Getting an STi check?

[NikitasSidekick]

NEVER had one. Just embarking on a new relationship and following advice from here, am going to insist we're both checked. How do you go about it? What does it involve? How soon for results?

I went to keep a friend company last week.
Checked for HIV, one of the Hepatitusses, (Can't spell that!) & ALL sti's. They can test if you are on your period too apparently.

Smear test (pain free apparently) & just a wipe of the labia close to urethra.
Blood test.

Job done.

The clinic had a "No news is good news" policy & she would only be contacted if there was something to report back. 10-14 days for results.

They also only documented her name on one piece of paper, but all samples were recognised by a reference number, NOT her name.

She was asked if she wanted her GP to know she had the tests done & because she said no, this isn't recorded at her GP's surgery.

The nurse was so lovely, very caring & gentle.

It all depends on the clinic you go to but round here if you have no symptoms and you just want a routine test we'd do a blood test for HIV and syphilis and you can take your own swab for gonorrhoea and chlamydia (some places do a urine sample instead).
Detection times and the time from tests until results varies from clinic to clinic but they'll discuss this all when you go.
Like Yikes said it all done under a number and your GP won't be involved at all unless you need a smear and then they will only know you had a smear, nothing else.
It easy and we will be very nice to you :)

How can a woman tell if her partner is genuinely clear (and vice versa) if they don't give you results yikes? When I asked DP to get checked when we stopped using condoms, they sent him a text message (I didn't ask him for proof but was there when he got the text).

I do know my friend was seeing someone who claimed to have been tested but managed to pass on something nasty...it's not clear whether he'd lied about getting tested or if he'd cheated and got it later, but she said she never saw any papers from the clinic confirming a clean sti check. So I wonder about all these women who think they're safe to stop using condoms as you always have to just take a man's word that he's been tested.

Mutty She was told would only be contacted if the results showed up something that would then have to be dealt with.

Only she was tested, her ex wasn't. She was looking after herself, making sure she was ok after everything that had happened to her.

I have no idea as to how you confirm your partner (or sleeping buddy etc) has confirmation of the all-clear. I'm sure this info to share is solely down to the individual. I wouldn't be able to phone the clinic & ask if Mutty has an STI in the same way you couldn't ask about me.

Not even sure if you go in together & get results at the same time if you would really be 'allowed' to be in the same room at the same time due to data protection etc.

I suppose that works if you're just getting a test to check your own health, but most people who get sti checks in a new relationship are doing it because they want to stop worrying about barrier protection and want to be sure they're both clean.

But I guess you can never be really sure a man has actually done been tested when he says he has, and I don't doubt there are some dodgy men who will just say anything if they are keen to stop using condoms, I think that's what happened with my friend.

It's a trust issue isn't it? You are trusting the other guy to take the test and to be monogamous thereafter. We can all make errors of judgement on those counts but we try to pick people we can trust.

I insisted that my husband had one after an affair, I also went separately and had one. Local hospital had a drop in centre. Not a pleasant experience but maybe it was due to the circumstances.

They operates a text system, you get anonymous text saying all fine or call me.