I'm glad you got tested and treated. Make sure to finish your full prescription.
On social media, Teletest asked if they should get PASS certification to provide testing for porn performers, and they offer a
subscription service for frequent testing! They know they serve sex workers. So if you want to get into a testing routine with Teletest without saying you're a client, you can say you do a little work as a stunt cock and you need to test before your scenes.
What was interesting in this case is that I was travelling during this entire process within Canada so I was tested in a lab that was nowhere near my house, and once he was ready to prescribe medication I just gave him the name of a drugstore that was close then and within 90 minutes I had the medication. The preferred treatment was an injection followed by antibiotics but I didn’t have time to sit in an urgent care clinic for hours so the second choice is a very strong dose of oral antibiotics but it’s basically six pills that you take at one time. So about 92 minutes after he had prescribed these things I had completed the dose and was feeling better in a short period of time I was feeling a lot better.
Very comforting to me, is that they "presumtively" prescribed treatment even before the test results were back (which can take 4 or 5 days). When I first contacted them, Doc preferred not to do that as my symptoms were very minor. 24 hours later, I was pissing razor blades wrapped in steel wool and soaked in sulphuric acid. I sent them an update, scheduled another consultation and he prescribed without hesitation. 24 hours later, symptoms were almost gone again. God bless Big Pharma.
I’ve been dabbling in this hobby for the better part of 20 years and I’ve been getting tested “regularly“ but infrequently and frankly, it’s usually after what I would call a scare.
I’m sharing all of this for two reasons. First we guys, most of us anyway, give lip service to being tested, and I think the vast majority of guys if someone asked if they got regularly tested, they would say yes, even though they never have. Even though our family doctors are sworn to secrecy there is still a real stigma around this. This process, while not anonymous is extremely impersonal and the doctor I spoke to was very understanding and helpful and of course there is the option for complete anonymity.
The second reason is that the sex work industry likes to tell the story that they are lower risk than the civilian population but that is not what the scientific literature says, especially when all types of SW are considered (streetwalkers etc). Even if it was true, most guys in this hobby are married, so they don’t tend to hook up with civilians because of all the potential baggage that comes along with that. Sex workers provide a service that is well suited to married dudes. It is not without risk though, no matter how "safe" we think we are being.
I’m not married so my little dose of the clap, while uncomfortable for a few days is really not a big deal. But for the married guy who gives it to his wife the implications are far worse than taking a handful of pills.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you about my experience and let you know that TeleTest is an easy option for those that need discretion or that are nomadic like I am.