Hello Everyone,
I am in need a forum to vent (you’re the lucky victims) and have I several questions that I want to ask.
I am currently 7 days post first symptoms and 3 days post diagnoses. When I first noticed my symptoms I thought I was coming down with the mother of all yeast infections and treated it as such; however these symptoms were followed up by the classic flu like symptoms (I had the worse headache I have ever had) and then three small, yet very annoying blisters. When I received my diagnoses I was admittedly in denial because I didn’t think I fit the classic stereotype of who get this – clearly, like mainstream America, I was hugely misinformed. To say I was devastated is an understatement and it was through my runny nose and tears that I found this forum and realized that there is life after HSV.
As I read through all the different initial OB stories I realized that my case was fairly mild and that gives me hope for any future OB I may be blessed with (pun intended here). I hope that this forum will offer me the support and guidance to help me get through some of the unknowns. The situation with my giver could be better (he is in denial as well) and I am not yet to the point that I can share this information with my family or trusted friends.
Since one of the items that helped me out were reading the symptoms/timelines that others had I am going to share mine: Horrific headache (thought it was a migraine as nothing would quell it), an intense (but localized) burning in the genital region, fever followed by three small blisters (this was over a 5 day timeframe). I have been on Valtrex (1000mg twice a day) for three days. I noticed a slight improvement with my OB on the second day and a significant improvement to the way I felt on the third day (but this may be more of a reflection of my mental state).
Questions that I have:
1. What natural treatments to you use to help prevent future OB?
2. Do I really have to give up coffee (it’s my crutch and I may be more irritated with this than the fact that I have HSV!)?
3. Anything that you use to help get through your OB – quality of life during the OB time?
4. I’m an avid runner – any tips here?
I refuse to let this diagnose take over my life – I am still the same person I was preHSV and I know the more knowledge I have on my side the better this journey will be.
Thanks much!