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Thank you for your reply! I was very glad to see two helpful replies on my post. My dr did none of that. And did not swab for anything else. I am really hoping I can at least start to feel physically normal again, it’s been almost 4 weeks. I feel like I can’t even work on my mental situation

I do know he was unfaithful. The test I had last year was a blood test which was negative and this one was a swab which was positive. The doctor told me that would mean he cheated and it was recently, told me 1 in 4 women would have it if she swabbed everyone, gave me 10 day antivirals and that’s it. When they called me to tell me it was positive they said if I ever have an outbreak again call for a refill on the antivirals. And that’s it no other information or anything! So all of that I really am not sure about! I guess that’s one reason I’ve been so in my head about everything because I’ve had no one to talk to, my doctor didn’t even explain anything or really talk about it

I am almost 5 years into being married to my husband, he has cheated and I just got a positive result for HSV2 a few weeks ago. He has said he has not had an outbreak and can’t believe it. But I did, and I had no idea what I was experience would be this. I’m heartbroken and really struggling. I have dealt with so much from my husband that I have not deserved, but I always knew at the end of the day no matter what he did to me or said to me, I could always be true to myself and the person I am, but it feels like now he’s taken that from me as well. He has left me emotionally, mentally, and now physically damaged forever. I feel like it’s my fault because I should’ve left him before this could happen. I have just tried so hard to keep my family together. I feel like a failure and I feel like a victim of so many things because of him and I don’t want to feel that way. My doctor’s office gave me some information but not much. Just gave me 10 day course of antivirals, called me with positive results and said if an outbreak happens again call for a refill. The outbreak was so painful and I felt terrible with fever, I lost nearly 15 lbs in a week. I’m just trying so hard to feel better but I feel so low with no escape. I am still experiencing things that I don’t know are normal or what they mean because like I said, there wasn’t much talk about symptoms or what to expect. I definitely feel like the outbreak isn’t exactly over I feel far from normal. How long did your first one last? How do you know it’s going away? How do you keep them from coming back? I do plan on consulting a therapist and possibly another doctor for more insight, but I really wanted to hear from people who understand.