The discharge that she had on day 6 after exposure lasted the 6 and 7th day then she hasn't had any symptoms since then but again she took acyclovir the evening of the 6th day 400mg, 7th day morning 400mg, 8th day 400mg morning, 9th day 400mg morning then stopped. She had her cycle 16 days after she stopped the acyclovir that was late by 10 days. She didn't have any symptoms during that time either. From my readings it would seem at ghsv1 can lay dormite longer and is easier to suppress with antivirals. I keep reading that there hasn't been a documented case of hand transmitting herpes but then I read testomony by people that say it happened. One of them was on Terri's site that seemed very likely but was not confirmed or documented. It was mutual masterbation where the uninfected person became infected with hsv2. I feel my surgery is what triggered my outbreak. I really wish I hadn't been so careless.