 Re: STD Testing
You are so right about not testing for everything!! When we were first considering playing, we each asked to have STD testing done during our yearly physical. Our doctor told us he had ordered the tests and later told us that we were fine.
After doing some research about the viruses and the different testing methods, we contracted our doctor to find out which virus tests he had ordered. Come to find out the answer was that he hadn't order any of the HSV or genital warts tests!!! He tried to tell us that there was no point in testing for HSV or for genital warts since we had no symptoms and no reason to believe we had been exposed. We subsequently got him to order the additional tests, but it was a real battle. He kept insisting that the virus tests aren't that accurate and don't mean much.
Word to the wise....just because your doctor says your clean doesn't mean that he or she has tested for the viruses (particularly if you are in a monogamous relationship and have been for some time). |