Marie14

Anyone know if it is possible to donate eggs with hsv2?

Do yiu know how long it can be used for?

Hey there. I have been taking Valtrex for over a year now because I was getting frequent outbreaks. They have started to subside, however the guy I have been seeing does not have the virus and I would like to keep it that way. My doctor says that Valtrex is perfectly safe for long term use. I was wondering what people's thoughts were on this. The only thing I can find is it may be bad for your kidneys. I would like to keep taking it to prevent him from getting the virus.

I have symptoms that last a month and then some that last two days ... sometimes is sores, others its just a rash. I have been taking Antivirals since I was diagnosed since last October ... I just hope that it will eventually subside and get better. :( I feel your pain. I would get on antivirals.

I love your take on this! This is an article I read when I was first diagnosed and I loved it. http://thoughtcatalog.com/michelle-schaffer/2012/09/i-have-herpes-and-its-not-the-end-of-the-world/

That is very impossible for me to do at the moment. Stress is crazy right now. I have found that stress plays a huge part. So frustrating. lol

@NothingGoodGetsAway ... I agree that educating people is our best fight against the stigma. And I too have found that many people don't care at all. Keep it up! @Salex ... It is a huge weight that was lifted when I started talking about it conversationally. I also think that having a sense of humor about it helps too. Life is too short to live in fear or hold back because of some dumb cold sores. Own it! You will feel much better, and the good people in your life will stick by you! So I am sure everyone will. I hope you can get to the point of being open and honest when you feel comfortable keeping it in eats you. @justagirl72 Herpes will always be a joke, we will never change that. The best thing we can do is educate others and be comfortable enough to say, "It's just a dumb coldsore, the funny thing is how scared people are!" Big babies. That guy is missing out on some pretty awesome girls ... but hey everyone has deal breakers. I have male friends who won't date women with kids. I personally won't date anyone who smokes (no offense to the smokers out there). Deal breakers are everywhere and that's his, and that is A okay. Don't let it get you down. There is nothing to be ashamed of. You didn't do anything wrong. You are the same person. It complicates things, and yes it does suck but there are WAY worse things out there. Once you start opening up to people I think it will be easier for you to open up even more. I actually started with Tinder, I experimented with how to tell people and most people were pretty cool about it. Probably not the best way to do it ... but its not like a know these people. lol. Just start small. Tell people you trust and who love you. You are going to feel much better. Be expected to get some ignorant responses (My mom ... god love her ... was convinced you could get it from the toilet seat). Take it at your own comfort level ... but talk to people because you will feel way better, I did. @WCSDancer2010 ... Are you aware of the people coming out on youtube? It is pretty amazing I was thinking about starting my own channel. If more people started talking about their experience I think eventually it is going to take a toll on the stigma.

@girlnamedhope I so feel your pain. I am hoping that as time does on they will get less and less. Do you have any products that you swear by?

I am on Valtrex and I get the outbreaks pretty regularly.

Anytime. I hope they help. :)

I had a similar situation when I was diagnosed. I started seeing a guy, and two weeks after we had sex I ended up with HSV2. Now I had been tested a few months prior, and I had only two sexual partners after that time. I spoke to the other guy (a great friend of mine, someone I had sex with first), and he told me that he had been tested a few months ago as well. So that left me with one option, the man I was currently seeing. I was soo nervous because I thought he didn't know that he had this. That I would be breaking the news to him like my doctor did to me, and he would be devastated. That didn't happen. He knew that he had the virus, and he chose not to disclose. I say this because anything is possible. I wouldn't assume she knows, but maybe she does. In his case the VA gave him some very terrible information on the virus, so he thought he could only spread it during an outbreak. The conversation is hard. Very hard. But the faster you rip the bandaid off the better. :) I would just tell her you have something to discuss and tell her you just got diagnosed. The more honest, and upfront you are the better. If she doesn't have it she will appreciate that. Best of luck. You will be just fine.

My other question is has anyone found that destin works? I ride horses for a living, and I need to try some new things to keep my butt in the saddle during OBs.

I love this. Thank you for sharing, you seem like an amazing and beautiful person!

I take lysine and antivirals, and I still get outbreaks. :) I would say it can't hurt.

So I posted a little while ago about my first disclosure and that it went well. Now I am here to say I have told a bunch more people. Either guys who are hitting on me, or just friends. I haven't gotten to the point of posting it to Facebook (although I feel like that time will come), but I feel way better. Some people were a little freaked out, some men said they would never date anyone with herpes. Some people asked questions, and some guys were totally cool with it. I feel better knowing that I am able to do this. I am not saying I want herpes, no one does, but it is here to stay, so I have to be okay with it. My way of being okay with this is to tell people I have it. It takes the burden off of me. It is a hard thing to do. You are putting yourself out there for people to judge you on something you cannot control. I feel like if they are good people they will understand that brave thing that you just did ... if they don't then they aren't of high morals to begin with and who cares what they think. All I know is the more I talk about it the easier it is to talk about, and the better I feel. So what ... I have herpes.