Hello, this is my first visit to this site. Just over a year ago I developed a lump and a blistery looking patch about 3 inches from my waist on the right buttock. The whole area was very painful, burning and the blisters broke open. Upon seeing my Dr. she said it appeared to be herpes and suggested a blood test. I was in shock since my husband and I have been together for 16 yrs and neither of us had ever shown any signs of herpes before. My husband has never shown any sign of being infected before this time or since I was diagnosed. We are past 50 yrs old and I have not had any affairs and feel confident that he has not. My physician advised me that I could have had the herpes virus in my system for years and it had just then showed itself. I went for almost exactly one year before once again developing the hard lump and blistery area in the exact same place. It never appears anywhere else. The outbreaks are speeding up and just this month I've had 3!! My Dr. prescribed ValAcyclovir 500 mg twice daily for 7 days. I hate having to take these meds and try to get by with just taking one/day. I have noticed that just before an outbreak I will develop flu like symptoms and my temper gets shorter. I am at my wits end over this whole situation. It's depressing to me that I have no idea how I got this virus since my last marriage was 8 yrs long and to my knowledge my ex does not have it. If it's true that you can have it stay in your system for years before appearing, I'm thinking I could have contracted it in my younger days, but still cannot remember ever being with anyone who might have had it. The pain is pretty awful each time. I'm just grateful that it never appears anywhere else. My husband still shows no sign of any infection and I am very careful to wear underwear to bed when I am having an outbreak. Please tell me that others are just as confused and upset as I am.
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