Feet on the edge. Fantastic. Legs nice and relaxed.
I'm just going to move the skin
to see if everything looks all right.
I think you've got a bit of thrush going on down here.
Just going to feel on your groin to see if you've got any swelling.
Is that ticklish? Yes. Sorry!
When you take it out, I always say you want it to look like a Santa hat
or a sombrero. If you see it that way, it's more like a Smurf hat.
Oh, God. No disasters, but there's always a drama.
Barnaby? I'm Joel, I'm one of the doctors.
Nice to meet you.
I understand the reason you're here today
is because of some sex over the weekend. Yeah, on Sunday.
Is that the first time you'd had sex with them?
Yeah. Did you use any drugs at all?
Yeah. What drugs do you use?
OK.
You lose a lot of your inhibitions when you're having chemsex.
And you'll do things that you really wouldn't do sober.
When I get high enough, you can sleep with, like,
six or seven people in one night, in rotation.
I think I've had four injections for gonorrhoea.
Maybe chlamydia three times.
Having lost my virginity at 18, in four years, that's not so bad.
Hopefully.
Now, this is telling us your HIV status six weeks ago,
so it's not telling us anything about yesterday,
also not telling us anything about any other sex in the last six weeks.
CREW MEMBER: How do you feel about doing this test?
Absolutely fine, I've done it quite a few times.
And you were bottom without condoms, is that right?
Yeah. I feel very embarrassed, for some reason,
asking somebody to put a condom on.
So I think I've just got into the habit of not using one.
Some people are more vulnerable to getting infections,
because they're more vulnerable as people.
And it's harder for them to negotiate the kind of sex they want
and it's harder for them to insist on using condoms.
OK, I can see, Barney, there's just one dot there,
which means it's a negative test.
It's what they use to freeze the warts.
Sorry. That's OK!
Ooft!
Sexual infections are kind of like Russian roulette -
you can be lucky and have sex with loads of people
and not get anything,
or you can have sex with one person and catch something.
Charles? Hi, good morning, how are you?
All right, so, you're here for some condoms and an STI screening?
Yeah. That's all it is.
I was with a long-time girlfriend for a long time.
And once that kind of ended, you know,
I just went all out. Not really thinking about the consequences.
CREW MEMBER: What are we talking?
It's not triple figures yet, but it's not far off.
And, obviously, with all the online stuff, Tinder,
it's so easy and accessible to meet people.
Sex is pretty available if you want it.
And that is the worry, as well, the people you're meeting,
you don't really know them that well.
And I'm not even asking whether not they're on the pill
or what their contraception is, it's just kind of happening.
And regretting it after, to be fair.
There's a lot of times after I've just regretted it completely.
But I seem to keep going back to it.
Let me write the number down so I can register you online.
Are you worried?
Yeah. You are worried. I'm worried, yeah.
I've been putting it off for a long time.
I like to think I've got away with it so far.
But this week is going to be nervous for me.
I can't wait to call them up and get the results, yeah.
I've been with my partner for about four, five months now.
And we both decided we don't want to use condoms anymore.
And so...I've been having some discharge.
We ask everyone, did you had sex with anybody else?
No! It can't be me, I haven't done nothing!
I mean, no, yeah, it can't be me.
I think he's gone and messed around, and he's come back to me,
and I've been given something...
Ugh!
It sucks, it really sucks.
So, this is for the chlamydia and gonorrhoea swab.
Just pop this inside your vagina and rotate it.
Inside, OK? I'll close the curtain for you.
Things like chlamydia, Trichomoniasis, gonorrhoea -
it's treatable, but when you have a positive result,
it can have a really big impact on that relationship.
It could potentially break a relationship.
Sharp scratch.
He's probably walking out right now, thinking he's a free man,
no-one knows nothing.
While I'm sitting here getting myself checked out.
That's the reality of it, do you know what I mean?
But someone's misbehaved.
So someone's going to get kicked to the curb.
Yeah, look, the results are back, it's not great.
She's got a box in her hands.
I know what that means.
It's thrush.
So you have some candida, OK?
Thrush?! Yeah.
No way! You'll be pleased to know.
Thrush?! Oh, yeah, I'm very pleased to know that.
It's not sexually transmitted.
He's cool, he's all right.
It's thrush.
Due to...tight panties, probably.
Got to get some new ones.
Patient number 68.
There's a lot of patients that will come in and recognise me
and be like, "Hi, you had me last time."
But when you do see a regular,
you're thinking, "Oh, my God."
You start checking, "When did I see him,"
or, "When did I see her?"
Hi, how are you? Good, thanks. And you?
I finally managed to get in contact with him this afternoon,
and, erm...
he was saying that he was HIV-positive,
and then that it was 50% my fault,
because I didn't say to use a condom.
I can see where with the shame that comes with it, why he may not say.
I mean, he should have, but I should have used a condom as well, so.
Going to get those results by phone,
and they should be ready on Friday.
People can come with
all sorts of problems to the sexual health clinic.
Sometimes it's not related to a sexually transmitted infection.
I've got a young woman in the consultation room,
she thinks she might be pregnant, but it doesn't sound great,
she's in some pain.
I went over to A&E and they told me to come over here.
My doctor hasn't got an appointment for another two weeks,
and I just wondered if there is anything you could do for me
to help me? Because I am in so much pain.
OK. I got pregnant when I was 17, miscarried.
It kind of feels like the last time.
I can feel it specifically on one side my tummy as well,
and I had to leave work today
because I was just doubled over in pain, it was just ridiculous.
Yeah. I've been with my partner for about a year and a half.
I do try to come in round about every six months anyway.
And when did you last have sex?
Erm...
Maybe last week, Thursday?
OK. And was that with your partner?
Yeah. And was that with condom or without condoms?
Without condoms, but I've been taking my pill,
so I was like, wahey!
And then, going back from him,
when was the last time you had sex with someone other than him?
Oh, Jesus Christ.
When I was, like, 17? OK.
WHISPERING: Is she? Is she pregnant? Yeah.
So, the thing we're worried about is pregnancy outside of the womb.
So I'm going to go and explain that to her. Poor girl.
So, we've just done the pregnancy test... Go on.
..and it's positive.
If it's OK with you, I'm going to get that scan.
Absolutely. So, your appointment is booked for tomorrow at 4pm.
Mmm-hmm. Any questions?
No, I'm done. I'm going home to probably cry.
I'm upset about the fact that I'm in so much pain,
and I know I'm probably going to miscarry again.
Whoa! Shit!
Ugh.
I'm about to have a fag.
Judge me at your will.
I'm not bothered right now.
Hi, Mum.
I'm pregnant.
I don't know, I've got an appointment tomorrow, scan.
Because there's chance I could miscarry again.
Erm, I'm kind of afraid at the moment.
Don't really...
Yeah.
As long as you're there, that's all I need.
Love you too, Mum, bye.
Patient number 73.
PHONE DIALS
Hello? Hello. Hi, is that Selina?
Hi, speaking.
Oh, hi, it's Joe calling from Homerton Hospital.
Are you able to talk at the moment?
I am. OK. The test for trichomonas or TV, was positive.
So we need you to come back into the clinic and get treatment for that.
No! OK.
This is fucking bullshit.
It's frustrating, I know.
It didn't show up on the test you had done on Thursday,
possibly because you had thrush at the time.
Yeah. It might have got in the way and just stopped us
from being able to see the trichomonas.
So we need to give you some treatment,
and also to give your partner some treatment as well.
Yeah.
Ugh! I'm so pissed off.
This is hard, you know, because...
This is actually hard, like.
This is fucking hard, because fucking hell, like...
You can't trust many people, and then you trust someone and they break it.
I can't never go back with him.
And I really liked him.
I've had a sleepless night, still in a lot of pain,
but I'm pretty much just worried about the baby at this point.
Oh, there's going to be cold and jelly, ain't it? Yeah, cold jelly.
I've done this before.
I've got me mum with me this time, so, makes everything so much better.
There's the beginnings of the pregnancy in there,
called a yolk sac.
But it's too early to see a baby with a heartbeat, all right?
So you are going to need another scan in a couple of weeks' time.
But we know it's in the right place, that's the main thing, OK?
That's what we expect to see at five weeks and two days.
Are you happy with this pregnancy, or...?
I've got no idea. No idea.
So you're going to think about what you want to do.
Just time to digest it all.
Once you have a kid, your whole life is...
Not down the drain, but your whole life is for them,
you know what I mean?
Just the thought of a baby, someone that's dependent on me.
I mean, I'm just learning how to be independent myself.
Please don't, because I'll start crying!
Bowel pain, because Danielle's had diarrhoea and upset stomach over the
last four weeks. It's more likely to be bowel spasms.
Eat little and often, lots of fluids,
and it will settle itself down.
Five weeks and two days.
I'm not upset.
I'm a responsible adult.
Sort of girlfriend I liked the most, I ended it,
because I wanted to have sex with other people.
And since I've ended it, slept with other people, I've regretted it.
So, for me, getting tested is a time for me to move on and, yeah,
refresh and settle down properly sometime.
Do you want her back?
Yeah, I do, yeah.
I do want her back, yeah.
Couldn't really sleep last night, to be fair.
If it is clear, I'll be very lucky. Very lucky.
RINGING TONE
So, my ID number is 107629.
That's great. Thank you for your help.
Bye.
I'm really pleased with that.
I can't hide it. I can't hide it.
It's really, really pleasing to hear. Wow.
Yes. I can't believe it!
I can't believe it.
I know people who've gone on holiday for a week and had one one-night
stand, they've got chlamydia or something.
Why have I got so lucky?
Reaching a point where you're really worried about having an infection,
can sometimes be a bit of a reality check.
But, for some people,
it doesn't make as much of an impression
on how important it is for them
to change the type of sex they're having,
or their behaviour in the future.
You look happy. Hmm? You look happy. Yeah, it's a relief.
Just effort, scheduling and working around STIs.
Nobody really wants to do it.
So it's more the inconvenience to life than anything else
at the moment? Yeah, that's literally it.
I don't want to alarm you,
but I don't think I would have been that upset at all.
It, like, it's...
I guess I've been in a lot of situations where the risk of HIV
is quite big. And that feeling of,
for a month and not knowing whether you have it on whether you don't,
it's a very hollow feeling.
I hope that it's only a matter of time
before I start being more practical about using protection.
Because I think it's just a matter of having the confidence to ask
somebody to put a condom on.
But it's not really something that you bear in mind
when you're having chemsex.