Would you tell your friends if you had aids or that you were tested for aids?
By shooie
@shooie (4984)
United States
February 14, 2007 9:29pm CST
I am sitting here watching CSI New York and one of the cops cut herself with a mirror and it was covered in blood and the guy/girl that was dead had full blown aids. She went in for a test they started her on drugs and told her that they couldn't really judge until 3 months and sometimes longer. Would you tell your closes friends if you were being tested for aids? Would you tell you husband or partner? What would you do? I probably would tell my husband but I don't know if I would tell anyone else.
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@Sunset50 (1397)
• United States
15 Feb 07
Yes I would warn my friends that what you have stated had happened. I wouldnt want to take the chance with any of their lives. I am sure I would lose some friends who think they could catch something like that by just being around me. But most of my friends would take precautions and would support me while I waited for an answer.
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
15 Feb 07
Really your friends don't have to know or you really don't have to be extra careful. I had a friend that I lost to aids. We treated him like anyone else and well didn't take any extra precautions. I think I would wait to tell anyone until after I found out for sure. I mean would tell my husband but I think that would be it.
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@Sunset50 (1397)
• United States
15 Feb 07
Ok, here is why I would want the ones around me to know. Suppose I and a friend were out for the day and had an accident. We both were bleeding from scrapes and the friend being less hurt decided to check me to see how bad I was. The friend, not knowing I was waiting for tests, touches my arm which is bleeding and has open cuts and scrapes on their hands. If that friend had known I was being tested, they would have been more careful to not get my blood on them. If the test proved I had aids, I might have saved them from the illness by letting them know. Also, the friend knowing could tell the paramedics that I was waiting for test results which would help them in how I was handled.
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@tendaheart2002 (495)
• United States
16 Feb 07
Wow that is a hard question. I would tell my friend, I would hope that my friend felt they could tell me. I am not sure how many people I would tell about being tested, but If I ended up having it I would feel a responsibility to tell those close to me. Great discussion shooie!
@AmbiePam (85484)
• United States
23 Feb 07
Yeah, I saw that episode and this week's episode where Stella had to do mouth to mouth on the ME that collasped. The chances of him contracting it IF she even had it were small, because saliva is not a big transfer risk.
I would for sure tell my husband or boyfriend. I'd tell my parents and sister, and a couple of my friends. But not the rest of them. The chances of cutting myself and getting the blood in their own open wound are small. I wouldn't donate blood and I would take all possible precautions. But sometimes you just have to live, instead of acting like you need to wear a sign about being HIV Positive.
But, it's just my opinion.
