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Originally posted by Ideal08
This is sort of hard for me to admit, but y'all my peeps, so ok.
I seem to be the only GCer who hasn't been tested and doesn't want to be. I was JUST talking about this with my friend at home last week. THEN, BET runs all them dang on commercials about being tested. My friend was like, "These are hints, Monique." I was like, whatever. I just wouldn't want to know, and I know that sounds crazy, but I wouldn't. I honestly feel like it's a death sentence. And I also think it gets worse once you find out. I feel like if I were positive as soon as I found out, my health would start to decline.
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I used to feel the same exact way. I always thought that people don't get sick until they find out that they have some type of disease or illness (Cancer included). I just never wanted to know. I even feared getting married because in most states it is a requirement that you have to take a blood test in order to get a marriage license. It wasn't until after I had to have a blood transfusion that I first got tested. Even though donated blood is "suppose" to be safe I just had to know something for sure. Not only that, but it seem as if the week after I had the transfusion is when reports came out on the news about people getting some type of virus through blood transfusions (I think that it was the West Nile Virus, but I could be wrong). Call me paranoid, but the thought of foreign blood in my body didn't sit too well with me
. It wasn't until after the HIV test that I was okay with the situation. No HIV or West Nile Virus. I really do think that I'm a closet hypochondriac. Anyway, even though I'm cool with being tested now I still get a little anxious about the whole thing.