Just a little public service announcement.
The county did one of those free, anonymous, confidential know in 20 minutes testing type things today, and given it had been a year since my last test, I went ahead.
The pre-jab counsellor asked me what I knew about HIV. After answering her, she offered me a job.
Painless jab, blood draw... results in 20 minutes. They asked, given my behaviour and history, why I bothered, to which I said I truly believe that sexually active adults NEED to test at least once a year, and I'd be a hypocrite if I agreed with the guidelines health departments advise, but didn't follow those myself.
NEGATIVE.
If I ever get sexual, I only ever play safe with people I know, but the chance of being HIV free is always technically non-zero.
That safeguards me and anyone I might be with in my future.
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