do i require further testing

[stillcantsleep]

As with many others I would like to thankyou for this service you provide. This is my first time posting a question and hopefully my last (no offence!)

Approximately 14 weeks ago i had what i would call a high risk incident with a sex worker whilst travelling through the middle east.

I was extremely intoxicated at the time (no excuses) and recvd unprotected oral (approximately 30 secs) and commenced protected (condom) penis/vagina sex with an african (possibly) sex worker. During this the condom broke and i withdrew after realising approximately 15-30 secs. Attempted a second time with new condom which also broke upon entering. Withdrew straight away. End of incident.

I completed a p24 test at 7 days post possible exposure, negative result, i completed a second p24 test at 14 days, negative result and completed a further antibody test at 6 weeks, also negative. At this time i believed it was safe to engage with my wife. Approximately 1 week after the results of the 6 wk test my wife and i had penis/vagina intercourse. My wife fell pregnant and attended the doctors approximately 12 - 12.5 weeks after my possible exposure and 5 weeks after our intercourse. A complete blood work was completed on my wife and HIV was negative.

I have read many reviews and threads after finding your website and i am now making myself ill with the prospect that i may have still contracted the disease and worse still passed it on to my wife and unborn child. Each time i get a simple cold or an ache i convionce myself it is the onset of HIV.

Any advice you could offer would be most humbly received. Thankyou

[regularjoey]

Your risk was close to zero and your test at 6 weeks proves anyway that you did not acquire HIV.  I agree with Teak, however - better safe than sorry.  Since your wife is pregnant, take another test now, don't put your child at risk.  The test result will be negative, without any doubt.

[Teak]

Just because your wife did not test positive doesn't mean you are negative. Not everyone automatically contracts HIV. It's recommended the you test at 3 months and get a conclusive negative test result. You were protected until the condom broke which lowers your risk. It's better to be safe and not sorry.