01-13-2017, 09:52 PM
6 years ago, I purchased a home test kit from Wallgreens and had my one and only false positive. When I called in to get the results and was told I tested positive, the automated system informed me that I needed to go to a doctor or HIV Clinic and get retested. I did, and discovered that one of my medications for an unrelated illness had caused a false positive. I have never been so relived. My husband is HIV+, so I had a legitimate reason to fear that I had caught the disease (even though we ALWAYS engage in safe sex).
So...
1) Having unprotected sex when one partner is positive for HIV is INCREDIBLY stupid.
2) if you are being honest about your viral load, the it is VERY unlikely (though not impossible) that he contracted the virus from you if he has only acted as a "Top" in your encounters, ESPECIALLY if you are undetectable...
3) There are NO effective "alternative" HIV treatments.
If I were you, I would INSIST that he go with you to the doctor get tested. NO EXCUSES.
Something here just doesn't seem right to me. Are you ABSOLUTELY sure that he hasn't slept with anyone else besides yourself? Were you physically present when he received his diagnoses?
Here is what I DO know, for sure: If he got it from you, the doctor can confirm that you both test positive for the same version of the virus. If not, he didn't get it from you.
I hate to even suggest this, but since I have seen it happen with other couples, I am going to mention it-- I have seen men claim that they had contracted the virus from someone only to find out that they didn't even have the virus and we're just trying to use the possibility as a emotional/guilt control on their partner.
GO GET TESTED TOGETHER. ASAP.
~Beaux
PS My ONE false positive? That is ONE in over 70 tests....
So...
1) Having unprotected sex when one partner is positive for HIV is INCREDIBLY stupid.
2) if you are being honest about your viral load, the it is VERY unlikely (though not impossible) that he contracted the virus from you if he has only acted as a "Top" in your encounters, ESPECIALLY if you are undetectable...
3) There are NO effective "alternative" HIV treatments.
If I were you, I would INSIST that he go with you to the doctor get tested. NO EXCUSES.
Something here just doesn't seem right to me. Are you ABSOLUTELY sure that he hasn't slept with anyone else besides yourself? Were you physically present when he received his diagnoses?
Here is what I DO know, for sure: If he got it from you, the doctor can confirm that you both test positive for the same version of the virus. If not, he didn't get it from you.
I hate to even suggest this, but since I have seen it happen with other couples, I am going to mention it-- I have seen men claim that they had contracted the virus from someone only to find out that they didn't even have the virus and we're just trying to use the possibility as a emotional/guilt control on their partner.
GO GET TESTED TOGETHER. ASAP.
~Beaux
PS My ONE false positive? That is ONE in over 70 tests....