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  1. Hello All, Well to make a long story short I got tested a week after having sex with my partner. My result came back Equivocal so my partner got tested. He got his results back today and he is positive for hsv2. When I got my equivocal reading a couple weeks ago I had the most intense mental breakdown. All I could hear was equivocal for herpes and you are going to die tomorrow. Not the case obviously. I confided in my best friend and I began doing my research. I would not call myself a herpes expert by any means but I have become so educated about it these last couple weeks. I am not as stressed about it and I realized my life would continue. :) Now my status is currently not negative but not positive. I tested too soon and plan to retest to know 100% where I stand. I of course hope to fall into that negative range but considering his positivity and even though we were very safe I have to be realistic at the possibility of having it. I am happy I found this site and everyone on here is so helpful and inspiring. I have found so much peace after reading posts and learning about everyone's struggle and life. I went through such a wave of intense emotions at the mere thought of this happening to me. Everything was so surreal feeling and I got stuck in the land of regret and what if. I cannot change my actions and I cannot control what result I will have. What's done is done and now I have to deal with it. I am choosing to be happy and not stress too much over this. Easier said than done, but I stressed myself out to the max with the first week I dealt with this. It is annoying to have to hang out in limbo because I'm dying to know where I stand. A part of me feels I will indeed have it but then again there is hope and a chance that I won't. I just want to thank everyone here for being so honest and real about such a common issue in life. I had my own thoughts on herpes and saw it as a horrible dirty thing only promiscuous people get stuck with. It can happen to anyone and this guy I was with was the 2nd person I've slept with. Scary. Even if I do end up with a negative hsv status I am so much more educated and compassionate to people that have herpes. I see it in a totally different light, and if I am positive I am ready to tackle it. I have the realization of knowing this isn't the worst thing that could happen to me. I also know that I have an extended online family to embrace me. I will keep you all posted as my case is probably an interesting one.
  2. Okay so I will start from the beginning. I was in a 9 year monogamous relationship and it ended in the beginning of the year. I met a guy about a month ago and we went out a few times and ended up sleeping together. We've slept together 5 times all protected and he went down on me once with no protection. Well the day after our first few times sleeping together I felt like I had a uti coming on. I knew bc I never showered or peed after the multiple sex sessions. I know I know my fault. I am a pretty anxious person and I tend to think the worst so I freaked myself out that I had an std so I got tested a week after having protected sex. Highly unlikely for anything to be definitive a week after but as people with ocd/anxiety will understand an instant relief is what I was going for. Well my uti was lingering so I went to have it checked out. I also was having allergy/sinus/swollen glands in my neck. It turned out to be bacteria in my urine so I was put on antibiotics. The next day I called and got my std results. Everything was negative except that I was Equivocal for hsv2 with a 1.07 number. Not negative but not positive. Hello Limbo. I talked to my partner and he said he had no obvious symptoms and never had a reason to be checked for herpes and it had been a year or so since last tested. Well he got tested and he got a similar response. They said he was not negative but not positive either. His combined number for hsv1 and hsv2 is a 5.6 but there was no differentiation on his scale. So he was retested today specifically for hsv2. The doctors at Doctor's Care said it could have been a false positive. I know I have to wait 3 months for a definitive answer which really sucks. I'm just looking for people who may have had a similar experience. I will find out on tues or weds about his results and that will probably give me a better idea on where I stand. What are the odds of my equivocal actually turning out to be negative? Would a uti cause a weird reading in my bloodwork? What factors can cause an equivocal reading in the first place especially if I tested only a week after and that was clearly not enough time for antibodies to build? If he is in fact positive what are the chances I wouldn't have caught since we we're safe, and if he is positive should I consider myself positive.? I was given the igg herpeselect and I think he had the igm/igg since it was a combined result. I'm kind of expecting the worst but hoping for the best. Any insight would be much appreciated and super helpful. Thanks.
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