golddust086

Lol. I know, I know... I don't want to blame everything on me having herpes. I know my body is obviously reacting to something negative. I do have my doctors appointment tomorrow and I took pictures to show him what it looks like. They are just hives, but it has gotten bad enough to where it felt like my hand was on fire one time...I honestly just don't know what it is that's why I was curious if this could be associated with herpes. I started an allergy medication and I'm going to stay on it so I can control the hives. I just thought it was weird. My body has been playing tricks on me these past few months. I'll wait to see what my doc says because I'm all over the place with this one :/ I have kept Dex away from though bc the meds have already been applied, but I'm going to ask the doctor for a referral to an allergist or whoever can determine what it is because they come up so randomly at the worst times! I've had them come up at work and that's not good...I'm sure it is something in plain sight, but I just can't figure this one out.

O.K. this is really weird...back in May, I was at home, chillin' out with my dog Dex and on that particular day, I had changed my dogs flea medication. So, it was late at night I couldn't sleep and I had him on my bed and I was letting him lay on me and I was petting him until I finally kicked him off the bed because I was getting tired. In the middle of the night I felt itchy on my upper thigh under my butt and so I began to scratch and soon realized, my butt and upper thigh were covered in hives! So this persists for almost two months. At random times I would break out into hives. They would start in a particular area and then move up or down my body. I only suppressed with them Benadryl because that was literally the only thing that made them go down. Even when I was hospitalized with my H outbreak they had an Ivy pumping Acyclovir in me and I would sometimes have hives come up on my foot or knee but they would swell like really bad. O.K. well yesterday I started Dex on that flea medication again. It lasts a mo. and today and last night I had random hives come up. But last week I also had them come up on my hands. I'm trying to figure out if this is a heat thing while I'm laying in bed or an allergic reaction because even before I found out I had HSV I was having these hives come up they went down with benadryl and I actually spoke to a dr. and she said it could be Dex's flea med. . But I'm also curious if this is a sign of an outbreak because my period is coming up. I read that hives could come up with a viral infection such as herpes and this could be chronic idiopathic urticaria. I have a dr. appointment next week and I'll probably be referred to an allergist..But I've had 3 physicians and a guy from the C.D.C. and an emergency surgeon say that they have no idea where or how these hives are coming about. Maybe I'll have better luck with an allergist, but I'm sure this is herpes related. Does this happen to anyone???

I actually found a chart as well, http://www.herpes.com/Nutrition.shtml. I have read that you should do whatever possible to keep herpes dormant. I guess because a lot of people aren't aware if they do have it and because of how easily it is spread, but I am honestly terrified of having having another outbreak. I had never had one until my first outbreak, obviously I was completely unaware that it was there and I ended being hospitalized and literally, I had to teach my body how to eat again because I could not eat anything for almost 2 weeks...it would all come up if I tried to eat. I've never experienced such pain...it was terrible. I do know that stress adds to it so I have taken a work load off to really focus on taking care of myself and my health. Like I said before I'm completely new to this and it almost feels like a fresh start. A good fresh start :) I think I'm going to go with balancing everything out and making sure that I keep eating healthy and every now and then just trying small portions of foods that I know could possibly be a trigger. I guess you'll never really know unless you try so I'm gonna give it a whirl and see if I have any symptoms then I'll pretty much know what's going on with my body.

So, I have been eating extremely healthy since my diagnosis. I researched all the food that I can have and can't have. BUT, this past week I began to eat some foods that have high-arginine levels , in moderation of course. Is this bad? For instance today I ate some yogurt and a banana...some boneless chicken breast with spinach and then later on I ate pizza. Lol. I'm finding myself craving foods that I know could possibly trigger an outbreak. I swear, I would kill for a piece of chocolate cake right now, lol, it's not even funny how bad I want chocolate cake! I have been eating super healthy. I watch my diet and make sure that I'm getting all the right nutrients and keeping my immune system in tip top shape, but is it ok if I splurge every now and then. I will take my acyclovir after I know I ate something I wasn't supposed to and drink lemon water...I just want to make sure that I'm doing the right things to prevent an outbreak. I haven't had one this past week and I have cheated on my "herpes diet" so I'm assuming I'm not over doing it... the thing is I'm not a picky eater. I love food and I love all types of food. I just miss not having to think of what I'm supposed to be eating...Please help. If anyone has any tips or recipes that will make me not miss junk food, like cake or cheeseburgers so much, I would really appreciate it:)

I'm honestly not quite sure how I feel being recently diagnosed with herpes. I guess for me, it almost seems pointless thinking back on my reaction when I first found out because I know the negative is not going to help me move forward and live my life. I've focused on being so hard on myself at times that I know that with this situation I just shouldn't do that because the outcome is never positive when you don't completely love or in my case, care for myself the way that I should have. I know that you must acknowledge your mistakes and I have...I would just like to move forward in whatever way that I can so that I don't feel so ashamed anymore