what about when im old!?!?

[willow]

Just outa curiosity..

 

What happens when we get old?

Like in our 80s and 90s?

Cuz there may not be a vaccine or a cure by then...

i couldnt imagine being like.. 85 and going thru an o.b.! My good ness gracious that would suck!

Any thoufhts? Opinions? Stories?

[forgivenessandpeace]

Well I'm not there yet but I imagine there may be a number of health issues which are more inconvenient than an outbreak. Alzheimer's disease is my big worry.

[hdiari3s]

Yea I read somewhere that there was a correlation between herpes and alzheimers disease but dont know how true it is. I decided not to research this because this is something we may have been at risk for without h anyway.

[willow]

Im not worried about growing old with h, just wanted to know if when im old if h will still stop by for visits. Cuz that would prob be more uncomfortable then than now..

[WCSDancer2010]

Yeah currently there is a thought process that there is an Alzheimer/HSV correlation ... BUT .. they used to believe that women with HSV had a 4x greater risk of cervical cancer... which we now know is related to HPV ... so I'll take all that with a pinch of salt :p

 

Once you have had H for that long, odds are your body will mostly fight it well. Like @inka and @F&P, I'm more worried about all the other things that come with old age :(

[hdiari3s]

Sorry I meant its something you could be at risk for without* hsv anyway...

[Sil88]

@WCSDancer2010 doesn't HSV belong to the HPV family, so still applies?

 

I've been wondering the same thing about old age and compounding health issues. I know it's best not to think about it, but is there anything I can take comfort from? I stupidly read that Alzheimer's risk is doubled.. But 90% have some form of HS - are genital cases supposed to be more accountable?

[Sil88]

@inka ah thanks, had a second look at the nhs definition. Can be easily misunderstood.

[seeker]

@ inka, depends on the type of old you are. im in Gods wating room so I see lots of old folks. some are cool as hell and still get after it. some probably get more booty than you do ( I know they do me, sadface but im not a PYT)

 

H will just be another thing to make me crochety. "get off my lawn you bastards!!"

[WCSDancer2010]

@sil88

 

HSV and HPV are two totally different viruses. I'm on my phone and can't get you the links that I'd like to put on here right now so I'll try to come on later to clarify this better.

[willow]

Hsv and hpv *

[Sil88]

@wcsdancer2010 thanks dancer - to be honest that's all I needed to hear, rather not worry myself by reading about every condition under the sun. It's been stressing me out to a point where the doctor says I'm imagining (or my mind is causing) symptoms! Thanks