lton1
25-01-15, 15:18
Hi all,
I had a very sore throat last week which is now going away, i'd seen the doctor who told me it was just a sore throat... i looked this up online and found pharyngitis and that this can be a symptom of HIV. Since then i've been beside myself with panic, I even contacted my ex to ask if he'd been tested for STDs specifically HIV recently.. things didn't end well with us as he has bipolar (we last slept together in mid November) and he got a bit offended and said he's tested frequently when he has new relationships and was tested before i slept with him, so he can't understand why i'm panicking and that i really have 'nothing to worry about'. He then asked me to stop messaging him about it because there's nothing more he can tell me to make me believe him.
I'd never slept with anyone before him, and our relationship was brief. I have no reason to discount what he said. I have been trying to book in to get tested for HIV specifically tomorrow because i need to know for definite... but i feel a little like i'm going crazy. I hadn't even thought about HIV until now.
I was ill with a sickness bug at christmas, and then i got this painful sore throat last week. I've attributed this from everything ranging from pregnancy to cancer and now this. I sometimes get haemorrhoids, possibly due to anxiety related IBS but i had a bout of this 2 weeks ago and convinced myself i was dying. I can't concentrate on anything else... i'm not sure what i should do?
I had a very sore throat last week which is now going away, i'd seen the doctor who told me it was just a sore throat... i looked this up online and found pharyngitis and that this can be a symptom of HIV. Since then i've been beside myself with panic, I even contacted my ex to ask if he'd been tested for STDs specifically HIV recently.. things didn't end well with us as he has bipolar (we last slept together in mid November) and he got a bit offended and said he's tested frequently when he has new relationships and was tested before i slept with him, so he can't understand why i'm panicking and that i really have 'nothing to worry about'. He then asked me to stop messaging him about it because there's nothing more he can tell me to make me believe him.
I'd never slept with anyone before him, and our relationship was brief. I have no reason to discount what he said. I have been trying to book in to get tested for HIV specifically tomorrow because i need to know for definite... but i feel a little like i'm going crazy. I hadn't even thought about HIV until now.
I was ill with a sickness bug at christmas, and then i got this painful sore throat last week. I've attributed this from everything ranging from pregnancy to cancer and now this. I sometimes get haemorrhoids, possibly due to anxiety related IBS but i had a bout of this 2 weeks ago and convinced myself i was dying. I can't concentrate on anything else... i'm not sure what i should do?