Okay, so I've had a few hours now to calm myself down a bit and I also had a dinner night out with some friends which helped me get my worries off for a while. So I'm gonna add some further thoughts.
I also did some more Googling and a search history here on condom breakages.
In hindsight, I probably should have comforted the girl a little bit more and offer to take her for a STD test if she needed one or at least pay her a bit more to get one done for her reassurance. As well, it would be for mine too! I tested last year, and I have just punted like twice since (both with condoms that did the job properly of course), so I'm pretty sure I was clean.
But at the time, she was so, so concerned about getting pregnant and I was just trying to reassure her that she could not get pregnant from me. She was also trying to hush me as she didn't want to make it a loud enough conversation so others could here and affect her business.
Of course I was completely caught off guard and really didn't know what to do or say since this had never happened before. All I was thinking was that I need to get checked ASAP..
So I did. It was already late in the afternoon on a weekend and the private clinic was about to shut, so I hurried down.
I managed to meet with a nurse (no doctor was in on the weekend), and we arranged a time go back on Monday to get tests done and see the doctor.
She did mention that the risk of contracting HIV was quite low, and this surprised me a bit. Sure enough, from what other punters here have stated in other threads and through Googling, the risk of a man getting HIV from a woman through vaginal intercourse.. something like 1 in 1000 or as low as 4 in 10000.
Add that this girl was super concerned post release, and the chances are pretty good that we are both fine HIV wise.
So I don't think I need to take PEP as an insurance. Not just because it's hell expensive, but also because I have to travel around in the 2 weeks and don't feel like loading up on a drug that can give me nausea to go along with it.
If I sound like I'm being too optimistic, let me know. It's not my intention to try and make myself feel better, but to a bit more objective and rational in approaching how I should think about things.
Of course, I will be going to a STD clinic on Monday. I'm just not sure if I still need to go to a private one, or if a public one will do. Private clinics can get results more quickly but seem to charge a lot (anywhere from 1600 to 3800 HKD or so depending on the tests and service). Public of course is free, and I am covered for it. Not sure how thorough a public testing site would be though.
But for now, no poking for at least 3 months and that's fine. Thankfully my SO is tired most of the time anyways and isn't in the mood.
Any other bros care to share their thoughts or experiences would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: On doing even more research, it appears that I should indeed wait about 1-2 weeks, if not a bit longer as 'waterbottlebear' suggested. If I go and get tested as early as Monday, any results would not be accurate enough to determine if I would caught anything from today's pooning session.
[ Last edited by Chasem at 11-11-2023 08:33 ] | |
