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I am thankful for this place, because I feel at last I fit somewhere. I have a deep connection with a whole group of people on here that I have never had before in my life. I feel I am understood !! maybe its because like Areal I am finally finding my true self and accepting me, and you have all helped me tremendously. Your words of encouragement help eliminate my self doubt that creeps back up from time to time, and Areal when you told me to stop apologising for sabotaging a post , I realised that yet again I am acting out learnt behaviour from childhood. Saying sorry for who I am in the fear people will be thinking negative things about me and wondering who do I think I am ..bla bla.. so thanks for making me realise that and snapping it in the bud. I am thankful to my son who grounds me and makes me want to do the best I can. He makes me laugh and he pulls me up when I'm being ridiculous, and he helps me live in the present and keeps me on my toes. Im thankful to my sister who is also my best friend and is the one person who does understand and get me. I love her so much and miss her dearly. I am thankful for flights, because she is flying back home for Christmas yey yey I am thankful for chocolate, ice cream, quotes, shoes and the occasional vodka and coke ! I am thankful to my true friends who have stuck by me through good and bad I'm thankful for life lessons I have learnt I am thankful for books, my legs and lungs to run, my eyesight and hearing I am thankful I have a job I love which also make me grateful for what I have health wise. I am thankful I have a roof over my head. I am thankful for my mum. She is a super grandma and try so hard. I'm thank full for laughter because it is the best medicine going :-D

Oww Areal, you've gone and made my eyes fill up again !!! that's so lovely of you to say. And you sound like a very good mum, I'm sure when ever that opening comes, they will handle it, because of the way you are with them. Oh and we are deffo kindred spirits in trying to be open and honest with our kids. I'd love to come to one of the weekends too.....bit of a trek for me though :-(

Oww that's lovely, thank you to you too :-D :-D x

well done and good luck xx

Are you talking about my quote addiction, or my shoe addiction or have you discovered my secret chocolate addiction ! Seriously I am addicted, I love the positivity of this place, you should be proud of yourself for creating it MR ! Peach I have your message and will be replying when my son gives me a moment and stops nagging me to use the laptop. xx

Yeey Yeey Yeey :-)) :-)) :-)) See Newton was right !!! Massive Hugs I'm so happy for you. I've gone from choking up watching the autism clip to grinning from ear to ear xx

I've had breakouts while on my period and been fine using tampons !

That clip just made me choke up..what is it with this forum.. I'm always crying.. In a good way :-) And the positive impact this place has on many of us in my eyes deserves recognition. The founder needs a knighthood .. Rise sir MR H opp !! :-) Areal, we once again share similar stories '"I'm most ashamed of degraded love, sought only out of absolute desperation to feel young, beautiful and ALIVE again! Never mind the fact that I didn't seek it until after I moved out & their dad and I were already working through our divorce. I'm just still feeling shame when I think of them knowing that I gave myself to someone of no good character, and he gave me H... " We are again kindred spirits in our feelings towards our children knowing. My son is only ten, so I don't think this is the correct time for me !

Sent peach ! :-) xx and thanks for translation WCSDancer :-) Gosh I love this site..I am afraid I may be becoming addicted.. I had slight withdrawals last night, not coming on :-O x

could be , hot water bottle and paracetamol ! x

I've not had stomach pains, but sound like it could be connected to stress . I have recently started qigong meditation again ( its a type of standing energy balancing meditation ) I find it really helps de stress me ! x

:D :D :D yey yey yey This is fantastic !!

Thanks wonderful ( my new name for you :-) ) I will check the supplements out ! although I will be rattling soon, along with my med and all the other supplements ! I have being taking L-Lysine but its like swallowing a bloody horse pill :-0

perfect sense ! :-) I think you could well be right ! its become a vicious cycle then ! I really need to meditate more often :-)

duppystrangler when I read this there were many parts where I thought you were talking about me. You have overcome so many things and this makes you a strong person. You can conquer this skin condition too. And you just have to read some of the success story's on here of people finding true love after herpes. A more trusting deeper kind of love that herpes has strangely actually contributed to. When you have healed you will move on. You can and will overcome this and be happy. You have a future. In the meantime do what you have always done.. be strong like some of the other amazing women on here such as WCSDancer and Lexis ( that story is amazing, so proud of you Lexi ) You have support on here and can rant and vent and seek encouragement and love any time. big hugs I posted this before but I love it and it helps me !! listen to the words and believe in them xxx PM me any time xx

Awww that's fabulous. This will one day happen to me too . I'm sure of it. Thanks for sharing and giving me hope !! . I'm reading such nice stories on here tonight. I'm happy and you know it :-) big hugs

Hi Judith, thanks for replying. Yes the first outbreak I was terrible flu like ect. But this doesn't seem to be linked to H outbreaks its just constant niggling things like sore throat, runny nose, sick bugs ect ect ! I try eat healthy and don't drink in excess ( well every now and again) like you say I think I'm just open to other infections and I've just started working in a school, so I'm probably picking up all sorts of new infections from the kids!! Its doing my head in now though because I'm not usually an ill person arrhhhh !

Awww this is lovely. I really enjoyed reading this, and I hope you will keep us updated ! Its made me more confident that I will find this type of connection one day and that H may actually be the one thing that allows me to find that. because as you say "its more than just talking about herpes...it's about rediscovering ourselves" I am definitely starting to discover my self, and the support from people on here is helping me do that ! I think it may be the turning point in my life that I needed. Onwards and upward ! Thanks for sharing :-) :-)

This made me smile. Than you for sharing. :-)

Ok, so I was wondering if anyone else keeps getting ill ( common cold ect) It seems that since I got diagnosed in June I just keep getting mild ailments. I shift one and as soon as I do, I'm hit with something else. I cant work out if its linked to my immune being low previous to H ( hence ending up with it in the first place) or that because my body is now busy fighting H I have minimum defence for anything else that comes along ! Its becoming very annoying and interfering with my running ect. Is anyone else experiencing the same ?

Smiles, I want to send you a big fat cyber hug. Your in a good place here, there are some really great people on this forum that will help support you. Try reading the who made a mess thread. The quotes help me change my outlook on things, when I'm having a wobble XX http://herpeslife.com/herpes-forum/discussion/303/who-made-the-mess-and-other-inspirational-quotes-/p1

Aww thanks Peach, that's very nice of you to say and made me smile :-)

well maybe Ill be brave enough for the billboard at some point. Baby steps for now. Thanks again for your words of wisdom and encouragement. I've being walking around with a smile on my face since yesterday. And I have now got James Brown " " I feel Good" going on in my head !! owwwww I may even put it on, not listened to that album in years :-)

Equanimous I love your analogies. You are so positive, I need a small version of you to carry around in my pocket for when my self destructive gremlin takes over my mind !

:-) thanks for your support, just look what an impact your having already. I'm so glad you joined this forum. You are truly amazing :-)