Talking about home testing for HIV

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Jan 18

Feelings of desperate guilt and regret

I'm married. Very happily married, in fact. About two years ago, I did something unbelievably...


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Jan 18

A story about this quick, easy, and painless test

A few months ago, I had a panic about some stupid unsafe sexual encounters I'd had a few weeks...


04

Jan 18

SO relieved

I'm 26, female, and recently tested positive for chlamydia. Holy crap, unsafe sex never felt so...


14

Oct 17

I had been very stupid

Took the biosure test today and was so relieved to have a negative result. The longest 15 mins in...


13

Sep 17

Paranoid Hypochondriac

After a monogamous decade relationship, I started to date again. I found myself being careless...


06

Jun 17

easy - even with shaking hands!!

Very clear instructions and easy test to use (even with shaking hands!!) So much better getting a...


06

Jun 17

BBC documentary "The truth about HIV"

I came across the BBC documentary "The truth about HIV" and it gave me a real push to get...


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May 17

I was always so scared to get tested

I highly recommend the Biosure test. I have just completed mine in the privacy of my own home, with...


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Mar 17

Relieved

I honestly believe this is the best product on the market right now and the best £30 I've ever...


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Oct 16

Negative question

I have read mutilple replies on this forum from biosure when people have asked if their negative...


09

Aug 16

Terrified

I spent a week convinced I was HIV+ after a few sexual encounters that were on the risky side. I...


13

Apr 16

HIV selftest suited me

The test arrived in plain packaging as promised one working day after ordering. I am a gay man who...


07

Mar 16

Finally got tested

I have been putting this off for years because I haven't been very sexually active and the few...


12

Feb 16

re living my sexual history to remember if I had put myself at risk!

I have had the worst anxiety for the past 2 weeks after someone put the idea in my head that HIV is...


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Feb 16

Living in fear for years

I have been living in fear for years thinking that I could have been infected with HIV. I was...


13

Jan 16

Worried myself sick

Worried myself sick for years after a few mistakes when I hadn't used protection,tried to put it...


13

Nov 15

I had put off and put off going to get a test in a clinic

I am so thankful for this test. I had put off and put off going to get a test in a clinic or at the...


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Sep 15

The thought of attending a GUM clinic terrifies me so I chose the home test option

I have not been tested since 2011 and not always practiced safe sex in the time that has passed....


24

Sep 15

I'm a medical student....

I'm a medical student with some long term lymph nodes in my neck. I always try to practice safe sex...


11

Sep 15

Boy, am I glad this test exists!

Boy am I glad this test exists! Great discreet packaging, very simple and easy to use test with...


14

Jul 15

HIV self test - of course it's stressful

I ordered the test online. Very easy. Of course the whole process was stressful but the clear...


04

Jun 15

HIV Self-Test: The Journey.

I'd had a bout of diarrhoea in mid-February this year, and two weeks later I had a short but bad...


21

May 15

HIV Self Test - 'why I chose self-test at home'

I could have gone to Dean Street Express in London. Amazing people and service, but on this...


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May 15

Home HIV Testing - " I thought I'd give it a go"

I received the kit this morning and found it very informative and easy to use, the hardest bit to...


15

May 15

HIV self-test - "very relieved!!"

Living in Jersey there was a little delay with shipping but the organisation I purchased the test...


06

May 15

My Self Test

I was quite irrationally terrified when my new girlfriend asked me to have an HIV test before going...


04

May 15

HIV Self Test Kit From Bio Sure

Have to say I am pleased with the self-test kit the instructions are easy to read and...


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Apr 15

HIV self-test - "Relieved"

I first heard about the Biosure HIV self test on the TV literally 48 hours ago. I am a gay man, 61...