First off thanks for the great service that this website provides. I have read this forum for the past three months, out of anxiety and stress. And I just wanted to share my experience with everyone here, to help those worriers like me get some relief.
My encounter occurred six months ago and was unprotected vaginal sex with a 26 year old woman, with unknown HIV status. I met her at a bar after a night of heavy drinking. The sex lasted for a little over an hour, and was the first and last encounter I had with this woman.
Nearly twelve days later I started to experience the typical ARS symptoms, enlarged lymph nodes, diarrhea, muscle aches, severe lack of appetite, and extreme fatigue. I read into the symptoms and I believe I probably even created some of them on my own.
I had a negative HIV test at 35 days, and just received my negative result at six months. This was the biggest relief I have had in a long time, and can now again concentrate fully on my studies, and my work.
The point of all this is, don't read to much into the symptoms that are present. As stated on here many times symptoms are never a viable indicator of HIV infection. Use this site for relief, but don't sit at your computer and hit F5(refresh) on this site, go out and enjoy your life. It's a one time experience after all.
All in all the experience was definitely a learning experience. A painful learning experience, but a learning experience nonetheless. Thanks Again medhelp and the doctors that provide this wonderful service!