How is a female std test performed
I Got STD Tested For The First Time | Health
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hey guys I'm Molly I'm a sexually active
22 year old woman and until recently I
had never been STD tested I know I know
so what took me so long excuses like I
don't have time for this I always use a
condom my partner would tell me if they
had STDs hmm or the fact that I thought
I needed a primary care physician or an
OBGYN to do it and I don't have either
hmm I'm here to tell you that was all
wrong wrong wrong wrong a wise little
birdie told me that urgent care clinics
offer STD tests
so to Urgent Care I went
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tis I Molly of New York here to have my
genitals checked for health
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just kidding you don't need to announce
to everyone why you're there I type my
personal info and to an ATM like
check-in kiosk and filled out my reason
for visit on a good old-fashioned piece
of paper never have I felt more relieved
to have almost no human interaction I
made it through the waiting room portion
without any judgment or scarlet letters
in the exam room a nurse took my blood
pressure and temperature
listen to my lungs and checked my
stomach for tenderness she gave me two
options for my STD panel option a the
full panel a urine test for chlamydia
and gonorrhea and a blood test for HIV
syphilis and hepatitis B and C or option
B just the Aaron test my doctor said
that since I didn't have mouth or
genital sores mm-hmm I didn't need to be
tested for herpes I chose the full panel
When in Rome
first I gave a urine sample I won't
explain how that works then the nurse
took two small vials of my blood and
patched me up with a souvenir bandage I
was in and out in 30 minutes
it took three painfully slow days to get
my results back
wasn't actually painful
I'm just very impatient when the results
were ready they were posted online on a
private site that is each test result
had a reference range and a result of
compared to a negative test would say
are there negative or nonreactive and
all of mine did more of the story
getting STD tested is easy and painless
minor needle prick excluded ow
