Through all the worries and anxiety attacks that I have had so far, I have learned my lessons and learned that we should be responsible for ourselves as well as for others.
Here is my question:
(1) I had a possible exposure three years ago(unprotected sex, not sure of the hiv status of the female).
(2) Three months after , I had a blood test and it was negative.
(3) I have not had any sexual activity with anyone for the last three years since that possible exposure.
Since I am going to be married soon , I wanted to put any worries beyond doubt, so I tested using Home Access Express HIV-1 Test System two weeks ago( I collected the dried blood sample and sent it to the designated lab). The result came back negative.
In order to eliminate the doubt about possible error(human error or instrumental), I tested using the same Testing kit 4 days ago and it came back negative.
First question:
Even though it might sound silly, Could anyone with expertise tell me if I could definitely say that I am 100% free of infection?
Second question:
(2)The person I talked to when get my recent test result said no test is 100% accurate. I wonder if , after three years(without any other sexual activity in between), those test results are not absolutely conclusive in my case?
Also, FDA says that Home Access Express HIV-1 Test System is 99.9% accurate, but how Home Access Express HIV-1 Test System is different from the Anti Body tests performed in clinics or in hospitals?