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[QUOTE=BPittsburg;2209655]As you can see, many fellow mongers know about Life Foundation. Junko was nice enough to turn me on to that place. Now, I go every 2 months for checkup. And. They give free condoms.
Very friendly staff, too.[/QUOTE]Life Foundation is just HIV testing though, ya? Still DHC for the more common STDs, or am I mistaken?
[QUOTE=LonelySmiles;2210092]Life Foundation is just HIV testing though, ya? Still DHC for the more common STDs, or am I mistaken?[/QUOTE]You are correct.
Life Foundation for HIV.
DH for gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia.
[QUOTE=Member#2322;2210438]You are correct.
Life Foundation for HIV.
DH for gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia.[/QUOTE]DH also does HIV testing. At least they were doing it about six months ago.
[QUOTE=Brian2891;2208871]Many may disagree with my approach, but I keep a stock of antibiotics, such as cipro, doxycycline and zithromax at home just in case. It seems like the smart thing to do. I still utilize testing at my clinic if there is a scare, but its mainly to ensure I'm clean after treatment. Seems like the smart thing to do if you recognize your symptoms. Am I the only here who does this?[/QUOTE]I thought these antibiotics were prescription only. Can you get them over the counter?? Online??
[QUOTE=Brian2891;2208871]Many may disagree with my approach, but I keep a stock of antibiotics, such as cipro, doxycycline and zithromax at home just in case. It seems like the smart thing to do. I still utilize testing at my clinic if there is a scare, but its mainly to ensure I'm clean after treatment. Seems like the smart thing to do if you recognize your symptoms. Am I the only here who does this?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=SoloMission;2224771]I thought these antibiotics were prescription only. Can you get them over the counter?? Online??[/QUOTE]Maybe he works in a drugstore and gets his supply there. A doctor friend told me that frequently taking antibiotics could leave only resistant bacteria to grow in you. He also told me that now a days it is recommended that you get an antibiotic shot for gonorrhea because some types are resistant to the drugs you take by mouth.
[QUOTE=AmpAddict808;2225868]Maybe he works in a drugstore and gets his supply there. A doctor friend told me that frequently taking antibiotics could leave only resistant bacteria to grow in you. He also told me that now a days it is recommended that you get an antibiotic shot for gonorrhea because some types are resistant to the drugs you take by mouth.[/QUOTE]Yep, according to Doctors at the Diamond Head Clinic, the drug resistant strain of gonorrhea is much more prevalent in Japan at the moment. However, with these things, it is only a matter of time for it to spread if people are not careful. The bacteria develop resistance from people not properly completing antibiotic regimes. At DHC they now administer a large shot to the hindquarters if you have a suspected gonorrhea infection and then tell you to wait a minimum of 7 days before having any kind of sexual contact. The shot only clears the current infection. Unfortunately, it does nothing to prevent you from being reinfected. No get out of jail free cards =/.
Oh and here is another super fun fact: you can actually get a gonorrhea infection in your throat from oral sex. The bacteria thrive in warm wet environments. What evolutionary purpose do STDs serve? fucking ridiculous.
http://m.cdc.gov/en/HealthSafetyTopics/DiseasesConditions/STDs/gonorrheaFS#a2
If you get symptoms, always go get it checked. Itching, burning, and especially any kind of discharge. Gonorrhea discharge is typically colored. Untreated, you will start leaking like a faucet, staining everything. But Chlamydia discharge can look clear almost like "pre-cum" and may have relatively benign symptoms; or in some cases be completely asymptomatic. Part of why it spreads so easily.
Stay safe.
[QUOTE=LonelySmiles;2226315]Yep, according to Doctors at the Diamond Head Clinic, the drug resistant strain of gonorrhea is much more prevalent in Japan at the moment. However, with these things, it is only a matter of time for it to spread if people are not careful. The bacteria develop resistance from people not properly completing antibiotic regimes. At DHC they now administer a large shot to the hindquarters if you have a suspected gonorrhea infection and then tell you to wait a minimum of 7 days before having any kind of sexual contact. The shot only clears the current infection. Unfortunately, it does nothing to prevent you from being reinfected. No get out of jail free cards =/.
Oh and here is another super fun fact: you can actually get a gonorrhea infection in your throat from oral sex. The bacteria thrive in warm wet environments. What evolutionary purpose do STDs serve? fucking ridiculous.
http://m.cdc.gov/en/HealthSafetyTopics/DiseasesConditions/STDs/gonorrheaFS#a2
If you get symptoms, always go get it checked. Itching, burning, and especially any kind of discharge. Gonorrhea discharge is typically colored. Untreated, you will start leaking like a faucet, staining everything. But Chlamydia discharge can look clear almost like "pre-cum" and may have relatively benign symptoms; or in some cases be completely asymptomatic. Part of why it spreads so easily.
Stay safe.[/QUOTE]Just to keep the mongers informed, I caught a case of Chlamydia from a hot Thai provider last year. It was from a BBBJ. The only symptom was a slight painful urination. No discharge at all. She was visiting for only a few days, so symptoms didn't surface until after she left here. I went to Diamond Head Clinic and was given two pills that quickly cleared the infection. First time I have caught anything like that here in Hawaii.
If you think you might of caught HIV, you can't confirm it until 3 months after. So there's no point in getting tested the next day after you've had sex without someone you had doubts about.
Herpes and genital warts go undetected because there really isn't a free test for them at the clinics. You'll have to ask for and probably pay for a blood test at a regular doctor. When you're not using protection, there's a really good chance that you'll catch one of the two and not know it for years.
Stay safe and wrap it up!
[QUOTE=YG365;2226664]
Herpes and genital warts go undetected because there really isn't a free test for them at the clinics. You'll have to ask for and probably pay for a blood test at a regular doctor. When you're not using protection, there's a really good chance that you'll catch one of the two and not know it for years.
Stay safe and wrap it up![/QUOTE]This girl I knew long time ago, she told me her younger cousin caught herpes from this military guy she eventually met from online. First time popping her cherry and she got herpes. That's messed up. First time doing it and already catch something.
[QUOTE=UkiEater;2226736]This girl I knew long time ago, she told me her younger cousin caught herpes from this military guy she eventually met from online. First time popping her cherry and she got herpes. That's messed up. First time doing it and already catch something.[/QUOTE]Ya. It ain't all bad with Herpes and G Warts though. They only show up once in a great while.
[I](This recent medical study didn't focus on prostitutes who have continual sexual contact with numerous customers, but perhaps they would have an even higher HPV rate than the general female population.)[/I]
Study Shows Men Can Get Oral HPV Infection From Women.
Virus could put men at raised risk for throat cancers, researchers say.
Men are at increased risk for oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection if their female sex partners have oral and / or genital HPV infections, a new study shows.
The findings suggest that HPV transmission occurs through both oral-oral and oral-genital routes, according to the authors of the study.
"HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world and is a risk factor for several cancers, including cervical, vaginal, vulvar, oropharyngeal (throat / tonsil), anal and penile cancers," lead researcher Eduardo Franco said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research. Franco is director of the division of cancer epidemiology and chairman of the department of oncology at McGill University in Montreal.
"Understanding how HPV is transmitted is important because it will help us identify who is most at risk for HPV infection and how we can help them protect themselves and their partners," he explained. "Our work provides additional evidence that HPV is sexually transmitted to the oral tract through oral-oral and oral-genital contact".
For the study, the researchers looked at 222 men and their female partners, and found that the overall rate of oral HPV infection among the men was just over 7 percent. Rates were higher among those who had a female sex partner with oral HPV infection (nearly 29 percent) and / or genital HPV infection (11.5 percent), had multiple sex partners (18 percent), or were smokers (12 percent).
Of the 222 men in the study, 130 had a sex partner with a genital HPV infection, the investigators found.
The rate of infection with HPV16, one of the types most associated with cancer risk, was about 2 percent among all the men in the study and 6 percent among the 33 men whose sex partners had genital HPV16 infection.
The more often men performed oral sex on their partner, the more likely they were to be infected with the type of HPV present in the genitals of that partner, the study authors noted in the news release.
There were no HPV infections among the 52 men who never smoked, were in single-partner relationships and whose partner was free of oral or genital HPV, according to the report.
The study findings were published on Nov. 12 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
The Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the United States National Institutes of Health, and Merck & Co. (maker of Gardasil) funded the study.
[QUOTE=Redneck1;2269012][I](This recent medical study didn't focus on prostitutes who have continual sexual contact with numerous customers, but perhaps they would have an even higher HPV rate than the general female population.)[/I]
Study Shows Men Can Get Oral HPV Infection From Women.
[/QUOTE]It's an interesting study. I speculate that for the serial monger, over a long enough time frame, our chances of contracting HPV are very high. I know Michael Douglas was famously quoted for effectively saying, "I got throat cancer from eating too much vag. ".
Definitely huge risks with this hobby. I've only been mongering for a little over 1 year and I've already had my first major STD after frequenting bare back places for a period of time. Gonorrhea. Luckily it was easily treated with antibiotics, and I've stayed clean since by avoiding BBFS.
As for HPV, I think this falls into a category like telling an alcoholic about the long term effects of too much alcohol; all of the eventual carcinogentic consequences. Nothing is free, we pay for our sins eventually, so to speak.
[QUOTE=LonelySmiles;2269043]It's an interesting study. I speculate that for the serial monger, over a long enough time frame, our chances of contracting HPV are very high. I know Michael Douglas was famously quoted for effectively saying, "I got throat cancer from eating too much vag. ".
Definitely huge risks with this hobby. I've only been mongering for a little over 1 year and I've already had my first major STD after frequenting bare back places for a period of time. Gonorrhea. Luckily it was easily treated with antibiotics, and I've stayed clean since by avoiding BBFS.
As for HPV, I think this falls into a category like telling an alcoholic about the long term effects of too much alcohol; all of the eventual carcinogentic consequences. Nothing is free, we pay for our sins eventually, so to speak.[/QUOTE]Yups I've read about it also getting cancer in the throat. I did go to the diamond head clinic once just to check myself out and everything was clean. The lady there said it is rare to catch an std from oral sex but from reading this forum, seems to be the contrary. The worst symtoms I've ever had was sore throat after seeing a provider but it usually went away after two days. And I always turn down bbfs anytime its offered. Only did it once with a provider and that was me taking a risk after knowing her for several months and all reviews never even hinting at anything close to that.
[QUOTE=Carmello;2277386]Yups I've read about it also getting cancer in the throat. I did go to the diamond head clinic once just to check myself out and everything was clean. The lady there said it is rare to catch an std from oral sex but from reading this forum, seems to be the contrary. The worst symtoms I've ever had was sore throat after seeing a provider but it usually went away after two days. And I always turn down bbfs anytime its offered. Only did it once with a provider and that was me taking a risk after knowing her for several months and all reviews never even hinting at anything close to that.[/QUOTE]What's the general consensus on covered everything with dfk? Anyone catch anything from that? What about BBBJ but no daty?
I definitely want to stay clean so I was thinking of sticking to CBJ, no kissing, no FS or cfs at all. What do you guys think?
[QUOTE=HawaiiGuy23;2291958]What's the general consensus on covered everything with dfk? Anyone catch anything from that? What about BBBJ but no daty?
I definitely want to stay clean so I was thinking of sticking to CBJ, no kissing, no FS or cfs at all. What do you guys think?[/QUOTE]I would start with an understanding of transmission, risk factors and treatments. What it boils down to is the risk you are willing to take or potentially expose a partner to. We all know how risky BBFS is, especially when it is not with a monogamous partner. Opinions will range across the spectrum, so I would not necessarily rely on consensus.
Oral sex has fewer risk factors and DFK definitely has fewer risk factors, but you can still transmit and contract certain STDs like Chlamydia through oral sex and HSV-1(one version of herpes, HSV-2 is generally genital to genital contact) through both kissing and oral sex.
Educate yourself on the facts and make a personal decision about how much you are willing to risk. At least most of the bacterial infections are relatively easily treated, with the exception of antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea. I generally fear viral STDs more. Then again, certain viruses like HPV are both extremely common and relatively benign, while HIV is everyones worst fear.
Here is a good starting point, Center for Disease Control STD fact sheets:
[URL]http://www.cdc.gov/std/[/URL]
Also here is a solid reference on herpes since you brought up kissing:
[Url]http://medweb.mit.edu/wellness/programs/herpes.html[/url]
Remember, you can get an opinion, but you must be willing to live with the consequences. I've had a bacterial STD(gonorrhea) in the past from BBFS, no one to blame but myself. And it was extremely unpleasant, yet cleared up within 1 week of being treated at the Diamond Head Clinic.
One final note, as you can tell from my post history, with all of the above taken into consideration, being a single guy in Honolulu for now, I regularly partake in DFK, DATY, DATO, cfs etc. I do so aware of the risk, and willing to deal with potential consequences. Safe mongering.