A serious question: Have YOU been tested?

[SummerChild]

Originally posted by Rain Man
....does being tested hurt?

I ask this b/c I had a booster shot and a blood test done on me on the same day back in 1984 and I haven't been the same since. IMHO blood tests are like POW torture sessions and gives me bad flashbacks.

However, I am considering getting an HIV test b/c I am seriously considering getting married, and I would like to be a blessing to my future Mrs. Rain Man. However I have "been with" 5 women, condomless. Before you attack me, please understand, when I was taught about safe sex back in 6th grade, I scoffed at it, thinking that I wouldn't need a condom, b/c I would never get some. And every time I did, I assumed it would be my last time. Well, suffice it to say, my last time was 3 years ago, and I don't know if I caught something (I hope not), but anyway...

Does it hurt?

Rainman, I took the cheek cotton swab test once and it didn't hurt at all.

SC