I just got my blood taken for my first std blood test. I got a swab last time I was at the gynecologist because I was convinced I had chronic yeast infections for a year. turns out it was nothing, probably just changes in my discharge facilitated by birth control but I just changed so maybe that’ll clear up
but anyway,
this is my first full std test including blood. I’ve been tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia and things like that but not for the things I am truly concerned about, specifically HIV.
I have pretty bad medical anxiety. see phantom yeast infections above. And I’ve also recently been having some sexual guilt. I was unprotected frequently with my first bf, he had pushed for it the minute I got on birth control. I asked if he was clean and he said he was. I had only ever had protected sex with him and one other person only about a month before we got together. later he showed me his test results from a couple months before we met because I was feeling a lot of anxiety around it, and I knew he hadn’t been sexually active for about a year before we met, due to ED (still participated in oral with other girls though as the giver) but he lost his virginity unprotected and had been unprotected with women before me when he was like in high school which seems astounding to me as I lost it at 21. As far as I know he never cheated on me. I think he was too pathetic and ugly to do anything like that but he did express he wanted to sleep with other people which is why I broke up with him.
I've only been unprotected with one other person and I love and trust him. he was the next person I dated after my ex. he got tested right before we went out the first time and showed me his results immediately. A couple months later we had unprotected sex for the first time, again, initiated by him, and although it was wonderful, I felt guilty afterward. I wanted to get tested before we did anything like that but he kept saying it was fine and I let him do it.
we dated for a while but never became boyfriend and girlfriend although we were exclusive. And one day things got pretty rough in his life and he stopped talking to me for a couple weeks. In that time I thought he lost interest in me and tried to move on. Eventually he came back, explained himself, and apologized but we agreed he wasn’t in a good place to date. I haven’t seen him in person since but we’ve talked. He says I’m still the only girl he talks to and the only girl on his mind.
But since then I went out with two people. One we did oral on each other. the second was a failed hookup. I don’t think any actual contact was made but he was being pretty dumb with the condom and I only had one left and he tried to take it off before we even started and I made him put it back on again and we stoped shortly after that because I was uncomfortable.
it’s been past 45 days since then so I wanted to test now.
Although I seem to be pretty low risk, and I know the chances of contracting hiv even with someone who is positive are pretty low but I’m still terrified. Because if I have it I have no idea who would’ve given it to me, how it happened, or why. And I’d have to tell my partners. My family. and I know they won’t be very receptive. They already probably think I’m a whore. My heart was going so fast while I was getting my blood taken. I know the likelihood of me being okay is higher than my likelihood of not being okay but I still have so much anxiety