Please Help me! I got tested after 18 weeks of exposure and it was negative. I had unprotected sex with a female. I called the CDC and they said that i would need to test again at the 6 month mark. I thought 3 months was ok?

Secondly, I recently noticed a reddish/purplish spot on my elbow. It does not hurt and I am afraid that it is Kaposi's Sarcoma. I read up on the topic and they said it can start as on round spot. That is what I have! They also say it shows up in gay men. I am not a gay man. Please help me! I am so frantic that I puked eveywhere!

Listen you got your result and it should be clear enough!...ya,there are some people that can show + after 6 months but it's RARE!Don't panic and leave that behind...you got your test now get back with your life and get tested again at 6months just to be extrasure.

BY THE WAY HIV IS SOMETHING BAD BUT AT LEAST IS NOT RACIST...gay, straight, black, white... doesn't matter...in it's way it's an honest illness.

Terrified,

If every colored spot was fatal, the human race wouldn't have made it to the second generation!

My last physical my doc started checking with my feet my "black/purple spots"...I have plenty. After inspecting about 75 and finding himself not even at mid-calf he got bored and stopped. (My back would have taken him a weekend.)

Of course, my HIV test was negative!

The CDC generally does not recommend testing at 6 months UNLESS you had a high risk encounter with a person of Known HIV+ status. Your test result is accurate please don't dwell on the 6 month mark which does not apply to 99% of people. Most people will produce detectable antibodies in under 60 days.

I tested negative at 17 weeks after unprotected sex. The CDC said if I did have HIV it should have showed up by then. Often they recommend retesting at 6 months for peace of mind. 96 percent of people (or more) will test positive at 12 weeks. Also remember that the few people that take 6 months or longer to test postive have a weakened immune system as it is. Like coinffection with hepatitis! If you have a good and healthy immune system your body will produce antibodies quickly... (average time 25 days).

I tested negative at 17 weeks after unprotected sex. The CDC said if I did have HIV it should have showed up by then. Often they recommend retesting at 6 months for peace of mind. 96 percent of people (or more) will test positive at 12 weeks. Also remember that the few people that take 6 months or longer to test postive have a weakened immune system as it is. Like coinffection with hepatitis! If you have a good and healthy immune system your body will produce antibodies quickly... (average time 25 days).

Call again the same CDC and this time other rep with pick up the phone and will tell you something else!!

As a footnote to what everybody else has said, if your exposure was less than six months ago as you have pointed out, there is no way on this planet that you have KC which is an opportunistic disease and if it shows up it would be years down the road, not now.

Saltysam

I called twice back to back and they both said the same thing. That my 18 week test was a good indicator but I should go back and test at the 6 month mark. Am I the only one that they said this to? I feel that they already know that I have HIV and just are not telling me. Like they have a machine that knows this. My caller id tells them that? I thought an 18 week test was good enough! My exposure was I performed unprotected oral on a female

I dont think you are HIV positive at all. Despite what most ppl want to think I think HIV is very prevalent in some risk groups and much less prevalent in others. Bottom line is that HIV is a disease which is PRIMARILY related to some sort of risk activity with someone who is at risk for infection. I woulsnt jump the ship until you know theirs a leak in the boat. As far as the information you have provided suggests to me you are negative

I just compulse all the time. I have been to a therapist but with no help. I have this brownish, purplish spot on my leg. It is not very big at all. I have had it for a long time but now I see it as a symptom. My allergies have acted up and I see it as a symptom. The woman I am with I see as someone with HIV. She has only been with one man for 11 years. She has two healthy kids, and I can not make love to her because I know that she may have HIV. I want to get past this but I just can't. I will be happy for a few hours and then the doubts creep in. I am so miserable.

Unprotected oral is extremely low risk for HIV. You are making yourself absolutely miserable for no reason. How are you going to continue to date this woman if you are going to constantly wonder if she is infected? The right thing to do is for you to suggest you both get tested for stuff, just to be safe, so you don't have to worry. What is wrong with that? Also why don't you see a dermotologist about that spot. It is NOT KS-KS appears only when HIV turns into AIDS which you do not have.