple! Read through the condom and lube links so you can use them correctly and with confidence.

Ann
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Offline concerned1

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Is This An Issue
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2011, 09:24:39 am »
I went to a Asian massage place last night and received hand job at the end of the massage. She left the room after the HJ and came back with a wet towel that was not hot like the one she used to wipe me off after my massage before the HJ.

I am scared she went out and just grabbed a towel that had been used to just recently clean up another client that may have had semen on it.  She tip wipe the tip of my penis.

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Re: Is This An Issue
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2011, 09:31:50 am »
Concerned,

TWICE in ONE day I've had to merge your threads.

STOP STARTING NEW THREADS!!!

I've already answered your question.

NO RISK.

Ann
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"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

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Re: Is This An Issue
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2011, 09:34:14 am »
Sorry, I did not see that you had merged them.

I am worried she grabbed a towel that had just been used on another client with fresh semen.  She wiped the tip of my penis with the towel

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Re: Is This An Issue
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2011, 09:52:43 am »
Concerned,

I already answered you. Re-read your ENTIRE thread!

Ann
Condoms are a girl's best friend

Condom and Lube Info  

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

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Re: Is This An Issue
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2011, 10:47:27 am »
Listen, the towel and her hands could have been dripping with someone else's semen and it still wouldn't have been a risk.

Are you bothering to really read what is said to you? It doesn't seem as if you are listening to anything but the fears rattling around in your head.

Re-read what Ann has said to you. Now!   
Andy Velez

 


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