Swinging and Sexual Health

[HealthySwinging]

Name changed for this.

I've been involved in the swinging scene for a while now and regularly get sexual health kit checks free on the NHS. In my area, they only tell you if there is an issue with your test, rather than if you're 'all clear'.

A few months ago I contracted chlamydia after a meet - condom failure. Prior to the meet he said he'd been tested, that he was clean and showed me the text that he'd sent off for a test. However, there is nothing to say he took / returned the test or he was clear. I appreciate he could've contracted chlamydia after his test.

Obviously someone can delete a message that says there's an infection - to pretend they're ok, but would be unlikely to do that if the result was ok.

I've also realised that my positive chlamydia result and subsequent antibiotic treatment wasn't shared with my GP (the sexual health clinic deal with everything independently), so there is no tracking on my medical records either.

AIBU to think if you have a sexual health test on the NHS they should message the result, positive or negative?

(Note - this op isn't about whether the NHS should provide free checks for swingers..)

Many cancers can't be cured either... Neither can paralysis after a car crash. We all decide our own risk tolerances - and what we chose to judge others on.

And, if you're thinking of HIV then that can be managed with medication until it's no longer detectable, can't be transmitted and doesn't affect life expectancy.

In that case nobody should ever have sex at all given that the most prevalent incurable thing that can be contracted sexually is HPV.

And herpes (which are both incurable and utterly unpredictable in outbreaks as well)

Also PrEP can be taken to prevent contracting HIV - like the contraceptive pill to prevent pregnancy.

Sent my latest test out recently, normally I put them in a “priority” postbox but wasn’t going to get to it so dropped off in a standard one for the next morning pick up

I then had some reminder messages that they were still waiting for it - so I was getting partially worried that it would be too late.
I had confirmation of receipt yesterday, and notified this morning that results are ready ….

Slight panic that an almost instant result is bad news. But all clear
As the sample date is to go on the form, a later arrival meant it went straight to the front of the queue in the lab

But I think that I will stick to priority postboxes, and if I can’t drop off quick then I won’t produce the sample until I can get it to a priority box the same day