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Do you get regular checks for STD's?

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  • #32
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    not in the last 18 months and that was with my then girlfriend.


  • #33
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    julep wrote:
    not in the last 18 months.
    hate that


  • #34
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    blow me. :(


  • #35
    *Lolly*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭*Lolly*


    LundiMardi wrote:
    hate to be asking all the questions here but.... So you've both been tested before?

    Lol dnt worry i ask too many q's myself half the time!!
    Yes after the first time together.

    And got the all clear...


  • #36
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    Hmm.. is a test free?


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  • #37
    *Lolly*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭*Lolly*


    it defp is in england but i should say it will be over here if uve a medical card


  • #38
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    do you pee in a cup or do u have to give a blood sample?


  • #39
    *Lolly*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭*Lolly*


    Lol well depends on the situation...
    Ive been for what is known as a 'scrape' i wont go into detail but believe me its as bad as it sounds! Lol that tests you for all sti's etc but obviously you wont be gettin that! Lol id say you most likely Wee in a jar or if doc has any reason to suspect serious infection/symptoms then id say bloodtest/ referal to local clinic/hospital if things look shadey. But please dont worry. id urge you to go just to be safe..


  • #40
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    as long as he doesnt stick anything in my japs eye or goes feeling round my prostate


  • #41
    *Lolly*
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭*Lolly*


    Lol well i doubt that but he may have a good ol grope! ;)


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  • #42
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭mawk


    blood test i think, but ive never actually had a test.. been meaning to just havent gotten around to it between collage and work


  • #43
    slipss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    No i've never had a test, I don't have sex with slappers or prostitutes but maybe thats no gaurantee, thinking about it maybe I'll get one done


  • #44
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭mawk


    you couldnt pay ME to do a hooker... there is really just something freakin terrifying about them. maybe its just a wierd phobia but prostitutes really scare me.. ever actually met one in real life? funkin horrible.


  • #45
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    djmarkus wrote:
    as long as he doesnt stick anything in my japs eye or goes feeling round my prostate
    Unfortunately, you're in for a rude awakening:(


  • #46
    Terry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,073 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    mawk wrote:
    you couldnt pay ME to do a hooker... there is really just something freakin terrifying about them. maybe its just a wierd phobia but prostitutes really scare me.. ever actually met one in real life? funkin horrible.
    as a naive 18 year old, i tried to chat up a hooker in Dublin one night. i didn't know she was a hooker and i was really drunk. my friends were across the road, pissing themselves laughing.

    and lundimardi is right. my friend recently went for an STD test and had a swab of some sort inserted into his japs eye.


  • #47
    Civilian_Target
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,618 ✭✭✭Civilian_Target


    djmarkus wrote:
    as long as he doesnt stick anything in my japs eye or goes feeling round my prostate
    LundiMardi wrote:
    Unfortunately, you're in for a rude awakening:(

    Rude and quite painful!

    Surely before you have regular checks you have to have regular sex...


  • #48
    Janelle Obnoxious Phlegm
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Janelle Obnoxious Phlegm


    Haven't really bothered yet...


  • #49
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,862 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yes usually at the start of a relationship
    I've had two done
    last year and recently


  • #50
    Aporia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 377 ✭✭Aporia


    the poll results are slightly worrying :o


  • #51
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    Aporia wrote:
    the poll results are slightly worrying :o
    quite


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  • #52
    Chinafoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,894 ✭✭✭Chinafoot


    This is why the number of people with STI's in Ireland is so high and getting higher every year.

    Reasons like "Nah I don't need to cos I don't shag slappers" is really quite naive. If you know anything about sexual health and STI's you'll know that it only takes that one time, it can sometimes happen while a condom is used and a lot of the time you or your partner may not even know you have anything because there are often no symptoms.

    Oh and insurance going up because of having an STI check is absolute rubbish btw.

    /rant


  • #53
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭mawk


    ok so where in cork do you have one? and do you have to pay for it?


  • #54
    [Jackass]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    Man I am fricken FREAKED OUT!! Any one of you dirty feckers could have been knobing some chick I would later go on to have "relations" with!! :eek:

    I've never been tested, I don't think I'm at high risk, but I would really like to get checked, and have been meaning to for ages, for peace of mind.

    Could somebody please post where and when you can get STD tests in Dublin (and cork and galway etc etc if you know it) preferably for free.

    Let's clean up this sess pit of dirty feckers and all get checked!!


  • #55
    Cosine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 344 ✭✭Cosine


    Voted no cuz I haven't had to


  • #56
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=152605


  • #57
    [Jackass]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,192 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    Ok, so here's what you need to know:

    You can get checked in St.James's for free, here's the info on what will happen, what to expect etc.
    http://www.guide2guide.ie/whatwillhappen_sti.html

    And here is when they are open
    http://www.guide2guide.ie/openingtimes.html


  • #58
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Been tested twice before, it's not particularly pleasant (especially for someone like me who's scared of doctors) but it's just being sensible about your health to get checked.


  • #59
    TOPDAWG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 637 ✭✭✭TOPDAWG


    mawk wrote:
    ok so where in cork do you have one? and do you have to pay for it?

    Your local gp should be able to do it and then they send em off to the victoria hospital. cost should be only what you usually pay ur doc.

    and to djmarkus i wish you and your japseye all the best cos no-one f**kin told me!! ha ha.


  • #60
    Seraphina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭Seraphina


    no.
    however i've given blood numerous times and they check that for all std's and let you know if anything turns up.


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  • #61
    LundiMardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭LundiMardi


    Seraphina wrote:
    no.
    however i've given blood numerous times and they check that for all std's and let you know if anything turns up.
    surely not all std's show in a random blood test?


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