STD Testing

crash_2582 · 01-18-2008, 10:02 AM

Can you get tested at your doctor? or do you need to go somewhere special?

EQD · 01-18-2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by crash_2582

Can you get tested at your doctor? or do you need to go somewhere special?

either one should provide the service. health clinics, urgentcare/corpcare..
hospitals.. OBGYN centers too i think.

Kiwi_Sweet · 01-18-2008, 10:33 AM

If not, then your doctor will probably refer you to an OBGYN.

Is there a planned parenthood in your area??

crash_2582 · 01-18-2008, 10:35 AM

Im a guy...there is one near me but they dont accept my insurance.

EQD · 01-18-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by crash_2582

Im a guy...there is one near me but they dont accept my insurance.

sounds like you will have to either travel to take one or buck up and pay for it full price.
I went to the local clinic and got one for $35.

**BellaDonna** · 01-18-2008, 12:07 PM

I'm sure if your own doctor is a general practioner, that he/she can test you. So I think you should start there first. You probably will get an appointment more easily if you're already established at their practice, and you will probably feel more comfortable with your own doctor too. (I'm also assuming since you chose them to be your doctor, that they take your insurance?)

You can call and ask for an emergency visit. If you don't feel like getting into detail with the receptionist on the phone, tell them you think you have a UTI. That should work to get you in quickly, and at least it is in the general region you need to get checked. Then talk to your doc privately, in more detail when you get there.

niczeegs · 01-18-2008, 12:44 PM

Usually your doctor can do this for you but the problem is that you usually have to set up an appointment.

Try to go to a free/walk in clinic that can take you on the spot.

crash_2582 · 01-18-2008, 06:18 PM

Thank you. I will see my own doctor!

crypticlineage · 01-20-2008, 01:24 PM

Last month, after doing something really stupid (unprotected sex with someone I didn't know a lot about), I called in to talk to my doctor and told her nurse that I wanted to get STD/HIV testing done. The doctor called me back, scheduled tests and I just went to the lab and got it done. Then next day, I called in again and found out my test results.

The entire thing cost (all STDs: urine and blood HIV test) about $343 and the insurance assigned most everything to deductible (*holes) because it was year end. I have to pay $200.

crash_2582 · 01-20-2008, 05:45 PM

I just got tested today for everything, blood and urine. The doctor told me that the results should take about a week.

01-18-2008, 10:02 AM	#1
crash_2582 Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 47	STD Testing Can you get tested at your doctor? or do you need to go somewhere special?

01-18-2008, 12:07 PM	#6
BellaDonna Offline Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: U.S. Gender: Female Age: 29 Posts: 6,583	I'm sure if your own doctor is a general practioner, that he/she can test you. So I think you should start there first. You probably will get an appointment more easily if you're already established at their practice, and you will probably feel more comfortable with your own doctor too. (I'm also assuming since you chose them to be your doctor, that they take your insurance?) You can call and ask for an emergency visit. If you don't feel like getting into detail with the receptionist on the phone, tell them you think you have a UTI. That should work to get you in quickly, and at least it is in the general region you need to get checked. Then talk to your doc privately, in more detail when you get there. __________________ "Well behaved women rarely make history." "Friendship should be a refuge, not an ordeal." Please see the forum rules for posting on enotalone:http://www.enotalone.com/forum/forum-rules.php Last edited by BellaDonna; 01-18-2008 at 12:14 PM.

01-18-2008, 12:44 PM	#7
niczeegs Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 255	Usually your doctor can do this for you but the problem is that you usually have to set up an appointment. Try to go to a free/walk in clinic that can take you on the spot. __________________ "The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." - Oscar Levant

01-18-2008, 10:33 AM	#3
Kiwi_Sweet Offline Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 989	If not, then your doctor will probably refer you to an OBGYN. Is there a planned parenthood in your area??

01-18-2008, 10:35 AM	#4
crash_2582 Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 47	Im a guy...there is one near me but they dont accept my insurance.

01-18-2008, 06:18 PM	#8
crash_2582 Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 47	Thank you. I will see my own doctor!

01-20-2008, 01:24 PM	#9
crypticlineage Offline Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 104	Last month, after doing something really stupid (unprotected sex with someone I didn't know a lot about), I called in to talk to my doctor and told her nurse that I wanted to get STD/HIV testing done. The doctor called me back, scheduled tests and I just went to the lab and got it done. Then next day, I called in again and found out my test results. The entire thing cost (all STDs: urine and blood HIV test) about $343 and the insurance assigned most everything to deductible (*holes) because it was year end. I have to pay $200.

01-20-2008, 05:45 PM	#10
crash_2582 Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 47	I just got tested today for everything, blood and urine. The doctor told me that the results should take about a week.