You're right about that test being awesome. It's quick and it's
accurate (96% sensitivity if I recall correctly) with, like you say,
results in minutes in a doctors office. However, like all blood tests,
it works by detecting antibodies in the blood. These antibodies take
more than a few days after infection to build up in your system. In
fact, they take more like 12-16 weeks to build up to detectable levels
(Biokit claims "as little as two weeks" but that's best case scenario
in only a few people). Sorry, there is no blood test that can detect
virus within 3 days of infection. The only test that can detect
infection that soon is a culture type test and even that can only do
it if you have an outbreak. The swab is taken directly from the
lesions. If no lesions, then no way to get a swab.
Sooo... how did your test come out? If it was positive, that would
indicate you've been infected for several weeks at the very least. If
it was negative, that would indicate you were negative up until
several weeks earlier but doesn't guarantee you weren't infected
within the last few days. You'll need another test in about 16 weeks
to determine that for sure.

As far as doctors not having the test available, the test can be made
available to any doctor who wants it. Give them this website:
http://www.biokitusa.com/brochure.pdf
and ask them to check it out. There's direct contact info on that page
that a doc can use to call by phone or email.

M2