I'm pretty sure I have an sti - has anyone else had one? What's your experience?

[pineapplehead48]

Hi ladies, I'm not going to go into the circumstances fully although it does involve a cheating boyfriend and pissed unprotected sex with a friend during the heartbreak stage, so is probably my own stupid fault anyway.

I'm waiting on results for a chlamydia and gonnorhea test I ordered from lloyds pharmacy online as I'm too ashamed to go to the gum clinic. I've been having abdominal pains, and a few days ago I was checking as I'm 'symptom spotting' and inserted a finger inside with white toilet paper (sorry about the tmi) and it came out yellow :( it's not sore or smelly and doesn't actually 'come out' into my underwear yellow but I'm aware it's not a good sign. It seems more likely to be gonnorhea Ifeel so horrible and ashamed. Has anyone else had one? What was the treatment like? Guess I just need a hand hold - even though I'm a complete tit.

You could well have an STI and there really is nothing to be ashamed about if you do, they're so common.

I just wanted to add I was constantly knicker checking and examining toilet tissue after I had a bit of a mad year (a lot more than one drunken sexual encounter anyway!) and had several full screenings over a period of six months. Even when the results came back clear I was that convinced I'd got something and the results were false negatives. I felt like I had pains and smelt funny. But I did eventually accept that I hadn't actually caught anything. I actually think I'd convinced myself I'd caught something because I sort of felt like I deserved too.

Have you not got any friends you can talk to and go to the GUM clinic with? I think about half of my friends have had the clap, most are pretty open about it.

Scooby - I know what you mean, I feel like I'm going Insane! The test results are through. I'm too scared to look! I think I'll wait until I finish work at 3 then I can head straight to the gum for treatment. I don't think I could cope for another few hours in work knowing I'm infected

Could u go home poorly maybe??

Unfortunately not fairy as I'm the manager today and I've already had someone call in sick. Only a few more hours. I just want to know so I can get treated but I don't want to open the results and find out! What's that all about haha!

Good luck.

I'd have to look; so I could make a plan! But if you'd rather not, I hope time doesn't go too slowly until 3pm.

Both negative!

After all that worry! Yay!

I still think you ought to go to the Gum clinic. Home tests are not 100% accurate. When I went to the gum clinic decades ago, I was given ABs for a non specific infection that had caused a yellow discharge. I'd had 1 encounter with an old friend who I later found out was sleeping around. I'd only ever had sex with 2 men- that one and a very long term one.

Given you have had pain and symptoms, you ought to follow this up.

Polly - I definitely will be going to the clinic