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2wheels1love

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  1. Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond @acd820, but the pain does come and go. I’ve often found that it can even be followed by an outbreak. I actually looked it up maybe a year ago leaning toward the same conclusions you were (fibromyalgia/neuropathy), and discovered the allodynia diagnosis as well. I thought it perfectly described my symptoms. I’m glad someone else understands exactly what I’m talking about! Between my husband and I, I’ve been the most symptomatic of the two of us since he passed the virus to me a few years ago. At least I can be pretty sure this issue has just been another one of those symptoms and not related to a bigger problem.
  2. Out of curiosity, does anyone else get strange inexplicable nerve pains? I’ve been told that they could be a symptom of HSV2, but I can’t be entirely certain. I will occasionally get twinges of extreme localized pain in my extremities, but the worst is the pain in my skin. It’s an almost excruciating feeling sometimes, just on the surface of my skin. It can reach a point where it hurts to have a blanket or clothing touching whatever area is being affected, but a firm touch isn’t nearly as painful. It can happen anywhere too, but it does seem to happen near my inner thighs and labia majora more often than other places. It can cover anywhere from a few inches of skin at a time to both of my legs at once. Any similar experiences that you think may be herpes related?
  3. Thank you very much for your response @mr_hopp. I am very fortunate to have my father and brothers living nearby in case of any emergencies. My husband actually just left for two weeks at the beginning of August and they were very helpful. This week seems to be a busy one for everyone, unfortunately. I’m really hopeful that some schedules will clear up a little for that last two week trip, but I would certainly hate to fool myself into thinking I’ll be getting some relief if I’m not sure I will. I think another slight issue is the fact that I’ve been feeling like I could go into labor sooner than I did with my first. To answer your other question, yes, I am taking acyclovir daily and sometimes an extra one at night or in the evening if I think I may have irritated things down there for any reason. It’s scary though, on one hand I desperately needed to shave the other day because I was afraid all the little hairs would irritate where I get my outbreaks, but then after just using an electric razor I was scared shitless that I may have fucked up and irritated things on my own. Especially because I can’t freaking see what I’m doing! Lmao I’ll tell you this much, my husband is definitely shaving my legs for me whenever he is home [:
  4. Okay, so this is my first post here and I’m really not sure where to dig in. I guess I’ll start with the fact that I’ve had HSV2 for a little over four years now. I contracted it from my boyfriend at 19 and we just decided it would be best to get married because neither of us could stomach the thought of having to date anyone new knowing that we were both “tainted,” so to speak. I’ve also been an avid cyclist since I was 16, and herpes throws one hell of a stick in your spokes, if you know what I mean. That’s a subject for another time though. On to my point here.. I just had my son last year (he’s about 14mo now) and I’m currently due to have my daughter in about a month! They’re close, I know. Definitely didn’t plan it that way, but here we are. Anywho, my husband is a boaty in the army and just left yesterday to sail to NC for a week and almost immediately upon his return will be sent back to NC for a two week SHARP class.... when I will be 37-38 weeks pregnant. I am located in VA, so at least he’ll only be so many hours away, but I’m already terrified that I will give myself another outbreak, as I just got over one about a week ago. My first couple years with the virus, I would often get back to back outbreaks. I’m taking valtrex daily, but my stress has reached a peak that scares me and it seems like a sort of vicious cycle since the amount of stress I have is adding to this fear of an outbreak and vice versa. I feel like I’m borderline abusive to my son when I’m stressed out (not physically, but I’m definitely a basket case sometimes). I feel like I can’t handle being a solo parent for a few weeks when I’m already so stressed about being pregnant in the first place. I don’t know what to do. I honestly had a legitimate mental breakdown earlier and screamed at the top of my lungs as an alternative to head butting the fuck out of a wall, which is oddly one of my preferred methods of self harm. Yet another subject for another time. I definitely had some expectations about the end of pregnancy and how I would manage stress, but all of that changed when I discovered that my last month will be spent almost entirely alone taking care of a one-year-old. I’m feeling crushed by the weight of everything and I’m absolutely terrified that I’m going to have an outbreak sometime in the next month and be forced to have a c-section when the time comes.
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