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Old 06-12-2011, 02:15 PM   #1
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Scared about screening

I'm going through a divorce right now... My husband left me after I caught him having an affair. We were married less than a year. When he left me, he took me off his health insurance. I've had trouble finding a job and have no insurance of my own.

Before I found out about the affair, we had been talking about starting a family. At first, I was just relieved that I wasn't pregnant. Now I'm terrified that he may have caught something from the other girl (she was bisexual and promiscuous) and could have passed it to me. I am terrified, though I have no symptoms of anything. I keep looking up every STD/STI I can think of and scaring myself to the point of sleeplessness over it.

I recently found a free clinic that I think I may be eligible to go to, due to my low income, but I haven't been to a doctor in years, and I'm not sure what to say or do. I've heard that chlamydia & herpes are common, and of course I should test for HIV. Am I missing anything important? Can I ask them to test for everything, just to calm my fears? I'm terrified at the thought of going, and even more terrified at the thought of not going. Am I being irrational?
And most importantly: what should I ask them to do/check?

 
Old 06-13-2011, 07:55 AM   #2
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Re: Scared about screening

I sympathize with what you're going through, but now is not the time to panic or worry, you need to "get your mind right". First off, looking up information on STD/STI's will obviously assist you in eliminating what you know you don't have, as it will also help you better understand each individual symptom for the closest relational disease/s you think you might have and their treatments.

Are you're suspicions of this affair leading to you contracting an STD/STI based on empirical evidence, or is it speculation born from mistrust and the thought of the unknown that has you so worried?.

If the affair has lead to you contracting an STD/STI, what kind of symptoms are you showing?. If you aren't showing any symptoms, and are still worried, then go get tested by your doctor.

If you end up not having an STI/STD, and have been overbearingly critical and/or disruptive towards your ex without evidence, then perhaps this behavior of yours is being expressed in other areas of your relationship, and is part of the reason why the affair occurred in the first place.

"am I being irrational?" - Buck up buddy, go tell that doctor that you want to get tested. Doctors are here to help people, not to judge you like a 10 year old would on the playground of a low class high school located somewhere in south America. (Only minor offense to South Americans)

Last edited by Coldworldcoast; 06-13-2011 at 08:06 AM. Reason: Changed Divorce to affair.

 
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