STI/STD Testing Windows When it comes to STI/STDs and specifically, STI/STD testing windows, you want to make sure you’re testing at the right time – lest you receive a false negative or positive, right? If you have an STI/STD, you want to know with certainty so you can treat it or start managing it, and […]
Free HIV Testing!!! YEY!!!! – STI/STD Testing
Free STI/STD Testing National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign originally coordinated by the National Association of People with AIDS to encourage people of all ages to “Take the Test, Take Control” and is now continued by a number of other organizations supporting HIV testing. Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the […]
Observations and Anecdotes from an STI/STD Testing Counselor
This guest post was written by Elissa White, an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com. As an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com, some might argue it’s a profession worthy of an episode of Discovery Channel’s ‘Dirty Jobs’. Being an STI/STD testing counselor is certainly not for the faint of heart, whether I’m serving as a shoulder to cry on or I’m […]
The STI Project is A Top 100 Blog: Sex, Love & Dating
The STI Project has made the list and is a Top 100 Blog in the Sex, Love & Dating category thanks to getSTDtested.com!!! Can you believe it?!?! We can’t either. This is a great compliment and accomplishment for us. Not only did we make the list, we were #58!!!!!! In a class so broad and […]
What Is It Like To Get Tested For STIs/STDs? – STI Testing
My STI Testing Experience Today I went to get tested for STIs! You might be asking yourself, “Why would she get STI testing – she already knows she has an STI (I have genital herpes – you can read my story here) and has had other STIs (HPV, scabies and vaginitis)- wouldn’t she have gotten […]
During April is STI/STD Awareness Week/Month – STI Statistics
Don’t Risk It – Go Get STI/STD Tested! These STI statistics will make you want to go get STI/STD tested!!! They certainly lit a fire under my butt – I haven’t been tested in quite some time and I’d rather be as safe as possible. One STI is more than enough for me (my STI […]
STI/STD Statistics – Did YOU know?!?!
STI/STD Statistics and Why You Should Get Tested! 1 in 2 sexually active young people will get an STI by the age of 25. Most young people with STIs don’t even know they have them. Getting tested is the only way to know for sure. STIs are really common – every year there are more […]