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  1. So, I was just diagnosed a week ago. My outbreak started 2 weeks ago. I haven't seen any sores in about 5 days. At what point do I consider my outbreak over? The area where the sores were was more sensitive the last few days but less and less each day. Also, any advice for sex the first time after your outbreak would be greatly appreciated.
  2. Oh, that actually makes sense when I think of some other things. A couple nights I've had a weird pain in my hip/buttock and I put heat on it but it didn't really help and I can feel some pain around the base of my spine, honestly after how I felt the first week I don't know if I'd even call it pain, it's discomfort... Only one outbreak? Can I ask, do you take suppressives? I've always had a hard time with situations that are out of my control, so the hardest part of this for me has been knowing what to expect.
  3. I think i'm at the tail end of my first outbreak. All my sores seem to be gone, at least that I can see. There was at least one I couldn't see but I don't have pain there anymore so i'm assuming it's gone. I'm starting to feel better but there's still these weird kind of phantom pains if I sit down hard or with other types of movements. The pain isn't bad, it almost feels like...a little pinch. Is this normal? How long does it take for an outbreak to completely heal? I know it's different for everyone i'm just trying to figure out if i'm doing something wrong or need to go back to the dr. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
  4. I found a great CBD salve that also contains eucalyptus, both are believed to help with pain and inflammation. I think CBD products are available pretty much everywhere as long as all the THC is removed in states where that is required.
  5. I was just diagnosed on Monday, my outbreak started a week before that. I was doing sitz baths for a while and they helped a little. I took ibuprofen and that worked for a couple days but then seemed to stop (I also don't like taking ibuprofen long term). I don't know where you live but I found an amazing CBD salve that worked SO well, it also contains Eucalyptus, both are believed to help reduce pain and inflammation. I know CBD isn't considered necessarily legal everywhere based on whether or not they removed all the THC, but I do think it's pretty widely available. P.S. I do live in a crazy conservative state where I feel relatively certain that the state government would be going after CBD if it contained THC. I mean, Utah...enough said, right? I agree with KRS17 about lysine. After I started the valtrex it seemed to not really be doing anything at all for me, I was getting more sores, I called my Dr. and she said to just keep going and it would eventually help. But I kept reading about lysine and thought that it couldn't hurt. It's been 3 days since I started taking it and all my sores are gone. I read a lot of people's comments about how much to take and it seemed like people who took higher doses felt like they saw better results (I'm taking 3500mg a day, but will probably reduce it to 1500mg after I'm all cleared up to help with supression) I certainly can't say that it was because of the lysine, it could be that the valtrex finally caught up to my viral load, but I guess I would at least recommend that you give it a try, it can't hurt and it doesn't break the bank.
  6. Yes, I am sure. I specifically asked for the herpes test before when I got the negative result. In fact, I get a lot of ingrown hairs and I've been swabbed multiple times with negative results because they basically do the herpes swab if there are ever any bumps down there. I get the full STI screening that I know doesn't include herpes every year, in fact, I had just had my yearly exam and testing 3 weeks before this, but that one did not include herpes.
  7. Hi Amando, Thank you! Well, I'm glad I sound reasonable, I might classify it more as...mercurial...one minute I'm sobbing, the next minute I know it's going to be fine, and the next I'm calling myself a sexual leper, etc... but at the end of the day, there's nothing I can do at this point but accept it and let it go. Based on what I've read so far on this forum it seems like everyone's experience is very unique so I have to just wait and see how it will play out for me (how many/how severe/how often will my outbreaks be), which is what feels the scariest to me right now. It would be easier if someone could just tell me how it's going to be (I've always struggled in situations that I can't control). Thank you so much for your advice. That's exactly what I did last night. I actually told him to come over and we'd order dinner and watch a game. I'm not sure I could have asked for a better experience honestly. I just said I have to tell you something and he said 'are you pregnant?' and I said 'oh god no'. Then I just said it straight out, and yes his eyes got really wide and I thought he was going to have a heart attack for about a couple minutes. I said, do you want to ask me questions? Do you want me to explain more? He said, give me just a second to process, then he looked over at me and said, ok, now let's talk this through cause I admit I'm not really knowledgeable about it. We sat and talked and read stuff and he even said...so...I could have given it to you. I said sure, that's a possibility. At the end he said, "so, it's kinda like sexual chicken pox that can just come back and people must just freak out about it because it's transferred through sexual contact I guess." I actually feel so much better about everything today. I am not good at lying so it was stressing me out to keep acting like everything was fine knowing I needed to tell him. And his reaction was kind of reassuring that not everyone will run away from me. Thank you so much for your response.
  8. I was just diagnosed and also just started up laser hair removal the week before my first outbreak. I called the clinic and talked to the Dr. at the Plastic Surgery clinic and he said that yes, laser can cause an outbreak because the laser can irritate the nerves, but that he's had many people not have any issues as long as they are taking suppressive medication. That's what my own Dr. said, and what I've read on every site I can find. My next appt is in 2.5 weeks, as long as I'm healed up from this outbreak I plan on keeping the appt., my Dr. immediately started me on a suppressive regimen after the first 7 days. If you'd like, I can let you know how it goes? I prepaid for all the treatments so I really don't want to stop.
  9. I was just diagnosed with HSV-2 on Monday. I have only had one partner in the last month or so and I actually had taken a year off from sex prior to starting this relationship (due to a bad relationship). I know for sure I was negative 18 months ago, because I was tested at the end of my bad relationship cause he was a cheating loser. I know it's impossible to know how we really got it, but given the situation, it's certainly possible that it was from my current partner. I am looking for advice on how to break the news. I am honestly not interested in trying to accuse him, it seems a moot point now. My outbreak started about 3 days after the last time we were together and I've been putting him off since then. But I can't deal with making up lies anymore, and I just want to get it done. Any advice on how to bring it up? At this point, I'm leaning towards, just saying it straight out and letting his response dictate the rest of the conversation. Thoughts? Suggestions?
  10. So, I just found out I have herpes (HSV-2) yesterday. I'd love to have a buddy who I could talk to and ask questions, so preferably someone who has had it for a while. I keep being told that it doesn't change who I am, but I've always been super comfortable with my sexuality, so I'm having a hard time understanding how it won't affect who I am because I consider that a part of me. I'm female, but don't necessarily have a preference for a buddy. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also, any advice on how to break the news to my current partner? Since it seems like we can't really know how we got it, I don't want to accuse, but also, he's the first partner I've had in a year (I took a break from sex after a really bad break up), so it seems...certainly possible.
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