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Yeah itching during the healing process is normal. Especially when they scab up. Itching usually means it is healing actually.. I think about when I have a cut and when i have a cut it starts itching when it scabs.. That is a good sign ! (: You can use some cream they say aloe cream, but to be completely honest I use bag balm and coconut oil. That helps me. I am a huge believer in bag balm for everything !

That is probably why you see a higher rate of women on these kind of forums than you do men... Most of my friends that have admitted that they too have herpes... I think only one of them were men.. Even still some of those people didn't know the type they had, the transmition rates.. They still weren't educated... I had to educate them myself about it..

Dancer I swear I look up to you so much ! I want to be able to coach people just like you do.. You always have the best idea's and best answers. I always take everything in, even if it's not intended for me at all.. You just always make me think! I am pretty sure a lot of people feel this way as well.

True. It could be herpes related and it could not be herpes related. There are a lot of things that go on, on our skin.. Kinda like my first initial outbreak, they couldn't see anything because it was under the skin. It didn't come out fully.

I am not used to getting any sort of surgery done at all. I only had my tonsils taken out when i was 7 years old and now im 20 years old crying like a big baby because my wisdom teeth got taken out.

You should be able to keep it down to a minimum outbreak. Especially since you are type 1.. Type 1 tends to have less outbreaks on your genitals than type 2 does. I have type 2. I have only had to OB's so far.

I have been sleeping all day long.. I have to more to get taken out next week. D: I feel like this will never end !

Yeah it can take a while for it to come up positive. My doctor said that I could have been exposed to it a lot longer when it came up positive, because it can take up to 6 months for it to come back positive.

@Kathy ! Welcome. I am glad that you are here and that you have been lurking. I am pretty sure there are a lot of people that are lurking around. I know at first I was thinking the same thing.. How can these people possibly be happy with having H... But I know that I am happy and positive about my H. Of course it doesn't define you. You are you. (: I am glad that you posted here. (: I have an amazing boyfriend who does not have H.. He has been very supportive of me.. and he still wants to be with me.. Our relationship and bond has become a lot stronger ever since I told him that I have herpes.. because if I can tell him that then I can tell him anything.

Got my wisdom teeth taken out. I have been getting herpes prodrome symptoms ... Could it be the stress? Also i wanna reply to everyone but i keep falling asleep due to pain meds..

I have never actually tried an FC2 myself, but I heard they are great.

L lysine.. Not allies

I had a doctors appointment with my actual doctor today and he wanted to take me off the suppressive therapy and wanted me to switch to just l lysine. he wants me to keep the acyclovir strictly for 1 I'm having a breakout. he told me about a study that was done in Harvard University where they did tests of L lysine which stated that L lysine was a better suppressive therapy van acyclovir itself. he reduced my acyclovir to 400 milligrams and told me to take a thousand milligrams of allies in a day. I also got a nother blood test done today.

I wil reply back to this in the morning. I cant stay awake

from what I know about supplements you want to use L lysine because it is all natural and their body absorbs it better. also everybody's body react differently to different supplements and different medication you can try it and see how it works for you my grandfather said he takes a thousand milligrams of L lysine a day and it helps him from getting a break out on his mouth now my grandfather gave me a bottle of L lysine to start off with because I'm on suppressive therapy and he wants me to eventually get off the suppressive therapy. I also use organic cold pressed coconut oil it has natural antiviral properties I use 3 teaspoons a day to eat and I learned this from dancer thank God I do a mixture of organic coconut oil and organic tea tree well whenever I'm having an outbreak and I put it on the outbreak unless its like inside the vagina or something and I it helps dry up and he'll be herpes outbreak faster than the suppressive does alone. I hope that helps. :)

@kanoa (: Welcome. I am glad to hear your story. Yes it has created a much better life for me than before I found out that I have herpes. It helped me weed out a lot of people that I need and don't need in my life. It has made me think about things long term. Like now if I get into a relationship with someone I know that I do not want to jump into things right away like I have before. In the end it honestly made me feel a lot better about myself. It made me tell myself " This is me." It made me think about all the great qualities. I am sure you have alot of great qualities yourself !

@simplyme24 I have found that someone. I didn't even wait five minutes after finding out I have genital HSV-2 to tell him.. He took it in.. Told me not to warp it into my head that he doesn't want me any more. Told me I am amazing. Told me that there is nothing that would lead him away from me. It was a huge relief. I I thought he was just being nice at first and then was going to just disappear later.. but he is still by my side.

Hello and welcome to the forum ! Thank you for coming here and asking questions. We all need support at some points in our life. (: If you are on supressive therapy I think it is actually 1-5% of transmition to your partner without a breakout... But also there are prodrome symptons. It is usually cause by viral shedding. You can pass it on during viral shedding.. I would suggest not having sex for a while even though valentines day is coming up, because it is usually easier to pass it on during the first year of having it. You can also take this time of not having sex to get to know your own body. You can usually tell when you are going to have an outbreak, or when you are having podrome symptons. Yes, you can pass it to your mouth, but luckily HSV-1 will most likely not look like HSV-2. Just a few cold soars here and there. You can use like Abreva or something. That usually helps. I hope I helped a bit. (:

D: Awwh.

;D So what was that buddy ol pal ?

;D Whatever you say Herry.

I know the game is not nearly over yet, but it's really looking like you guys need that L-Lysine ;D Just kidding. Keep up the good work everyone !

Yes I do understand what you are saying.. It is a lot to process.. Eventually it is something you will barely think about.

I really hope all works out. I am happy that you are able to come out with your condition and you helped me learned about something else today. Made me aware of more possibilities that could happen in life. @Whatsallthehubbub Lol. I guess we do ! I consider sex as a part of the living, breathing, eating category.. I guess your right though.. If given the choices food would be my priority.

This will not define you. You will always be who you truly are inside. (: