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Thanks for all the help guys.

No prodomes either

I'm back. A couple weeks ago I got a bump in my pubic region. This is the 4th time this has happened in the past 18 months. The first 3 bumps were all in the same place, this one was an inch or so to the side. The bumps are red and all look like boils. I've squeezed one of em and white puss came out like a pimple but it took a long time to heal. As well, they are irritated when they rub against my belt line for the first couple of days. The first bump came 3 months after sexual contact. I got a blood test (no swab) and it came out negative. 15 months after the sex I got another igg blood test (no swab) and that was negative as well. The bumps don't burst like herpes are apparently supposed to. They also don't secrete a yellow or clear fluid. They don't ulcer, they don't develop in stages. It just looks like a red boil that gradually gets smaller. How common are false negatives for an igg test 3 months and 15 months post exposure? What could this be?

I just got my blood test results back. IgG negative. 3 months ago and up until this very day I really was convinced I had it. I don't feel any different, my life hasn't changed whatsoever, really. My nuts feel just the same as they did when I thought they were itchy (maybe I need looser jeans). But at the same time, it changes every facet of your life. I couldn't joke around like I used to, I couldn't talk to girls (or guys) like I used to, and I couldn't be as carefree as I used to be. I was living in a shell, constantly in fear at the prospect of somebody even mentioning the word 'herpes' to me. Frightened that my reaction would set off the suspicion that I was 'infected.' Frightened that somebody was going to run up behind me and yank off my pants exposing the sore, while everybody around me pointed and laughed. In any situation, in the back of my head I thought "I have herpes, and they don't" Naturally, this gave everybody an upperhand on me and made me feel completely and utterly alone. Over time, I got better with it, and started to settle into the idea that this is my life now. For you newbies, yes, it does get better. This website has helped me so much. I was literally on here everyday, and I've come to find some beautiful, awesome people have herpes too. At the end of it all, herpes has taught me one valuable lesson: to love myself everyday. Herpes or not, you have to love yourself. Herpes is what you make of it. If you give into the stigma and think it's a big deal, everybody will take your word for it and you're life's gonna suck. It will force you to take relationships slowly. Personally, I would never slip into bed with somebody with herpes for a one night stand. But after this experience, I wouldn't with anybody anymore. But take it from me, love is love. I'd be foolish to reject a woman I loved based on her status. And anybody who would is either just ill-informed or stupid. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there; the problem isn't that you have herpes, the problem is that nobody really knows what herpes is. It's a mental condition more than anything. You guys deserve much more. I'll help spread the word and let people know how overblown this condition really is. I'll help relay the facts to those to scared to open up. As I leave this community I say to all of you "thank you." I'll be out here doing my thing, and along the way, changing the stigma and increasing awareness so you don't have to live in that hole society has dug you. Keep on fighting the good fight

Such a frustrating time. Their doesn't seem to be any follicle underneath. I guess I'll phone the doc. Thanks

I got tested 90 days after exposure (blood) and it came back negative. The doctor said I was negative for both type 1 and 2. About 2 weeks later I developed a sore in the pubic region that I popped and shrugged off as a pimple. It was slightly uncomfortable and left a red mark for a while, until 2 months later when the sore came right back (same spot). That sore slowly went away until 8 months later when it came back again. I never got it swabbed but shortly after I went to get another blood test. The doctor didn't want to test me. She said it's not a big deal unless you're pregnant. She also said the blood test wouldn't distinguish between type 1 and 2. But I insisted, and she gave in. Well, I haven't got a call back. But I'm assuming I got the IgM test and I've been reading up on how faulty this test is. What do I do? It's been over a year and these frickin doctors won't give me a clear answer...or maybe they are and I'm just not taking it. I'm from Canada. Does Canada not offer the igg test? Do you think I got the IgM test the second time around? If so, should I get retested? Should I relax and forget about it? Thanks