Hello Dr.,
Let me begin by thanking you for the service that you are providing. I think it is both convenient and generally excellent advice. This is my first post, so here goes. I had unprotected vaginal sex with a female on 9/5 of this year. I went to Planned Parenthood to have the rapid blood test on 10/16 of this year, which is essentially right at the 6 week mark that I have heard you mention before in similar posts. That test came back negative. I have been pretty paranoid, with all this, in large part because the female that I had this exposure with was not the female I am currently dating. Guilt and paranoia, as it were, are my punishment. Furthering my anxiety is that I have had slightly swollen/tender lymph nodes just below my ear near my jaw-line, and my throat has been feeling a somewhat funny. My question is, should I go to get another test performed or can I/should I confident that the last test performed was pretty conclusive?
Thank you and best regards.