Bet you didn't see THIS coming....

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Getting there, then! And with two weeks to go before you can sigh of relief and tell us all that you're well and the test was negative, we'll be sure to get to 30 at least!

EDIT - Seriously, that's the only reason I check this thread anymore. I'm waiting for you to announce that you're ok.

EDIT 2 - Whohoo! 22nd page! Go me! 

[Blackthorne]

Oh no... Something isn't popular until it reaches at least 22 pages...

Yeah people!  Let's take this one to 22!!!!! Yahoo!

And good luck with your test results, PT.  I'm rooting for ya.

Bt

[SSH]

I think that the popular threads forum are for ones that are repeatedly restarted again and again by different n00bs, not for individual threads. After all, a n00b isn't liekly to post a coming out thread as one of their first.

[Peter Thomas]

What SSH said seems a fair enough assessment of what happens with the 'popular' threads. But then, doesn't that sort of go AGAINST the definition of "popular" - only being brought up every so often, as opposed to being regularly checked and posted in? Or was I terribly stupid at school for not realising that the TRULY popular kids were the ones who only got spoken to once every three weeks?

Anyway, what brings me back is an update. The 'doctor' wants another blood sample. Apparently my last one somehow got contaminated. Well, at least that's what seems to be the case. They wouldn't tell me exactly why they needed another one, suffice to say that "my previous blood-drawing might have been compromised in some way, and they would prefer to err on the side of caution."

So off I go down tomorrow morning to have a nice big needle stuck in me again, seeing my life-blood flow through some curly tubes into a jar and into the hands of some complete stranger who's about to tell me if I've got aids or not.

Ain't life grand?

[/irony]