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JoanM

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  1. Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm so danged confused and so is she. Distraught and confused. I so appreciate the support you all have given!
  2. She got both IGG and IGM and they were both negative. Doctor did not do swab, why, I don't know, and just said that's herpes. Told her to come back in 4 weeks to do another blood test but no matter what the blood test says, she has herpes. I don't get it! First she tells her it's probably been in her system for a long time, in which case, I would think the blood tests would have picked up on that and then she says to come back again for another blood test in 4 weeks, but even if it's negative, her visual should be considered accurate.
  3. My daughter got her blood test results back. They are both negative, the IGG and the IGM. How can that be? It's been 8 months since any sexual contract with anyone and I have read that if you have herpes, it will show up in the blood.
  4. Thank you optimist for you kind words. I'm sick inside for her, so sick. When your child hurts, you hurt twice as bad. I would be o.k. if she was reacting differently but understandably she can't. She can't think past tomorrow and when she does, she comes up with all these rejection scenarios in her head and says her dreams of a husband and family are dead. I can tell her over and over that that is not true but she doesn't believe it. My God, I've done so much reading myself and just cannot understand why testing for this isn't routine or why they can't come up with a vaccine for it .... hell, they had no problem coming up with a chickenpox vaccine. I hate the stigma. Nobody asks for this to happen to them, they didn't cause it, they were just the unlucky recipient. For her (because she always considered herself so safe), seems the only other solution is to never touch or let another person touch you. How sad that people cannot understand how vulnerable we all are to something like this and be more understanding!
  5. I am the mother of a beautiful 27 year old daughter who has just been diagnosed with HSV. She has a great career, was independent and happy until this. We have always supported her to the ends of the earth and support her with this as well, absolutely no judgement on our part towards her. She has had very few sexual encounters by today's standards and has been in only 3 serious relationships that just didn't work out for various reasons. She is so loving and trusting and such a wonderful person. She is devastated with her first outbreak and finding out what it is. She has not been in a relationship or had sex with anyone for well over 8 months now so it had to be something that was laying dormant in her system and popped up due to stress or illness. She's confused, beside herself and not thinking rationally. She lives half way across the country from us and we are worried sick. It's not easy to get to her with our busy work schedules and she works long hours too. She is so devastated, is convinced no one will ever love her, touch her or want to be a part of her life EVER. Therefore we are even more devastated for her. We don't know how to help her other than to tell her we love her, but we are afraid for her. What do we do?
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