I've had, and been treated for Chlymidia a short while ago. Thing is, I never even had any symptoms, since its silent, over 3 million cases a year are reported because its so easy to spread, even by oral sex. Its bacterial. A single dose of San-azithromycin took care of it. In six weeks, I'm planning on going back and dropping off another unrine sample just to be sure. I found out about this in the first place when the last person I slept with informed me that they've tested positive with the infection, fortionatly, the HIV test came back negative. I consider it a major wake-up call. Reguardless if I wore a condom or not, I'd of still gone to get this checked.
Well, since this is turning into a confessional, and since I'd been thinking of "reminding" people again, just as a reality check, even BEFORE this whole furry HIV scare came about - here's my story:
Almost exactly two years ago, I noticed a little bump on the inside of my ass. I immediately stopped messing around, went to an STD clinic - HPV. Human Papillomavirus. Genital warts. Inside my ass.Basically the same as regular warts - except in your favourite naughty places. Transferred by skin contact, not fluid transfer. Viral, so can't be treated with antibiotics, and stays in your body forever - the warts can be treated (with very nasty methods) and will go away; but the HPV virus is still inside you, and the warts can come back any time
( ... )
I don't think you understand how fucking difficult it was just to be able to send that email. If I tried to call you, and everyone else I had to tell, I would definitely not have got through the whole list - I don't know that I would have got through the first call. I did feel shitty about how impersonal it was, but it was the only thing I could bear to face - it was the best I could do at the time.
As for treating it lightly, I've gotten better about it - after having lived with it this long, it still sucks but it no longer seems like the tragedy that it did when I first found out. Which, by the way, was on my 31st birthday, less than an hour before the party I'd planned for myself. That was the drunkest I have ever been - I don't remember most of the evening - but it was the only way I could keep a brave, smiling, happy-fucking-birthday face while I cried my eyes out inside.
Even so, when someone starts poking fun at me for anything, I have two choices - tear them a new asshole (which never really goes over very well, and
( ... )
EHHHH! It bugs me to no end the number of people in this fandom that think they are invincible! I know personally of 2 furs that have HIV and thankfully they have done the responsible thing and told everyone they know plus no longer sleep around, but how many people out there have it and DON'T know? Despite what people think, the close knit nature of this fandom makes the spread of disease MORE likely, not less. Please be careful out there folks.
Right; damn right. In fact I'm having a little "scare" of my own at the moment. Not fear, particularly: the other party is not likely to be infected, and I don't think the mechanical aspects would pose a particularly high risk anyway. But fluid transfer still happened where it shouldn't, so it's three months of a faint niggling sense of 'maybe...' Not nice.
At least I'm old enough not to be especially squeamish about telling people I gave them crabs. :)
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I've had, and been treated for Chlymidia a short while ago. Thing is, I never even had any symptoms, since its silent, over 3 million cases a year are reported because its so easy to spread, even by oral sex. Its bacterial. A single dose of San-azithromycin took care of it. In six weeks, I'm planning on going back and dropping off another unrine sample just to be sure. I found out about this in the first place when the last person I slept with informed me that they've tested positive with the infection, fortionatly, the HIV test came back negative. I consider it a major wake-up call. Reguardless if I wore a condom or not, I'd of still gone to get this checked.
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Almost exactly two years ago, I noticed a little bump on the inside of my ass. I immediately stopped messing around, went to an STD clinic - HPV. Human Papillomavirus. Genital warts. Inside my ass.Basically the same as regular warts - except in your favourite naughty places. Transferred by skin contact, not fluid transfer. Viral, so can't be treated with antibiotics, and stays in your body forever - the warts can be treated (with very nasty methods) and will go away; but the HPV virus is still inside you, and the warts can come back any time ( ... )
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As for treating it lightly, I've gotten better about it - after having lived with it this long, it still sucks but it no longer seems like the tragedy that it did when I first found out. Which, by the way, was on my 31st birthday, less than an hour before the party I'd planned for myself. That was the drunkest I have ever been - I don't remember most of the evening - but it was the only way I could keep a brave, smiling, happy-fucking-birthday face while I cried my eyes out inside.
Even so, when someone starts poking fun at me for anything, I have two choices - tear them a new asshole (which never really goes over very well, and ( ... )
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Despite what people think, the close knit nature of this fandom makes the spread of disease MORE likely, not less. Please be careful out there folks.
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At least I'm old enough not to be especially squeamish about telling people I gave them crabs. :)
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It boggles the mind.
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Props to you for actually saying it. Makes me wonder if we need more of a "safe sex" presence at cons...
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