manwhore past!

[swisher]

im a heterosexual male who is scared due to my past. i had unprotected sex with around 7 different girls in college, which were just one night stands. Some before with condoms. i now have a g/f for over a year and she recently tested negative after 8 months with me. (shes on birh control, so no condoms were used.)i regurarly get complete blood counts due to me having testicular cancer when i was 20, and they have all came back normal.  i do have symptoms of dry white mouth, itchy skin, a brown spec on the linning on lower eyelid, diarrhea in the morning, sweaty palms and feet, tinea vesicolor on forearms, and dry cough sometimes. i don't know if i'm paranoid or suffering from anxiety. please help.

[Joe C]

If you had unprotected intercourse you need to test. Your symptoms are no way indicative of HIV. It looks to me you are fine, however just because your partner tested negative doesn't always mean you are negative. HIV is a very difficult virus to transmit and requires specific conditions. Also, blood counts are no way ti diagnose HIV, only an HIV test at the appropriate time can tell you.

The odds are in your favor, I will expect a negative result.

Always use protection and learn from this.

[ScaredHetero]

I agree, just get tested. You will be fine. Just get tested to get the best peace of mind, ever. You are well outside the window period, it is the only way you will feel better. If the waiting for the results scares you, find a rapid test center, they will have the results back in 10-20 minutes.

SH

[xworriedx]

The chance you have HIV from the encounters you describe is pretty much ZERO or close to it. The only way to tell forsure is to test but I would expect a NEGATIVE result.

[txtony]

1st let me tell congratulations on your continuing remision from testicular cancer. white dry mouth is pretty normal. since you have never tested for hiv, you should and put this behind you. i speak for many of us when i say we expect negative results... good luck.