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    kite_and_string
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    Before assuming treatment failure, the question to answer is whether your partner was treated at the same time. Reinfection from an untreated partner is the usual explanation, and it’s so common that clinics generally treat partners as standard rather than as an afterthought.

    Go back and say clearly that symptoms returned after treatment. They’ll want to retest rather than just repeat the same course blind.

    kite_and_string
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    Timing mattered for me more than wording. Not in bed, not five minutes before, and not on a third date as a party fact either. Somewhere ordinary, with time afterwards to answer questions.

    Also let them go away and read. The instant reaction is rarely the final one, and mine came back the next day with sensible questions and no drama.

    kite_and_string
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    Went through this two years ago. Abnormal cells, colposcopy, minor treatment, back on routine screening now.

    Take something to listen to for the waiting room and ask them to talk you through what they’re seeing as they go if that helps. Mine did and it was much better than lying there guessing.

    kite_and_string
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    Quite a lot, and the follow up isn’t because they doubt it. Fourth generation tests look for both antibodies and an antigen that appears earlier, which is why they detect infection sooner than older antibody-only tests. A negative at four weeks is meaningful and reassuring.

    The final test exists to close the door completely. Take it, and then let yourself actually put it down.

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