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Dear
Amy,
I
am a 23 year-old woman who recently
got diagnosed and treated for
chlamydia after being hospitalized
with pelvic inflammatory disease.
I contacted the disease from
my boyfriend of one year, who
was not aware that he had the
infection. He says that he has
been tested for STDs and HIV
yearly and none of the tests
have come back positive.
This
past month, my annual PAP results
were abnormal. I went in to
see my gyno and she performed
a colposcopy. She says that
the abnormal cells look like
they could be HPV (human papiloma
virus), and she did a biopsy
to make sure. I am still waiting
for results, so I'm not sure
if I have the disease or not.
I
love my boyfriend very much
and believe him when he tells
me he hasn't cheated on me and
that he has, in fact, gotten
tested annually. This is a guy
who spent 13 hours with me in
the emergency room and would
do almost anything for me. But,
I'm still pissed and unbelievably
sad about all of this.
Although
he has gotten treated and has
supported and comforted me throughout
all of this, he did not have
to go through what I went though
and what I am still going through.
He hasn't had to face the doctors
and the biopsies and the countless
pelvic exams. Not to mention
all of the embarrassment and
other possible health risks
I have to face because of al
of this. I have admitted this
to him, we have talked about
it, and I thought we had moved
on. But because of the recent
developments, I am at a loss.
Am I stupid to stay with him?
I don’t know what to do.
Any advice you could give me
would be much appreciated.
Thank
you.
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