canadianflyguy

Hi, I’m from Ontario and 22. I came to this site thinking I had the H back when I was 19, Fast forward to 22. And alas, it happens. Anyways would love to get in touch with other people In the province.

Tempest is a great game too! I think the most amusing thing I ever saw was when I came into a room at a party, and was greeted by a smoke cloud and two of my friends sitting there playing pong (pretty high I may add) like it was an intense tournament. Anyone here ever rock the Karaoke machines? I love them! so much that I ended up buying one for 50$

@inka LOL! I remember when we had music class and we all had to learn to play that stupid recorder. hated that thing. But I did love the tuba, I could make so many people laugh with that........ which got me kicked out of that class a few times. I also used to play the keyboard, but i sold it. My guitars is where it's at.

Hey there, I just contracted it almost the exact way you did. I used protection and everything and still I got it! But trust me, when I say that you will find somebody I mean it, just never give up. I can relate to you because I got it this year at the same age as you. Though I was drunk and made a bad call with a girl I shouldn't have. But even through that bullshit I can assure you that people will want you. As a matter of fact, from the stories on here it actually brings people closer. If you want someone to go through this with, i'd be more than happy to be your support. Cheers!

The Les Paul was a graduation gift from my father

I play both acoustic and electric. My acoustic is a John Lennon Epiphone (can plug into an amp) and my electric is a Gibson Les Paul

I play guitar. As a matter of fact the only three things of mine that survived the fire were my three guitars. You wouldn't believe the crowd you can get going when you play some guitar at a party. I'm a lover of music, all kinds of music. Though when I'm feeling depressed and I'm having negative thoughts I just put this song on.

Ever since I was 14 I thought Princess Peach was fooling around on Mario. Why do you think she gets kidnapped all the time

I'm playing Asteroids right now tbh

I used to have a Sega Genesis, NES, SNES, Xbox 360, and a PS3 before the house fire not to mention a shit ton of games and a few rare ones like a Legend Of Zelda gold cartridge with the instruction manual.

I had a super nintendo..... well until my house burned down :( Thing was still in the box in mint condition too

You know what, I may just start a thread for the people who are gamers who have herpes. It might make it easier for the few of us who do as games really help.

Hi I'm a guy who likes to make people laugh and also to party from time to time. I live in a small town, In which when a party goes on i'm the life of it. I love to play guitar and I love almost any kind of music. I People tell me that I should either do stand up or do my own comedy skits; as a matter of fact, a few friends of mine and me want to do a few. I'm the kind of guy that almost everybody gets along with and I'm a huge gamer. I just contracted this just a month ago but after everything else i've dealt with I think I can handle this minor thing. Also not going to lie, I use marijuana as a stress relief (as I believe that It does a lot more good then it does damage, I mean a fair bit of my friends have gotten into harder drugs and here I am. After everything still on the same thing as before). Anyone game on PS4? I'm a huge Grand Theft Auto fan and it has been the ultimate stress relief when i'm going through stressful times. By the way if anyone has a PS4 here, Grand Theft Auto V is amazing on the PlayStation 4 and as someone who played it on both systems I can tell you there is a huge difference,

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Bro, I'm going to tell you to get yourself tested. It's better to know that you have herpes and not AIDS or HIV. And if you have herpes it's nothing really to the thousands of other things you can get in this lovely planet. Plus you don't want to spread that shit to other people. Especially if it's something serious. Probably not because I know nobody that's got HIV or anything like that (So please don't panic) so you have a good chance there. And even if you got Genital Herpes, you got a skin condition that rears it's ugly head every once every few times per year, and as the years progress it happens less and less. Sure it's a pain right now, but life could throw way worse obstacles in your life, and that's just life. Think of it this way, you can still get a job with herpes and live a completely normal life. The only reason people are afraid of it is because of a fear mongering campaign started by Burroughs Wellcome to sell their shit. before that, nobody really cared. It's just a cold sore on your genitals, so what's so scary about that. You could have way worse happen to you my friend. Many hugs to you

It's funny how they can sell you a 20$ product that works just as good as a 6$ product.

So i'm having a cold sore outbreak right now and it seems like it's the worst one I ever have had (keep in mind I haven't had one in years) and to be honest, Genital herpes is okay I mean shit, yeah I got to disclose that with every partner I have but at least it's not seen. But these cold sores are more than just one at this point and my question is, is there anything I can do to hide it in some way?

Also, If that is the only thing on your mind all the time I have some advice, get into a hobby. or more than one hobby. I find that with my mental illnesses, hobbies are a great way to relieve stress. I personally use gaming as my way to get away from it all, and anime. I go to conventions and they're cool.

@WCSDancer2010 I was going to go back to the shell I was once in before but then I realized, That would just be Pre-k to grade 9 all over again. And I sure as shit don't want that again! Plus as I reflected on everything else, I realized that I had these exact same thoughts when I was told I had aspergers.

Just to add one last thing, The stigma comes from the media. The media wants you to buy from big pharma. And if we go by the media's standards: 1. You look horrible in these clothes, here buy some expensive stuff from Abercrombie & Fitch 2. You look horrible without makeup, here buy some of these expesive shades of lipstick and acne cream to look beautiful 3. You are a loser for being different, listen to what we have to say to be accepted by society 4. Televangelist tells you that they can clear you of your sins and can perform the miracles of god. So send 10$ to the church of the sacred bleeding heart of Jesus, located somewhere in Los Angeles, California (Rolling Stone reference anyone) and have you seen the vehicles and homes some of these ministers on TV own? I'm talking Porsche and Mercedes! Not really that honest about where your money is going......... 5. You have herpes, and that makes you a horrible person. So buy our pills that cause you to have liver problems and all the other side affects that make you need to take even more pills! AND TEH MARIJUANAS IS BAD BAD BAAAAAAD! so we'll use our legal drug money to keep that illegal. If you are living you life under the way the media wants you to, you will forever be a slave to these big corporations. I for one buy all my shirts from underground places in Toronto cause A) they're cheap and B) Why am I paying 100$ for a hoodie that is basically just an advertisement? They can pay me to wear those shirts before I pay them!

Hello my friend, May I suggest you read my post? http://herpeslife.com/herpes-forum/discussion/4816/words-of-wisdom-from-somebody-who-was-recently-diagnosed-with-hsv-1-oral-and-probably-genital-too#Item_1 I just got it this year and I'd be more than happy to have you as a friend to chat with and go through with this together.

When I was first told I have oral herpes and that I may have genital too my inital reaction was something along the lines of this..... When I first got told I had HSV-1, I panicked. I thought that nobody would love me or care for me again. I bought into the stigma that is the media realizing that I was doing the exact thing that I was preaching against before herpes, buying into the media. If you think of it, the media and TV is mainly 5 to 6 companies that own everything! (or if your Canadian like me 2 to 3 companies). I realized that i've been through way worse in my life and I am still here. Through Pre-School to Grade 9 I was picked on almost every day because of a jaw disfigurement that I had as a kid which caused me to drool. Everyday they would call me "Drool boy" or "drool kid" and many other things. as the years progressed, things only got worse for me in public school. I had trouble admitting this before because I felt people would treat me like i'm stupid for this or look at me in a different way but now i'm more than happy to admit it *deep breath*, I have Aspergers syndrome which is a functioning form of Autism. I hated myself for it when I was younger because I was socially awkward and I made it worse by trying to fit in. By Grade 7 I was put in a different school with a principal that didn't give two shits about bullying and usually punished the victim and favored the bully. I was super depressed to the point that I was ready to kill someone or kill myself. But I didn't and with the help of a mentor, who helped me with my social skills. I started to gain some of my confidence back. It was hard cause every day I was beaten and made fun of. Then in Grade 8 I went back to my original school where things were better, but I was pretty antisocial. The bullying got to me. but I gritted my teeth through it and graduated public school with the few friends I had standing next to me. I've been through a lot as a child. I was physically, emotionally, and even sexually abused once. I didn't really see my father because he rode off on a bike when I was little (like real young 3-4) and I didn't see him that often because he was "too busy with work". come to think of it, I originally got cold sores from him while he was with strippers. but then something changed by Grade 10, I suddenly realized that I was not being myself in the process of "Fitting in" and in the end I was dressing like the preppy kids too. So I stopped caring and did what I liked and wanted to do. I started going to comedy groups and we did skits together that made people laugh. and even though some kids didn't like me for being different, I didn't care. And I kept to what I wanted to do, AND IT WORKED! more people liked me than ever and I made some seriously solid friends that are still good friends to this day. and this year alone so much happened. I lost my virginity to a girl I was in a relationship with until she left me cause I wasn't going to change my entire life (she wanted me to choose her over my friends, quit partying "Sidenote I only partied once a month when I was with her and she REFUSED to hang with my friends always", and smoking weed which personally with all the SHIT i've gone through is a real good stress relief). I was depressed so I drank and had a one night stand and now I got these cold sores on my face, and if the test results are positive I may have gotten genital herpes too. and the cherry on top of all of this is the home I lived in with my Mom BURNED DOWN TO THE FUCKING GROUND! and I lost everything I had collected over the years including the scrapbooks with memories, and my prized gaming collection (I'm a HUGE gamer so I had collected many of consoles and games over the years. Including two different gold Zelda cartridges for the original NES which were worth over 100$ but it was priceless to me as a family hand me down). the only thing that survived the fire were my three guitars which I cherish. My point to this is, I've been through all this and I'm still standing with my middle finger still stuck up at those who judge me. So what the fuck is herpes really? a harmless skin condition that well yes, it's lifelong. but if I look back at all the stuff that I've lived through I think to myself. "at least it isn't going to disable me" and "I could have gotten way worse so this was just another life lesson to not screw around with people I randomly hook up with". As I said i've been beaten, tormented, physically, emotionally and sexually abused and I'm still standing here with my pride! So I ask again what is herpes really. A skin condition that rears it ugly head once every few months and lasts for a couple of weeks at the beginning. I'm a survivor. And even though I needed therapy as crutches to use until I was able to walk again. Herpes won't define me as it hasn't defined all you lovely and beautiful people. If anything I love it because before I was judgmental about things like this. and it taught me not to judge. Cause you people are some of the sweetest and most kind people out there. As a matter of fact, writing this whole thing has taken a lot of stress away from the thought as I look back and reflect on all the obstacles I've climbed over. On the first day or so I thought "My dick is going to fall off" and "Nobody will want to hang with me with a fucking cold-sore! until I saw others with them. People can make jokes about Herpes around me and I don't get super offended. mainly cause I love offensive humor and I crack jokes about almost everything (I.E. celebrities die and I've cracked a joke about them. Like Amy Winehouse overdosing when I said "Welp, she said she wasn't going to rehab") so what makes this so special and so sensitive to joke about too, that's just falling into the stigma. Now looking at this outbreak on my face (there is more than one sore), I realized that this is no worse than it was when I got it back in public school. The only difference is (And thank god) I'm 19 now and people don't judge like we did back then. I mean my buddy from public school patted me on the shoulder and said exactly that "Just like Grade 5 eh?" meaning that some people have seen me with a cold sore before. just not since public school. So I don't think people are going to judge me for that way too much. Chris Hadfield said it best: "The next time you walk into a spider web, you don't need to panic and go into with your caveman reaction. The danger is entirely different from the fear" if I could underline any part of that is "The danger is entirely different from the fear" because that is exactly the same as herpes. The danger is minimal, you get an irritation. The true killer is the fear you get which can lead to suicide in some if they let it get to them too much. As someone who is suffering from way more than one mental illness (Depression, ADHD, Aspergers, Severe Anger, and mood swings which I am taking pills for that control it, though I may go for my green card), herpes is truly nothing compared to everything else. The link is to Chris Hadfields speech from TED Talks. Truly inspirational about facing your fears. Hugs all around to all of you. And having you people here for support has really eased me about this quicker than It would have before the internet. cause I realize i'm not alone. Far from it actually!

it hasn't tested positive yet, just the blood test. but at this point I can't think of anything else that it could be.

I'm having an OB on my face and I still want to go to my local employment office and look for a job. Is it still possible?

I did end up with a sore and they swabbed it. At this point these sores lead to no other thing. blood test says I have it and now this!?