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allcoholl

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Please Help, Respond.. I'm Scared.
Posted: 07-14-05 14:38pm

First off: my girlfriend was raped almost exactly a year ago to this day, from what I remember, and about seven to eight months after this rape occurance, she basically heard a rumor that the guy that raped her had hiv. To her knowledge, he did not ejaculate inside of her, but there's always a chance because of precum, right?


She heard this rumor on the bus. It was a girl who had previously dated this guy and he had broken up with her for someone else, and she simply commented "he has aids: you can just tell." obviously, this statement is something that someone would say in a vengeful mood towards one that had previously hurt them. Am I wrong?


So here's the rundown: she had went to a clinic for an ear infection, and she was having dry mouth as a symptom.. Which is a symptom of both hiv infection, diabetes, and other illnesses such as depression, which she also has. The nurse mentioned testing for hiv and diabetes, but we do not know for sure, as she cannot remember. She also had asked before and they said they wouldn't test for it. Let's just say the doctors there don't know what the hell they're doing, so we can't even rely on them.


Now here is what i'm worried about: when she moved in with me, we had unprotected sex every night for about three nights, and they were extremely long, passionate sessions, and she was on her menstrual period (we had waited eight months to finally meet up, as we met over the internet, so please understand our desperation) and yes, at the time, I thought she had came up negative for hiv as she had told me she was tested. She later then became confused as to what exactly had happened at the clinic she went to, and we both started getting worried, especially me. She often has the gut feeling that she doesn't have it, therefore saying that I don't have it, as I have not had unprotected sex with anyone before. I am currently in love with this female and no matter what (hiv positive or not) I am staying with her. That does not matter to me.


We have started using protection, but I know that I put myself at a very, very high risk of infection with the menstrual blood and all. We had the unprotected sex for three days straight, though.

The only symptom i've noticed myself are bits of fatigue. The rest of it is pure panic and anxiety. She's often fatigued as well, and it bothers me to hear about it, because I become very, very scared that it's just another symptom of hiv. We took a home access test, and i'm paranoid that we didn't do something right, even though results won't be available for another couple of days. I am so worried that I have hiv, and because of such an occurance that wasn't even this girl's fault, and it makes me so upset just to think of the fact that I might be hiv positive due to something that shouldn't have even happened, and wouldn't have, if she wasn't held down and raped. Basically, I am extremely scared as to what is going to happen and what results I am going to get, or if she even got it in the first place. By the way, when she was raped, it was two guys at the same time: one held her down, while the other did what he wanted to do. Then, they took turns. But to her knowledge, however, they didn't get off in her.





Someone help me. I already have rapid-cycling bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and i've been sent manic too many times in the past week due to this worry. I cannot stop worrying. It haunts me in my dreams and haunts me during the day. I can't enjoy anything, and the only way to calm down is to use anti-anxiety drugs that I am luckily prescribed. Someone help me.. I'd be so happy with this girl if I could just find out if she is hiv positive or negative, and I wish I could find out the chances. This rape with these particular males only happened once, but it was, of course, unprotected.








Please, help.. I've read too much about this illness, and what it could do to complicate my current mental illnesses in a dangerous manner, possibly leading to psychosis. Also, other symptoms she has gotten.. Yeast infections and urinary tract infections, however.. That has all gone away with medicine, and it runs in her family. Her mother and aunt get them all of the time, so I can't really determine if it's hiv due to that.




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Re: Please Help, Respond.. I'm Scared.
Posted: 07-15-05 17:03pm

allcoholl wrote:
first off: my girlfriend was raped almost exactly a year ago to this day, from what I remember, and about seven to eight months after this rape occurance, she basically heard a rumor that the guy that raped her had hiv. To her knowledge, he did not ejaculate inside of her, but there's always a chance because of precum, right?



She heard this rumor on the bus. It was a girl who had previously dated this guy and he had broken up with her for someone else, and she simply commented "he has aids: you can just tell." obviously, this statement is something that someone would say in a vengeful mood towards one that had previously hurt them. Am I wrong?

Hi, I want to tell you what you hear is not always true. People just love to start caca also if there jealouse. What you need to do is just get tested. There are clinics that do it for free if under 18 and plan parenthood doee it for a small fee. In order to get thta doubt out of your mind facing it is the only way. I understand u have anxiety cause I have it to. I am also blessed with a perscribed drug, but you dont want to depend on that. Some have to I choose not to and I fight it every day. If he had unprotected sex thats a reason to be alarmed. She needs to be checked and those docs are stupid for saying she doesnt need to. What the medical question planet are they from. These days hiv is on the rise especially in ny, near where I live. Your not wrong for wanting to hurt them, I use to feel the same. I had a similiar situation where someone said my ex had aids and u know what he doesnt, but everyone said it. Why b/c people suck like that. You just have to face the fear thats the only way youll get closer. Thats my honest opinion. And for standing by her let her know that, you live together die together. It doesnt matter b/c you both have each other.

So here's the rundown: she had went to a clinic for an ear infection, and she was having dry mouth as a symptom.. Which is a symptom of both hiv infection, diabetes, and other illnesses such as depression, which she also has. The nurse mentioned testing for hiv and diabetes, but we do not know for sure, as she cannot remember. She also had asked before and they said they wouldn't test for it. Let's just say the doctors there don't know what the hell they're doing, so we can't even rely on them.



Now here is what i'm worried about: when she moved in with me, we had unprotected sex every night for about three nights, and they were extremely long, passionate sessions, and she was on her menstrual period (we had waited eight months to finally meet up, as we met over the internet, so please understand our desperation) and yes, at the time, I thought she had came up negative for hiv as she had told me she was tested. She later then became confused as to what exactly had happened at the clinic she went to, and we both started getting worried, especially me. She often has the gut feeling that she doesn't have it, therefore saying that I don't have it, as I have not had unprotected sex with anyone before. I am currently in love with this female and no matter what (hiv positive or not) I am staying with her. That does not matter to me.



We have started using protection, but I know that I put myself at a very, very high risk of infection with the menstrual blood and all. We had the unprotected sex for three days straight, though.


The only symptom i've noticed myself are bits of fatigue. The rest of it is pure panic and anxiety. She's often fatigued as well, and it bothers me to hear about it, because I become very, very scared that it's just another symptom of hiv. We took a home access test, and i'm paranoid that we didn't do something right, even though results won't be available for another couple of days. I am so worried that I have hiv, and because of such an occurance that wasn't even this girl's fault, and it makes me so upset just to think of the fact that I might be hiv positive due to something that shouldn't have even happened, and wouldn't have, if she wasn't held down and raped. Basically, I am extremely scared as to what is going to happen and what results I am going to get, or if she even got it in the first place. By the way, when she was raped, it was two guys at the same time: one held her down, while the other did what he wanted to do. Then, they took turns. But to her knowledge, however, they didn't get off in her.






Someone help me. I already have rapid-cycling bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, and i've been sent manic too many times in the past week due to this worry. I cannot stop worrying. It haunts me in my dreams and haunts me during the day. I can't enjoy anything, and the only way to calm down is to use anti-anxiety drugs that I am luckily prescribed. Someone help me.. I'd be so happy with this girl if I could just find out if she is hiv positive or negative, and I wish I could find out the chances. This rape with these particular males only happened once, but it was, of course, unprotected.









Please, help.. I've read too much about this illness, and what it could do to complicate my current mental illnesses in a dangerous manner, possibly leading to psychosis. Also, other symptoms she has gotten.. Yeast infections and urinary tract infections, however.. That has all gone away with medicine, and it runs in her family. Her mother and aunt get them all of the time, so I can't really determine if it's hiv due to that.





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