Hello,
I am a 32 year old male straight.
One thing happened during my grad school is haunting me for the past few months. I had a protected vaginal sex with my college mate. I checked the condom also, it was not broken. I was not aware of her HIV status. Later, I got to know that she was into drugs and must be sharing needles (I am not 100% sure.) She said she was negative. So I forgot that incident completely. After 6.5 years for the past 3 months I have been experiencing muscles pain and joint pains (comes and goes) . I googled for my symptoms and came across this HIV thing. Since then, I was not the same person could not concentrate on anything. One day I got a courage to test my self (3 months back) with OraQuick oral swab test. It came back negative, after that I have taken 13 more same tests one week a part. All of them are clear negative. A total of 13 tests are negative. I’m happily married for 3 years. I never had any other relation other than one mentioned earlier. I worry about my wife health more than anything else. I love her a lot. I can not even think of infecting her. So I asked her to take the OraQuick oral swab test 3 times. She got negative 3 times. Can I take these results as conclusive? Do you think these tests could be wrong 13times on me and 3 times on my wife? I am worried because of the false negative stories around the internet. I called the OraQuick support center and they confirmed that these tests can not mess up 13 times. Confirmed that I dont need any further testing. I know I am sounding crazy but can not help with my anxiety. I went for a regular blood work last week. Its completely alright. Other than Vitamin D deficiency. My GP doctor said vitamin D deficiency could cause joint pains. What do you think about my story. Shall trust these results and move on?