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Re: HIV testing From: Charlie Chambers (cchamber@gorge.net) Sat Nov 29 18:19:00 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: HIV testing" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "HIV testing" Next in thread: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing" Reply: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing" Has the western blot testing come back positive? Otherwise, I'd hold off discussion with them. Seen it happen before, and needlessly scare the person. On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 02:53 PM, Dr. Ainsworth wrote: > Today I had the second positive HIV since beginning routine OB testing. > It was on a woman I've known for 20 years. She and her husband are > both > pillars of the community, both professionals. Now I've got to have her > come in on Monday to discuss this abnormal test result. Barring a > screw > up at the lab, this result will be devastating to this family because > of > the ramifications that one or the other was unfaithful and/or has a > hidden life. She has never had a surgery or blood transfusion and to > my > knowledge, neither has he. It certainly emphasizes to me that we need > to do universal screening for HIV and not exclude our friends and > neighbors from testing. > ************************************************************************ **** Charlie Chambers -- Hood River, OR cchamber@alumni.rice.edu "Almost anything you do will seem insignificant but it is very important that you do it....You must be the change you wish to see in the world" -- Mahatma Ghandi. ************************************************************************ ******* Next message: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: HIV testing" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "HIV testing" Next in thread: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing" Reply: Dr. Ainsworth: "Re: HIV testing"

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