collegemale93

Thanks alot man, your response means alot. The situation you described is what I'm worried will happen to me. I've only had herpes for three months and I have yet to have my second outbreak. My primary outbreak was really mild and was hardly noticeable. Il be wary of prodrome though and try to recognise them as best I can. One more question: does shedding occur where you've never broken out? Or is it only in the general area of where the rash was? I know it's possible to have a breakout in other places, but has that ever happened to you?

Hi I'm a 19 year old male with hsv-2. I was diagnosed a three months ago after having my primary outbreak. I have only had sex with two people and so i was devastated when I received the news. I always tried to be careful, and still caught it even after using protection. The girl i was with said she had been checked out for everything at first. she then broke down crying when i confronted her about it and said she couldn't bring herself to tell me. That stung. I am now on suppressive therapy with acyclovir and i plan on staying on it until a therapeutic vaccine is created (hopefully within my lifetime haha). however, I'm not Going to waste some of the best years of my life worrying about a skin rash. Since being diagnosed, I have become somewhat obsessed with knowing all I can about this virus. I have been lurking in this forum for a while now and Adrial has been a huge inspiration to me as he seems to be one of the few males who posts in forums and is so open about this thing. Your whole outlook has influenced me deeply and i aspire to be able to reach out to others just as you have reached out to me. so kudos to you Adrial. I feel like most guys, especially at my age tend to live in denial about these types of things. Anyways, I disclosed to a girl I really like the other night and it went well. She has accepted me for it and we'lI have to see where this thing goes. while disclosing, i approached this condition for what it is, a mild skin rash. If you approach it with fear, the person you are disclosing to may feel sorry for you, but they are hardly going to want to take the risk with you if you make them think that herpes is the end of the world. (Thats my two cents anyway). I can't believe the stigma that surrounds this condition and and i can see how people get so depressed and down about it. I'm not sure where this relationship is going with this girl and I think it maybe moving in the direction of casual sex. Nonetheless, I really like this girl and I can't imagine passing this to someone else. The main question I have for anyone in this forum is: have you ever passed herpes on to someone else while using condoms and being on suppressive therapy? I have read many studies and watched the herpeslife q and a with dr. leone and I understand that statistically, the chances are really low. I would just like some first hand assurance that these statistics are accurate. Thanks in advance, Collegemale P.s. Sorry for this long and disorganised post. I just had to get all of this off of my chest.