I called about HIV test. nurse said that my test needed to be reviewed and... i !
Question:
I called about HIV test. nurse said that my test needed to be reviewed and... i want to cry?
My doctor is away and will be back on monday- i called to get the results of my test because i had gotten all my results over the phone on wednesday of my other tests. SHe told me that she was meaning to call and let me know my results were in...
BUT my dr. needed to review them and my doctor would personally call me on monday and to stay by the phone.
I know this nurse personally and she would have said things are okay call if you need us
if i was HIV negative.
oh God. Help.
Monday seems so far away
I have never done any drugs, and i am not a whore....
Answers:
OK, first off, calm down. Take a deep breath and get a drink of water. What happened does NOT necessarily mean the results are bad.
There are very strict laws about who can reveal HIV test results to patients, whether they are positive OR negative. It may just be against the law (or against the rules of your doctor's practice) for a nurse to give the results out over the phone.
Next, your doctor may have a policy of wanting to look the results over himself before they are given out. Some doctors do that.
Even if the test IS positive, there can often be a false positive, and sometimes they want to repeat the test or check using another testing method to make sure.
RELAX. Your mind can play tricks with you and get you all scared when something like this happens, and most of the time everything is FINE. The chances of you contracting HIV are small, even if you've had unprotected sex with someone who has it! Most people don't realize this. Although it's possible to contract HIV from one exposure, it's not likely. Most of the people who get it have had chronic exposure to the virus over time.
So again, RELAX. You're probably fine. Spend the weekend doing something active to get your mind off of this, and the time will fly by. See if you can answer 100 questions on here between now and Monday!!