nygirl92

i'm really happy for you :)

thank you so much! it's very easy to think anything unusual on your skin is herpes after being diagnosed haha

thank you! i probably should get a swab of these other bumps. it would be crazy if i contracted two different things at once, but it is possible

i have ghsv-1. i've had the same outbreak since october. i've tried antivirals and epsom salt baths. i started taking l-lysine today so i'm hoping that will help me with my outbreak. i was wondering if it's normal for an outbreak to last this long that's not on/in the labia? it's weird because the outbreak that was in the labia cleared up very quickly just on antivirals, but the other bumps that are not on the labia (they are higher up) won't seem to go away or get any better. i'm going to continue to try doing all the different things that dancer told me about.

i have ghsv1 and have had the same outbreak since october. i'm still trying to figure out what works best for me. if i were you i would try doing other things besides just taking antivirals. i've been rubbing epsom salts on my sores to see if that will work. but i've also heard about using ammonium alum and taking lysine vitamins. i hope you can get your symptoms under control. Good luck!

i consider myself to have mild symptoms. i was diagnosed in october. initially it was extremely itchy and it only hurt when i wiped or rode my bike. now the bumps are present but they are very small and don't itch or hurt.

this is great! :)

ok thank you! maybe my last few bumps that never went away aren't herpes then

can herpes bumps only have blood in them?

thank you! and i was tested with a swab test so i'm sure it was accurate

thank you! i will try these things out

i think some of them still are fluid filled but most of them are just raised skin

i had my first flare up in october and the itchiness and pain went away on its own without medicine but the bumps were still present so i took valaciclovir for 30 days. that didn't make any of the bumps go away which isn't a big deal because they don't itch or hurt, but i'm going on three months with the same flare up. if valaciclovir didn't help me, is it likely that other antivirals won't work for me either?

this is a beautiful story. i read it the week i was diagnosed and it was the first thing that really helped me. i hope it can help others on here! http://thehairpin.com/2012/04/the-perks-of-herpes

That's so sweet of you! I understand that you are really busy with this site and of course you have a life too haha. It would be awesome if we could find more people interested in meeting up somewhere in this area

I'm a senior in college and this past semester I kept running into the same kid at the bar every weekend. Finally I got to know him and had sex with him. Four days after we had sex, I noticed I had a painful bump. I was concerned at first, but convinced myself that it was just an ingrown hair. The next day I had a second bump. This really freaked me out! So I made sure that none of my roommates were home to overhear my phone call to Planned Parenthood to schedule an appointment for STD testing. The nurse practitioner came into the room. I started crying and explained to her what was going on. She was really friendly and said, "well your HIV test came back negative! :)" This didn't help calm me down at all. Next she looked and told me that it didn't look like herpes and that it wasn't sexually transmitted, however, she still did the swab test. Of course the results aren't immediate, but after the swab test she told me not to worry and that I had an infection from shaving. I left Planned Parenthood feeling very relieved. Then a week and a half later I notice that I had a voice mail from Planned Parenthood. I went to a private area to call and speak with the nurse practitioner. She told me over the phone, "You tested negative for chlamydia and gonorrhea which is really good!!! ..but you tested positive for type 1 herpes. I'm going to phone in a script." I was in complete shock. I kept thinking this could never happen to me. I nervously responded "it isn't the end of the world?" and of course the nurse said "Nope. It is not the end of the world." in an enthusiastic manner. After I got off the phone I decided that I was never going to tell anyone. A day after the diagnosis I could not stop crying. Whenever I had any time by myself, even if it was just to go to the bathroom, I would cry. I really thought that it was the end of the world. I felt disgusting. Two days later, when I was in class, I accidentally spilled my coffee and I saw a kid glare at me. I lost it when this happened and started to cry in class. I was so embarrassed. After class ended, my two best friends at college, who were also in my class insisted that I talk to them about what was going on. I had a really hard time getting it out, but I told them about my diagnosis. They were really supportive. Later on that week I found this page. I read different posts on it for a while which was really helpful, but I was afraid to join. Then, on New Years Eve, I was drunk and upset and my friend who already knew about my diagnosis talked to me. She told me that she could never picture me being with anyone who wasn't open-minded, that her sister also had herpes, and that herpes would never be a deal breaker for her. It was really helpful to hear this. After this, I started to read more success stories on this website. I cannot thank the creator and everyone who posts on this website enough. Reading everything on here has been very helpful. I'm getting closer to fully accepting the fact that I have herpes and now I keep thinking more and more about how getting herpes could be a good thing. I'm confident that I will be able to post a success story on here one day :)

does anyone know of any support groups in the Albany area of New York where you meet up in person?