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From: goodsoldierschweik on 9 May 2008 07:27
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From: alfred on 12 May 2008 21:01
No matter, this all just has me very anxious; I�m positive, then I�m
not, I�m positive, then I�m not? Have you ever read Dante�s Inferno? I
feel like those souls he encountered in the outer rings of hell; stuck
in the middle, finding anyone�s fate enviable as it is at least a
fate. And honestly I do not know that I can take another test as it
just seems to be a test of my patience and resolve.

I guess more than anything I just needed to vent.>>


I totally understand what you went through. How would you like to have two
different HSV tests and be told that you were negative for both types on
each test and then find out much later that the doctors actually diagnosed
you as positive for HSV, but didn't tell you! (this information was on my
health insurance information under the doctor diagnosis information for the
tests!). This is what happened to me by the clinic I went to. I knew I had
it all along, just wanted to get a doctor to diagnose me to provide
"closure". I still don't know why they kept it a secret, maybe they didn't
want to hurt my feelings to tell me I had it? I don't know, but I would
rather know the truth personally.

Al


From: M2slo2cht on 19 May 2008 18:45
Chris writes:
>I guess more than anything I just needed to vent.

Yup. This can all be a bit frustrating. But humans are fallible,
mistakes can happen, things go wrong, and who knows which "expert" is
correct here.
PCR looks for the actual virus. Yes it's sensitive and it could have
picked up virus from an external source if the Lab Tech wasn't
careful. And IgG looks for antibodies in the blood which usually take
from 12-16 weeks to reach detectable levels but in your case, it may
be taking longer. There are no guarantees with this stuff. Only
probablilities.
I'd do what the man says and watch for an outbreak. Then go straight
in for a culture type test asap. If you have no outbreak in a few
months from now, you might try another IgG. If I counted correctly,
it was 7 months between your positive PCR and last negative IgG. That
should be plenty long enough but..... maybe not.
Please let us know of further developments.
M2 .
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