Getting Tested

[KSUViolet06]

Cancelling it won't help you, because you still won't know.

It's good to see people get tested, I find that there are alot of young women whose main concern is birth control and not getting pregnant. I sometimes don't think they understand that there are ALOT worse things that can result from unprotected sex/other risky behavior than a pregnancy.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Cancelling it won't help you, because you still won't know.

It's good to see people get tested, I find that there are alot of young women whose main concern is birth control and not getting pregnant. I sometimes don't think they understand that there are ALOT worse things that can result from unprotected sex/other risky behavior than a pregnancy.

True. When was younger I never considered HIV and only thought of how terrible an unplanned pregnancy would be. Now that I'm in a relationship and living on my own, atleast from a financial standpoint and an "OMG what do I tell my parents" standpoint, it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen to me.

I go for my test in less than 90 minutes.

[RU OX Alum]

Good luck WVU alpha phi

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by WVU alpha phi

It doesn't help that only one of my friends that I've mentioned this to has been tested. I need someone to empathize and understand why I'm freaking out!

Maybe this will be a wake-up call to your friends that they should get tested. It's something everyone should do.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think it's great that so many people get tested for HIV...but what about those other STDs? Granted, none of them are as lethal as AIDS, but many can wreck your future fertility and we all know the HPV-cervical cancer link.

Exactly! Everyone who is sexually active should be tested for everything - and your suggestion of going to a gay community center or Planned Parenthood is great. It's low-cost or no-cost and they are always completely non-judgmental.

[honeychile]

I thought I had told this before, but a search said I didn't, so...

I had my yearly right after I left my ex-husband, and my gynie suggested that I have the full panel of STD tests done, "just in case". She gave me the prescription, and sent me to a lab.

I walked in, and the waiting room was full. There was a bank-teller-like window that I had to push my prescription under to the nurse. She looked at it, and in a loud voice said, "I can see that you want the STD panel, but what's this HIV test?" I blushed and mouthed, "AIDS." She said, "I can't hear you, sweetie, what's that HIV?" I said in a whisper, "AIDS!" By this time, people were looking. Again, she asked, "Just the HIV, what's that mean?" By this time, I was beside myself and said, "AIDS!" When she asked one more time, I grabbed the prescription and wrote, "AIDS" on it, and shoved it back. The nurse then said, in a loud voice, "Ooooh! AIDS! Why didn't you say so?" I wanted to kill her.

Thank heavens, she took me next - but as she drew my blood, she told me about every local celebrity who came to her for AIDS tests! Needless to say, I reported her the very second I got to a phone.

Hope your results were the same as mine, WVU alpha phi.

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I thought I had told this before, but a search said I didn't, so...

I had my yearly right after I left my ex-husband, and my gynie suggested that I have the full panel of STD tests done, "just in case". She gave me the prescription, and sent me to a lab.

I walked in, and the waiting room was full. There was a bank-teller-like window that I had to push my prescription under to the nurse. She looked at it, and in a loud voice said, "I can see that you want the STD panel, but what's this HIV test?" I blushed and mouthed, "AIDS." She said, "I can't hear you, sweetie, what's that HIV?" I said in a whisper, "AIDS!" By this time, people were looking. Again, she asked, "Just the HIV, what's that mean?" By this time, I was beside myself and said, "AIDS!" When she asked one more time, I grabbed the prescription and wrote, "AIDS" on it, and shoved it back. The nurse then said, in a loud voice, "Ooooh! AIDS! Why didn't you say so?" I wanted to kill her.

Thank heavens, she took me next - but as she drew my blood, she told me about every local celebrity who came to her for AIDS tests! Needless to say, I reported her the very second I got to a phone.

Hope your results were the same as mine, WVU alpha phi.

lol i went when i was pregnant in 2000 to get tested...i had been left high and dry by my loser boyfriend and figured i should go to the open STD clinic at the health department. i thought nobody would be there that i knew...boy was i wrong...the room was packed and i knew no less than seven people there lol! and that was the only thing they did on that day so you just KNEW what they were there for...i sat in a corner behind a LIFE magazine and when my name was called moved as fast as my fat behind would take me!

everything turned out ok. i get an HIV test everytime blood work is done, but ive never worried...i know that is naive and dumb to some people, but i figure if i have it, there is nothing i can do about it to change things, so stress is the last thing on my mind. i have always been extra picky about partners and continue to do so. good luck with your test results EVERYBODY lol!!!

[Tinia2]

Just a rather general comment:
One can play, have fun, enjoy themselves. However, at the same time, one needs to think of themselves, their reputation, their welfare, their own health and safety.

And within this thread, that would seem to be play safe and alway use protection. And be aware that even the very best has less that a 100% protection rating.

So if you have not been tested, it is a rather smart idea to do so.

And Honeychild, you definitely did the right thing in reporting that health-care "professional".