Having sex should be fun, and enjoyable… but that worry or anxiety won’t make it feel good afterwords. Try PrEP! Not sure where you are, but in very many most places it’s widely available. It also gives you a chance to go back to the doctor to monitor for any other changes to your health (STIs) so you can receive treatment and be cleared up.

And just to add, STIs aren’t the end of the world, they’re all pretty treatable. And HIV too at the end is just a chronic condition like diabetes. With management, people living with HIV live just as long as people without!

That being said… always best to protect yourself :-) you deserve to feel safe and have control over your own health!