Hi JT, Just catching up with your thread - sorry its been so long, I'm in the middle of moving house ATM. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience at the GUM they really should have known better. They really let you down and I feel really cross about that.
One word of advice, I know its a real pain, but I wouldn't get the HIV test done via the GP. It will have to go on your GP record and if you ever apply for anything insurance related, or if your GP is ever asked in the future if you had an HIV test, he will have to declare it (even though it isn't anyone elses business) and you may then get asked questions about why you had the test done in the first place (I really don't agree with this, but it does happen unfortunately). So to save yourself a lot of grief in the future, if you get it done at GUM, you never have to tell anyone about the test and they will never find out because the only person who will have access to your GUM records is you and the health staff working there, unless you give permission for the records to be used in court for example. Anyway, you decide what to do, but I thought I'd let you know about some of the issues related to this.
So glad the RC session went well. WIll keep checking this thread and hoping life continues to get better for you, even if you do have blips along the way.