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    Angry So, what's worse than Herpes?? A FALSE POSITIVE!

    I am absolutely ECSTATIC right now. The past week and a half (and a major factor in my somewhat rash decision to quit my extras-promoting club) has been hell on earth, as I waited to get to the only place in So.Cal that I knew of that offered Biokit/Western Blot Herpes tests...

    I'd recently taken my usual full-panel STD test, and the herpes test (this was from the same lab that cancelled my first gonorrhea/chlamydia test because they LOST my urine!) came back "inconclusive...looks like you may have antibodies, but it also could be lab error, so why don't you come back and re-take it in a month?"

    uhh.... WHAT??? Needless to say, I have been totally withdrawn and frightened and fucked up ever since hearing that, but also found that the blood test isn't necessarily accurate, esp. not right away, and I needed to find someplace OTHer than that lab to retake a more accurate test. What's more, I was obviously not having any symptoms, none of my partners had ever exhibited/mentioned any, and I was at a loss as to someone who was SO CAUTIOUS (though I know that herpes is one of those 'even if you ARE really cautious' type diseases) would suddenly/arbitrarily get this....

    so it turns out, it WAS lab error. I seriously wish I could sue. But I'm gonna look at is as a second chance, and be so super-fucking careful with my body... wow.

    Moral of the story??? Always ask for a western blot/biokit for your hsv-2 tests.

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    Well I am happy that you are ok sweetie! I can't believe a medical facility can be so careless with lab work.
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    ^^^ oh you dick! that was sooooo not pwnage... that was SCARY!! i was coming up with all these scenarios of HOW the hell i was gonna tell people... and then, like, off myself... and i had an ingrown hair on the back of my thigh and i seriously cried for 3 hrs over it... yeah, someone as paranoid as me should never, never have to deal with false test results....

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    Thats some scary shit! Glad you're ok and you don't have the herpes. Gah testing is so necessary but so stressful. Glad its over.
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    Ew dude, that sucks!

    This encourages me to get a second opinion on everything and anything.

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    sooo glad and relieved for you CC! will you still be quitting that club?

    Love it!

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    ^yes, definitely. just a bad environment, and too much cognitive dissonance w/ school.

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    Default Re: So, what's worse than Herpes?? A FALSE POSITIVE!

    Something similar like that happened to someone I know. The Dr. told her that she was HIV positive and it was an error too. Imagine that!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColetteCalahan View Post
    ^^^ oh you dick! that was sooooo not pwnage... that was SCARY!! i was coming up with all these scenarios of HOW the hell i was gonna tell people... and then, like, off myself... and i had an ingrown hair on the back of my thigh and i seriously cried for 3 hrs over it... yeah, someone as paranoid as me should never, never have to deal with false test results....
    Are you serious? You were going to off yourself because of a disease that 25% of the population live with?
    Wow. That's kind of sad.

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    Default Re: So, what's worse than Herpes?? A FALSE POSITIVE!

    Won't let me edit, but I have to add something else.

    I know you're happy because you don't have it, but "OMG WHAT'S WORSE THAN HERPES?" is a rude, selfish thing to say. What's worse than herpes? Children living in war torn countries, HIV, hepatitis C, terminal disease, and a list of other things. A lot of people knowingly live with herpes, and while it might change your life somehow, how is it worth offing yourself (you might have been being sarcastic, but seriously?). What's going to be different? You can't sleep around? Big deal. You have to tell partners? Big deal, if they can't handle it, they can't handle it. That's their choice.

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    Default Re: So, what's worse than Herpes?? A FALSE POSITIVE!

    ^ no, i'm not serious. yes, I am (now) aware that 1/4 the population has herpes. I know it's not life-threatening and if anything I had almost talked myself out of the social stigma. I was being facetious; it pertained more to the shame and fear of telling my past partners, and not knowing how they'd react. I'd be so much more fearful of harming someone else than living with a manageable disease myself.

    There are some posters on here who speak facetiously much of the time- not trying to get out of taking responsibility for what I say, but that is my/others' personalities, and a lot of it is meant to be taken much less seriously than our words imply.

    And I'll edit to add- yeah, after I made the thread title, I went back and re-read it and thought to myself, "wow, a LOT of things are worse than (fake) herpes..." like, actually having something contagious, infectious, or life-threatening. so... you happy??? my apologies to you, didn't mean to offend anybody, and yeah, i'm aware of the power of words and i did indeed fuck that one up. sorry. (but nonetheless, thanks for implying i sleep around. actually, though i've been single for over a year, other than one guy who very randomly stopped talking to me and played into my std fear, i've remained in close contact/friends with all the guys i've been intimate with since my last actual boyfriend, and because the nature of my club makes me want to barf, i've often gone without sex for long periods of time altogether because i've totally lost interest.) so- my apologies for my choice of discourse (*it was wrong) but no need to be snotty.

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    CC, glad to read you're okay. Sorry you got scared.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColetteCalahan View Post
    ^ no, i'm not serious. yes, I am (now) aware that 1/4 the population has herpes. I know it's not life-threatening and if anything I had almost talked myself out of the social stigma. I was being facetious; it pertained more to the shame and fear of telling my past partners, and not knowing how they'd react. I'd be so much more fearful of harming someone else than living with a manageable disease myself.

    There are some posters on here who speak facetiously much of the time- not trying to get out of taking responsibility for what I say, but that is my/others' personalities, and a lot of it is meant to be taken much less seriously than our words imply.
    Okay, good. I have literally heard people say this, and be honestly serious. Of course I'm glad you don't have it, and kind of concerned this lab can't get their shit together a little better, but I'm glad we cleared that up. No one wants an STD, but people need to be aware they're definitely manageable.

    So you went to this lab, tests came back inconclusive, and then you went to another one? Same type of test?

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    no- first was a blood test (95% accuracy when performed right, but need time for antibodies to develop- like, 12 weeks optimally) by an idiotic lab who'd messed up my other tests as well (like, lost my urine for a gonorrhea/chlamydia test) and the second was a western blot/biokit test. (99% accuracy, correct within a week's exposure)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColetteCalahan View Post
    no- first was a blood test (95% accuracy when performed right, but need time for antibodies to develop- like, 12 weeks optimally) by an idiotic lab who'd messed up my other tests as well (like, lost my urine for a gonorrhea/chlamydia test) and the second was a western blot/biokit test. (99% accuracy, correct within a week's exposure)
    Yeah, you always want to try and go for the tests that detect the actual virus. Plus, I am fairly sure, the antibody tests test for both types so if you come back positive for HSV, you can't distinguish which type it is (could be testing positive for the cold sores you've had since you were 10, you know). The biokit tests for the actual virus and is type specific, correct?

    I wonder how you get a doctor out in the midwest to do one of those tests? I think they have to order it.

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    ^ i watched them open up a biokit test- it's a fingerprick. i have no idea. but yeah, you're right about discerning hsv-1 and 2 on blood tests. the sad thing is, until you actually NEED to research this stuff, most people have no idea. Like... me. I wish education was better... and more widespread. I'm glad I know now and I can inform people.

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    wow, I am SO glad you're desease free!!!

    who awful of that lab to be so careless.

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    Yikes, they really should be more organized! Sorry you had to go through that, but how relieving that you in fact don't have it!

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    Wow. This really reminds me of the time I got a 30-minute HIV test at Planned Parenthood. When the nurse came into the room to tell me the results, she said, "Are you ready for the results?" like I was about to hear the results of a reality TV show game. It made me so fucking nervous. I mean, if it was no, then why not just say that? Luckily, I was negative.

    I'm glad you don't have herpes. Sorry you had a scare!

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    That really sucks that you had to go through that! I would be totally freaking out too, and have in the past, with an ingrown hair, and a hive. I felt like my life was over, then the irritation went away, and I felt a bit silly for practically having a nervous breakdown. lol!

    You must be so relieved! It's horrible that you had that scare, but great that you don't have it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColetteCalahan View Post
    yes, I am (now) aware that 1/4 the population has herpes.
    Erm, 1/4 the population of the U.S.? I'm pretty sure that's untrue. Are you confusing HSV with HPV?

    In any case, I'm glad it turned out allright.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OdysseusNJ View Post
    Erm, 1/4 the population of the U.S.? I'm pretty sure that's untrue. Are you confusing HSV with HPV?

    In any case, I'm glad it turned out allright.
    Uh, no.

    25% of people living in the US have HSV.
    75% of people have some form of HSV (cold sores, genital herpes).

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    im glad your all in the good, thats some scary shit. i understand how crazy you could have felt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MixedBabe88 View Post
    Uh, no.

    25% of people living in the US have HSV.
    75% of people have some form of HSV (cold sores, genital herpes).
    Well color me surprised. Googled it. I thought it was around 10-15%. Perhaps the stats have been updated since my high school health class, or I misremembered.

    On a side note, is anyone annoyed how infrequently the original studies that source such pieces of information as these are actually cited? I must have seen a dozen websites with this stat and not a single reference to an actual medical study. Grumble grumble. /threadjack.

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