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 Needless to say, I have been totally withdrawn and frightened and fucked up ever since hearing that, but also found that the blood test isn't necessarily accurate, esp.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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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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