HIV Support Group

I'm sorry you're going through such a difficult time at the moment. Waiting on a test result is not pleasant at all.

You've done the right thing by going to get tested. HIV is difficult to catch. The odds are in your favour. If it does come back positive, then you can take steps to manage it. HIV is not a death sentence any more, and you will be OK with treatment.

Let us know what happens.

Georgia T:
I couldn't agree more with Centaur77. It is a horrible time, and I'm sure you are fine, but if you are in fact poz, it isn't the end of the world. Besides, how can you doubt anyone who wraps his kitty in a dish towel and calls him a burito? LOL. Hang in there. Best of luck.

Your mind is your greatest enemy when it comes to hiv. It's exactly as you put it: an hiv scare. Even if someone is hiv negative, if you were to tell them that they are Positive, then that is enough to sicken their mind and spirit and therefore body.

I say forget the tests...they are biased, and that is why your doctor asks you who you had sex with BEFORE the test results come back. obviously if everyone is at equal chance to get infected, who you had sex with would not matter. They use stereotypes to make certain groups "evil" and "punish" them with BS like positive test results.

The human body is a marvel of a machine. It can filter out toxins and expel them in sterile urine...you don't think it can handle a virus much like it handles other viruses? And then there's the whole paradox of "if hiv needs WBCs to replicate, how does it survive once all the WBCs are nearly gone?" You would expect viral load to go down during the "final stages" but of course it doesn't. and so if you have WBC count, you would be more susceptible to hiv attacking a greater number of cells (in a way), but they say healthy ppl with high WBC count are less likely to get infected. What a mess of logic and reasoning.

The worst thing you can do it worry yourself to death with test results. Ultimately it is now out of your control, which is the scary part. I know. I had to wait nearly 6 months before awful doctors said a "reliable" test was possible. (what a sham...)

If i were u, try to have some test that will surely give accurate result in order for you to detect whether you really acquire HIV. Try to use elisakit because it gives precise result.

there's no going back if you do. retest, wait three months and retest again. remain calm. sometimes false positives are produced, esp in pregnant women.
buying into fear will not help. empower yourself and move on. if you are still negative which you probably are in my guess, never make that mistake again. straight men don't like to use condoms. its a gay disease remember? lol. if straight men were using condoms then it would reflect in condom sales, and it doesn't. so, be strong, don't give into fear. you probably would not need medication for awhile anyway. stay healthy until then.

First of all, being scared is normal, however, relax as much as possible and wait for the results of the test. If it turns out positive, it is not the end of the world. Our lives go on and we all have to learn to live and manage our lives with the HIV. At first I was scared silly and just knew I would be gone from this earth within a month, however, that is not how the disease works and with today's medicine's, it is very much able to be kept in control. Just have to be aware of the "little" infections and be award of what your body is saying to you. Finding a support group and friends and family to support you is a major part, so turn to these people for support, because, whether you are a strong person or no, you will need some sort of support of some kind as the mental stress of living with the virus can be very stressful and there are times I do not know where to turn, but have started this online group, which has helped and I have a couple of close friends which, God bless them, has stuck around to help me through my down times. You truely find out who your true friends are as well, so be advised that you will have to deal with some rejection.

Re: Getting tested,
Please understand that number4940 is insane and therefore, please do not take his advise.
Thank you