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Wildrose

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  1. Thanks for your response @Optimist. He has been tested twice and remains negative. I did not know it was prevalent in my age group. I think the fact that we share the same group of friends with a lot of common interests and activities makes it hard to avoid each other and difficult for us despite our incompatible issues. I realize it is easier for me to risk a familiar rejection than a new one, but am trying to move on. Based on your experience I will ask again about the antiviral meds.
  2. I found out I had hsv2 when I was pregnant with my second child who just turned 33 this month. My husband was also tested at that time and we found it was not the first case for either one of us. We figured we had it before we were married, no blame involved, and moved on. Looking back, I remembered a weekend camping and boating trip shortly after we were dating with a terrible "yeast infection" that became very painful. I attributed it to being in a wet bathing suit constantly that weekend but that was probably my first ob. We were lucky in that neither one of us had frequent obs and it was not an issue in our relationship. Sadly, my beautiful husband died suddenly 11 years ago. I had long forgotten about H. That is until I began dating a few years ago. Since I have not had any symptoms or outbreaks in many years I did not expect it to be the issue that it is. When I finally met a man who I wanted to be intimate with and told him about my history, he had a difficult time. We tried using condoms, but the fact that shedding can occur with no symptoms, and not always in areas protected by a condom, he was never comfortable (he is admittedly a hypochondriac). We are still close friends, and have tried dating on and off several times over the past three years, but always end of breaking it was off because he is so afraid of catching the virus. Then I feel totally rejected for months. If we decide to date him again, or I date anyone else for that matter, I think it might help if we went to talk to an expert together so he could get better educated about the reality of the virus rather than the hysteria of it. My few and far between outbreaks were only an annoyance. So my question is where is the best place that we could go for reliable, up to date information? OB? Planned parenthood (that seems silly since I'm in my 60s, LOL? Also, I did talk to my OB doc about suppression meds but she said if I'm not having any outbreaks there is no reason for it. Is that true? Wouldn't that lessen the frequency of shedding?
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