bareback sex

[timo39]

I'm a gay man of 42yrs old from Portsmouth UK . I've been fighting with bareback sex for five years now .

I'm a neg vers/bottom guy who loves taking seed . Keep trying to stop the risk of HIV but keep going back .

Are there any guys out there who can help me

Tim

[Bottom Jim]

Well to be honest sex is risky. What I do is avoid druggies and others who might be high risk. Is there no risk? Well of course no. I have barebacking for a long time and no problems. Remember condoms beak etc. as for me a condom tears up my ass and open to more infection. I will always take a bare dick with lots of lube

[bearbandit]

Don't trust guys whose last negative test was months ago. Maximum between STI/HIV checks should be three months, more frequently if you get around a lot. Safest guys guys are, paradoxically, guys with HIV who've maintained an undetectable viral load for six months or more. General rule of thumb is that it takes a viral load of 1,000+ to establish a "successful" infection, though this figure will be lower if he has a co-infection of (especially) gonorrhoea or syphilis (and possibly some of the other STIs, though I'm not aware of research that shows this:just because I'm not aware doesn't mean it can't happen - it just indicates a lack in my reading research!)

If you both go to the clinic at the same time and both get negative results, fuck like bunnies: it's an infection, not a punishment for a lifestyle choice, no matter what the Daily Fail says. One final thought: it might be worth inventing an HIV+ boyfriend and persuading your doctor to give you truvada off-label. I've no idea if that would work as the drug is still in trial in the UK, but if you really want it, the worst they can do is say "no".

[fillmyholeftl]

Once again, I am right with you Bear... In my counseling, particularly when I'm at the Bathhouse, I discuss Risk Management with the youngsters and emphasis that the known (HIV+, in treatment & undetectable) is much "SAFER" then the tweeked out number with an essentially unknown status.

On a personal note, I've been "dating this awesome HIV - guy... today he expressed wanting to see my doctor and begin the PRE PreP process !!! He doesn't want to loose me... :-)

Don't trust guys whose last negative test was months ago. Maximum between STI/HIV checks should be three months, more frequently if you get around a lot. Safest guys guys are, paradoxically, guys with HIV who've maintained an undetectable viral load for six months or more. General rule of thumb is that it takes a viral load of 1,000+ to establish a "successful" infection, though this figure will be lower if he has a co-infection of (especially) gonorrhoea or syphilis (and possibly some of the other STIs, though I'm not aware of research that shows this:just because I'm not aware doesn't mean it can't happen - it just indicates a lack in my reading research!)

If you both go to the clinic at the same time and both get negative results, fuck like bunnies: it's an infection, not a punishment for a lifestyle choice, no matter what the Daily Fail says. One final thought: it might be worth inventing an HIV+ boyfriend and persuading your doctor to give you truvada off-label. I've no idea if that would work as the drug is still in trial in the UK, but if you really want it, the worst they can do is say "no".