Franca1

Thanks for your help, seems like a minor outbreak. Disheartening but now I know.

I decided to take Acyclovir 800mg daily. I've been on it for about 2 months, mostly, it has been great. A few days ago I began having itching and am wondering if it is possible that I am having an outbreak or that I am irritated from something else? I'm hoping that it's not possible to OB on this med, I understand that I can still shed virus and potentially infect someone. I'm not seeing anyone right now. Can anyone advise? Thanks very much

Thank you very much Katidid!

Feeling confused by so much information. I have hsv2 on my genitals. Is it safe for me to perform oral on my partner without him wearing a condom? Sorry if this is a dumb question but I was reading something on a different site that essentially said, even for a hand job, my partner should wear a condom. To me that seems excessive if I don't have/have never had sores on my hands and am cautious about cleanliness and making sure not to touch myself then him? Thanks

I am so depressed. Diagnosed on Thursday although the urine culture is not back yet. Logically I know there is support and that I will be ok sometime (?) in the future. But it took my entire life to feel as good about myself as I have been feeling for the past two years. And only this year did I feel that anyone could actually be attracted to me. I am 48. I have worked so hard to get here and it feels like it's all for nothing. I don't know if my recent partner infected me or if I was already exposed. Either way I feel that I did this to myself by my choices and nothing will change that. I don't know how I'm going to go to work tomorrow. I work all day tomorrow. I already missed a day and can't get paid if I don't work. I need this work very much, I'm already missing hours due to the holidays. I feel like all the dreams I have finally permitted myself to have are just a bunch of shit. Now I have another expense that I can't afford Now I'm reading about people suing each other for exposing them to this and I'm having panic attacks. I don't know what to do next.