ShatteredHeart05

I have been averaging one outbreak a month but they were very mild. Now I have a very painful outbreak with the lesions on the lower inside of the labia on the right side so underwear and using the restroom is horrific! It's so painful that I shake when I need to urinate, I only lightly pat the area and it bleeds. I'm now on daily suppression medication but this hurts so bad! Is there anything I can put on it to lessen the pain? Sadly it's a difficult spot to keep dry so I think that is making it worse. Thanks in advance for any help!

Thank you so much! It seems to be getting a little easier, it's not the only thing I think of nonstop at the moment. However I have a ton of stress going on but at least the constant thinking about it and keeping me up all night is getting better. Im.so glad you are feeling better!

Thank you so much! I never had any bumps, scratches or anything like that however after having my 3rd child I was nursing him exclusively no formula ever and I kept getting extreme itching like a yeast infection without the discharge. My ob/gyn did exams and said it appeared that it was possibly low hormone levels (no blood work to confirm) from the the delivery and nursing was causing things to become very dry at that point he gave me cream to use and it seemed to help. I wonder if it was actually hsv2 and I just didn't notice. My husband has never had any indication of an outbreak the entire time we have been together. I didn't get extremely sick with the first outbreak that confirmed it was hsv so I think it's very likely to have been from the assault.

Thank you so much i definitely appreciate your advice! I will definitely take time to think about everything. This has been such shock and I just feel absolutely lost I know this has to get easier at some point and seeing the strength that you and others have gives me hope. Thank you for your kindness!

I have been the same way since my diagnosis. I'm still trying to process this and I cry literally every single day. I too had just one very small spot, my gyn even said he was confident it wasn't anything serious he said it looked like a yeast infection. I was mortified when I got the results sent to my chart online. I hope we can both start to feel better about this.

I'm sorry I think my post came across a little confusing, I know someone can't get it from a blood transfusions I was saying during those I required an emergency hysterectomy and was wondering if the hormone change caused me to start having outbreaks. Because that is what my Dr claims happened but I wasn't sure. I do appreciate your input, and even though I could date again if I choose to it just feels so devastating and I can't imagine starting all over. Thank you for your response :) I just can't wait until I get to a point where I don't stress all day everyday about this and when I feel like I'm not in shock. I still feel sick and devastated over this.

They haven't done any blood work at all. They haven't even brought me in since getting my positive culture. They pretty much just left me with the diagnosis and no information.

This is my first time posting and I'm so stressed out. I have been with my husband for 13 years and just had what I think was my first outbreak a few months ago. So first I'll give a little back story of my life. When I was a teenager I was brutally raped and beat almost to death, I was kept pretty much sedated for a couple of weeks. Well in Oct 2017 I felt like I had a yeast infection and I noticed about 3 days into symptoms that I had a small lump. It hurt to the touch but it was just a small bump and nothing else, well several days passed and it wasn't healing. I contacted my gyn and went in for an exam, he said he didn't feel like it was anything serious but for would do a viral culture. Well over a weekend the results came to my chart and I was shocked to see hsv2 was positive. He called a few days later and apologized for the way I found out and told me to take the anti viral medication he sent to the pharmacy. The medicine helped immediately, then the end of Dec I had another outbreak and again in Feb. My doctor believes I contracted hsv2 from the rape and that I'm just now having issues but I'm not so sure. I was assaulted in 1999 and just can't fathom going almost 20 years without an outbreak but now having them about every two months. My husband claims he has never cheated but I'm not truly convinced he is telling the truth. We have went through some devastating situations in our marriage and about 8 yrs ago I discovered him texting another woman and then in Dec he was talking to another woman. I guess I'm wondering if it's possible that I really got this almost 20 yrs ago or if anyone thinks it's likely that my husband cheated and this is a new virus. I will say I had a traumatic surgery and almost died, I required an emergency hysterectomy and over 13 gallons of blood transfusions to survive. So I'm not sure if a change in my hormones could have caused this virus to start causing issues. I'm just super confused and stressed out. All I keep thinking is if my marriage ends that I'll be alone forever, I have kids and just feeling like with this now that I'll never find anyone. Sorry this was so long!