LoveChild90

Thank you again! I do feel a little bit better by coming to this site and reading the support forums. It gives me a little bit hope that I can live a normal life. Herpes has such a bad stigma to it. It is more a psychological/emotional disease because of the stigma. It's only a skin condition just like chicken pox.

Thank you so much WCSDancer. That's exactly how I got it via oral sex. He had an outbreak on his mouth a few months later after my first outbreak. He never had any symptoms before. He felt horrible about giving it to me and he said he would never leave me but things change :(. It sucks that most STI panels do not include herpes. This could have been prevented. I know this will take time for me to get over my ex and to accept my diagnosis.

For two years, I dated a wonderful guy. We both got tested for STI's and everything came out negative. About 3 months into the relationship, I got diagnosed with genital hsv1. It was hard at first but it got easier because I still loved the guy and accepted my condition. Fast forward 2 years later, we are broken up. I feel so alone right now. Knowing that I have ghsv1 is really starting to bother me. I don't know if I could ever date again because I'm scared of rejection. I only had 2 outbreaks ever since I've been diagnosed. The Valtrex works for me. How can I move on from here? I still love my ex and I do miss him. It hurts me that we do not talk anymore. I am 25 years old by the way. I really could use some support from this group. It's been a month since we've broken up and I still cry everyday.

So I had protected sex and unprotected oral sex with a hsv infected male, I started freaking out when I saw red bumps on the mons pubis about 7 weeks after the possible exposure. It was a little itchy too. Additionally, my right groin lymph node was swollen. I would also get a few fever blisters in the mouth every now and then.I decided to get tested only for hsv-2. It came out negative, but that still didn't relieve my worries. 15 weeks after the possible exposure, I got the same red bumps on the mons pubis and it was a little itchy. It did go away in like 4 days. I decided to get tested again (15 weeks after possible exposure) for both hsv-1 and hsv-2. They both came out negative. I did the HerpeSelect test from Quest Diagnostics. How conclusive are my results? Do I have herpes? Are these symptoms of herpes? I keep thinking I still have it. My anxiety is super high right now. Should I get retested again? Also, today some red bumps started to appear right below my butt. I noticed this today...some of them are scabs and the rest are just red bumps. It might be a rash...not sure. I am so worried!!