HIV

[wixard]

Oh wow i'm very sorry to hear that but like everybody has said, see your gp, get tested for every possible thing it could be. Your gp will probably send you for a blood test. Lets just hope it is just some illness that you've caught due to your 18 day bender, because immune systems are very vulnerable whilst intoxicated so lets hope its just the flu or something. Good luck though wishing you all the best!

he never mentioned 18 days....
oh wait he didid you're lucky this time

[GoldenMerc]

is this tara, always imagined her having this.
get yourself, brain teases and tortures.

[Isparian]

Thanks for everyone's support. I've been reviewing the statistics and they generally are in my favor but it's not something you really want to put aside to luck when your future is riding on it.

Well at least if you do have it then it wasn't from bumsex

**** off.

is this tara, always imagined her having this.
get yourself, brain teases and tortures.

You've always been a bit ******ed when it comes to posting anything remotely sensible.

[scottish]

If you google something wrong with you you'll always find some severe issue so just ignore it until you can get tested.

[AgnesIO]

Well at least if you do have it then it wasn't from bumsex

Absolutely moronic comment.

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Firstly, I am sorry that you have ended up with this possibility. Got to say it was pretty stupid to not have got travel insurance - but that is sort of irrelevant here, as it would be void if you said you were high anyway. But you can't turn back time, and I don't want to sound like I am simply rubbing salt on the wounds.

Also, it would be worth noting that if the worst comes to the worst your future is NOT over because of HIV - people can live almost perfectly normal lives with HIV, particularly easily in the developed world. Did you get checked out by a doctor with this "flu"? Were you literally stuck in bed? THe word for what you have done is "cyberchondriac" (ie. someone who looks up symptoms on the internet for either a real or imaginary illness). I think this is something most people probably do, for example, when in Africa the first thing I have always thought with a fever is "****, is it Malaria"? Have you alerted your local GP of the situation thus far?

[Yawn]

whats shameful and embarrassing about being poked with a needle not ur fault

[Isparian]

Absolutely moronic comment.

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Firstly, I am sorry that you have ended up with this possibility. Got to say it was pretty stupid to not have got travel insurance - but that is sort of irrelevant here, as it would be void if you said you were high anyway. But you can't turn back time, and I don't want to sound like I am simply rubbing salt on the wounds.

Also, it would be worth noting that if the worst comes to the worst your future is NOT over because of HIV - people can live almost perfectly normal lives with HIV, particularly easily in the developed world. Did you get checked out by a doctor with this "flu"? Were you literally stuck in bed? THe word for what you have done is "cyberchondriac" (ie. someone who looks up symptoms on the internet for either a real or imaginary illness). I think this is something most people probably do, for example, when in Africa the first thing I have always thought with a fever is "****, is it Malaria"? Have you alerted your local GP of the situation thus far?

The sickness is hardly what I'm worried about. Thankfully, advances in the medical industry have made it extremely manageable and life expectancy is similar to uninfected people (and starting to be higher due to the healthy lifestyle shift). The complete lifestyle/social/financial/emotional ****storm that entails is probably my biggest nightmare.

Anyways - out of sight, out of mind. This will be a long couple of months.

[AgnesIO]

whats shameful and embarrassing about being poked with a needle not ur fault

The stigma of HIV is unfortunately something that does need to be worked on.

Even in many African states where it is prevalent