GoodIntentions

Congrats, I'm sure it feels like a huge weights been lifted off of you. I would love to follow your lead but Im not sure I'm ready.

Welcome to the site. Glad to hear your new BF is a great guy, I hope he helps you forget all about the jerk you were with and move forward with your life. Wish you the best.

Thank you all for the replies and thank you for the positive influence. This site is great and full of information each day I seem to feel a little better on whole. Of course I have my moments (I originally posted this during one). Reading up on the forums is truly inspirational.

PB thanks so much for the reply. I am trying my best to keep occupied and not think too much about it all. I really have to start focusing my energy on all the good in my life.

Also thought I should mention I had full panel including herpes 1 and 2 about a month before my risky encounter and all tests came back negative. I have been on daily valtrex since I got my small OB. Should I stop taking them for awhile before my antibody test? Will they alter my results? I'm scared to stop taking them I already feel like it's all over me but not showing blisters. I think I may be going a little crazy. Sorry if I sound nuts. Thanks for all your help.

Thanks for the post forgiveness. I'm hoping this gets better in time. I can't help but think all the worst.

Dancer thank you so much for your reply. I was seeing a girl for some time who has hsv1 orally. Also about 5 weeks before my 1st OB I had brief unprotected oral and genital rubbing with a new girl in an attempt to get an erection so I could put a condom on. The encounter was uncomfortable and i could not get erect therefore intercourse did not occur. I always wear condoms but the risky genital rubbing is what I believe may be the cause. I'm finding it hard to get through my days right now. I feel like I let myself down. Thanks again for your reply.

I've been going crazy these past 2months. I have been diagnosed at an urgent care by a visual inspection. They did not have swab kits to type so for now it just herpes simplex. Thing is my OB was a small blister smaller than the fingernail on my pinky finger on my stomach to the left of my belly button at about the same elevation. I followed up with an infectious disease expert who said it cleared up nicely and could barely see it. His guess was hsv 1 due to location. He sent me for bloodwork for herpes but the test chosen was Hsv Dna PCR via blood. The test came back negative for both hsv1 and 2. Of course I didn't get excited because I believe that specific test is not very useful. My ID dr. Seems like a good dr. And my guess is he may have ordered the pcr blood test on accident. Thing is I have had a few random red bumps in a few spots on my body and now I feel like I'm having OB's all over. I showed my dr a bump on my arm I was suspect of as well as a few on my rib cage. He did not think they seemed herpes related and prescribed my an anti staph cream. I did have what I thought was a breakout on the side of my pubic area but no blisters ever came. I do have stretch marks there that get irritated from time to time. I am on daily valtrex prescribed by my dr. I keep thinking I am breaking out all over my body and my herpes is disseminated which my ID dr. Insists that it is not and I am a healthy young man. He said he has seen disseminated herpes In some other patients and I should completely dismiss the idea. I have always had horrible anxiety and it has gotten so so so much worse since my diagnosis. I still have not been typed and plan on setting up an igg antibody test within the next few weeks. I can't help but thinking The worst and that this is going to kill me. I hope it's all In my head. Thanks for reading.