So here is my problem. about 2 months ago I went and got a point of care HIV test (one of those kits where you know the answer immediately) at an anonymous clinic.

The test was "Insti" made by biolytical. The control blue dot showed up (showing the test as working) and then a slight blue shadow appeared above it. The nurse told me that because of this shadow I would have to get re-tested. There needed to be 2 blue dots for a "positive" reading. I had one dot (the control) and a "shadow" so they said the test was "indeterminate".

Now after 10 minutes the "shadow" filled in and they told me it would have been read as a positive, however since the manufacturer's instructions said don't read the results AFTER 5 MINS. So "indeterminate" is what I got.

I then got blood tested, and that too came back indeterminate!

Then I went for another POC test at another clinic. Same thing happened, the Insti test showed "indeterminate" as the shadow showed up!! Apparently no one has ever seen this before and it is not discussed in the information slip provided by Biolytical! **** I feel like an anomaly! I feel like a freak of some sort...

So I went to an HIV counsel here where I live and was reffered to a doctor in a hospital. I went there yesterday and they did some blood work. They said the test they were going to do on the blood is not a standard HIV test and they are sending it off to the ministry labs and it will take (get this)...1 WHOLE MONTH TO GET RESULTS!