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Hi Terri! I believe I have a follow up question but if I need to pay again, I’d be more than happy to.
Quick recap to save you some reading.
May 2022: (2 weeks post exposure) test positive for HSV2 @ LabCorp with IGG value being 1.47 and the supplemental test was negative.
October 2022: (20 weeks post exposure) test negative for HSV2 @ Quest.
So after seeing your response about trusting the negative result with 92% certainty, I decided it wasn’t enough for my peace of mind and went to get retested. I’m not currently able to afford the blot so I got retested figuring the odds of me being in the 8% twice were low. I went back to LabCorp and my test result was equivocal with the IGG value being 0.97 and the supplemental test was negative once again. Also would like to add that I still haven’t experienced any symptoms. At this point, it’s been about 9 months post exposure. My questions are:
With my original test being positive at 1.47 to then being negative and then being equivocal at 0.97 as well as the supplemental being negative both times, do you think it’s safe to say I don’t have HSV2? Especially since the value decreased?
Labcorp is saying I should take a confirmatory test that’s more accurate/sensitive, do you think it’s necessary?
Thank you in advance for your time!