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I have only just gotten received my test results 4 days ago which have diagnosed me with HSV-1 (genital herpes). this came as a huge shock to me as I have only had sex one time and this is the consequence in a way i have received for that now in return. I feel in disbelief and like it isn’t reality that i am in fact positive. I still feel like I have so much to process and I’m unsure on how to really feel about it. I go from feeling totally fine to feeling the total opposite and completely negatively affected by it all. I’m fully still in a state of shock and feel like my knowledge on the STI is very limited. I would like to get more answers and all the key facts I need to know and how I move on and live with this now. It’s like my mind can’t come to terms with that I will now live with this for the rest of my life. I have an appointment to talk about my diagnosis and what to do moving forward and I hope that will help. I also just feel alone in all of this even though it has been said to me that this is very common. I hope that this forum will help me feel less alone in all of this. It’s also just like my mind can’t handle this diagnosis and is thinking about 100 things at one time to try and process and accept it.
Hi guys, I was recently diagnosed with HSV-1 in November 2021. I had a pretty bad first outbreak but got it sorted with meds. However, since then I have had the typical profile sypmtoms a lot and no sign of any blisters/sores. Basically, I get the shooting nerve pain down my legs, tingling down my legs and butt, a lot of vaginal itchiness and lower back pain. A strange thing that happens when I get these symptoms is I get one small red spot that forms on my butt cheek. It’s only one and they look like pimples and don’t blister or itch or hurt. I’m just concerned because why do they appear every time I get these prodome symptoms? Does anyone else get this? Is this a mini-outbreak? Does this mean I’m shedding/contagious all the time? Also, I feel like my nerve pain gets triggered by alcohol, is this common? I’m really nervous because I’m constantly worried if I’m contagious when the nerve pain hits. Or is this all just post-herpatic nerve pain? Will it go away?
Topic: how do i deal with rejection
Hello everyone,
I was diagnosed with HSV-2 back in January. I was on a trip and couldn’t see a doctors for weeks during my first outbreak. It’s been hard because I can’t tell my family about it and my friends try to be supportive but none of them have it so they don’t truly understand and I just feel like I’m talking to a wall because nothing they can say makes me feel better.I’ve had consistent hookups or fwb situations so I’ve never had to go too long without intimacy before this. The guy I had been hooking up with before that tested negative and stopped talking to me after I got diagnosed. Since then I really haven’t been able to hook up with anyone. I use dating apps and before giving someone my number I tell them my status, but then I just get ghosted. I’ve been rejected more in the last three months than ever before, and it’s made my self esteem go down and I don’t feel confident in myself anymore. I am constantly thinking that guys will never pick me because I have nothing to offer them and they easily could find someone else that doesn’t have herpes. I’m stressed that I will never be able to have a semi normal sex life ever again and that nobody will want to have sex with me or ever date me.
If anyone has any advise on how they got back into having sex after getting diagnosed or how to go about the rejections or just any words of encouragement I’d really appreciate it!
Topic: New diagnosis
I can’t cope with my new diagnose. I need someone to talk to.
Topic: lots of questions
so i was diagnosed a week ago, type 1, genital…
been in monogamous relationship for 10+ years.. both of us…
im 56, menopausal… so sometimes a little saliva is helpful , and weve done this many times! apparently it was a perfect storm, and it was spread to me… i had no ide what it was.. went to urgent care.. no exam.. went to ed dept.. diagnosed with bad yeast infection! i was in so much pain! finally got into my gyno.. and on meds and on the mend i guess…here are my questions if anyone can help…1.my bf had cold sores alot as a kid… is this where it originated?
2. i am type 1.. but got it on my genitals… so am i type 1 or type 2 because of where i got it?
3. could he have had on his privates as well and didnt know, nor did i?
4. how do we ever get back to good in that way again?
5. with being type 1… can i pass sharing a fork or something???
i apprecite any help, im sure there will be lots more questions.. but look forward to understanding this better.
also i have opted to take suppression meds.. at least till i see my dr in august for reg examI had a relationship which ended 12 years ago with a guy who had been diagnosed with herpes. He never had an outbreak in the 2 years we were seeing each other. I never had a single outbreak (and assumed i didnt have herpes) until 2 days after i got the covid vaccine 7 months ago. It was a massive outbreak and lasted about 3 weeks. Since then ive had continous outbreaks approx every 2 weeks. Has anyone else found getting vaccinated triggered an initial/increased outbreaks? If so, does it wear off???