Well, there has been about a week I've got the call after a culture test came back +. They took some blood too but I haven't seen the results yet, or I'm not even sure if my Doctor ordered an IgG. I'll have to ask but it seems that a culture when positive it's pretty much all one needs to be depressed.
About a year ago I had the same little blister appear around the meatus and the Doctor looked at it and sent for a culture, but it came back negative. Big relief there and basically I had no other symptoms as I can remember, just the itching and the blister which went away with some yeast infection cream. I guess if it was herpes, he cultured late and results were - because of not enough viral material?
Now this time (about a month ago), I started feeling symptoms/pain in some muscles for a while then the small blister came back in the same spot (I'm not sure what came first as symptoms go) so when I went to see the Doc for the pains I showed him the blister and he looked and said it's pretty much certain it was HSV.
I left with a Valtrex prescription for a 2/2 days course even before I got the test results. By then I was feeling back pain and hazy head which made soo difficult to work.
I went to see the Doc for a follow up and because I needed to get a copy of the test. He was pretty nonchalant and just assured me that I had to get my stress level down and be careful with transmission etc. He also asked me if I wanted to be on a suppresive or as needed course of Valtrex. I told him that I wasn't sure and he prescribed me a month's worth.
Now I've been so bummed, I have no idea where I got this and could had been with an older GF but I'm not sure.
This whole couple of weeks have been devastating for me. I'm not sure what to expect, I've been reading so much about it looking for inputs from people in the same situation and I would like to get counseling but I'm not sure how to look for that or if health plans cover it.
I heard yoga is a very nice way to deal with stress and angst that follows this diagnose. Trying to be healthy in all aspects so the immune system gets stronger and hopefully settles and controls the outbreaks.
I'm just so in awe, its' been a rough ride for sure.
Nice to be here.