First HSV outbreak oral and genital! Help!!!

[Akashicbeauty]

I just found out that I have HSV1 and I'm having my first outbreak. Me and my husband recently separated and i engaged in oral sex with a new partner for the first time in 4 years.  I noticed the first symptoms it about a week afterward. I did not know the guy had HSV1 and the next day he broke out with a cold sore in his lip. I didn't think anything of it and had no idea that it was possible to get genital herpes that way. Just a couple of days after the encounter I started feeling a little sore down there, but I thought it could just be raw and swollen from sex. At the same time I noticed a sore inside of my mouth that I passed off as a canker sore. Within a week there were so many sores in my mouth it was impossible to eat and even sucking through a straw was extremely painful. I started feeling flu like and achey, and lymph nodes in my neck and one in my groin swelled up. I still didn't have any idea that I had herpes. I assumed it must be strep throat or mono... And I still hadn't made the connection with the sore spot on my vagina... But within a day or two i noticed the spot was very very sore and it burned soooo bad when I peed. I decided to finally take a look down there with a mirror and I was shocked when I saw a white blister looking sore right where I had been feeling pain. It all pretty much came together right then that I had herpes. I started panicking and researching it and found out that I was experiencing all of the symptoms, and I immediately went to the emergency room to get checked. They took swabs of the sores in my mouth and vagina and broke the news to me that I had hsv1 both orally and genitally. I also had a bladder infection from the virus. I got a 7 day prescription for Valacyclovir, and started taking it immediately. Even after I started the medication two more sores appeared down there. I have one more day left and the sores in my mouth are completely healed and the 3 genital sores are almost healed as well. I've read that because I have type one and not type two the outbreaks happen a lot less frequently and are a lot less severe, and I hope that's true. I don't have medical insurance so it is not easy for me to see a doctor and pay for prescriptions on a regular basis.. i want to know if I have future outbreaks is it likely that it will not be genital and only oral? Because the outbreak in my mouth was much worse than the one down there. Is there anyone else here that's experienced an initial oral and genital outbreak at the same time?

[Ubikwity]

I'm sorry for what you're going through. The first outbreak is always the worst! Although depending on your immune system it's hard to tell right now how often you'll have outbreaks or how severe they'll be.

Check prices on GoodRx to see what the out of pocket costs are for Acyclovir or Valcyclovir--suppressive meds may be affordable for you.  Also, tea tree oil applied daily "down there" can be helpful and some find the supplement L-Lysine to be helpful as well. So BAM three things you can do to reduce outbreaks!

You should also do what you can to keep your immune system strong, because outbreaks are more likely to happen when it's run down.  Use common sense measures:  Get enough sleep, eat well, regular moderate exercise, etc. 

Hope that helps. 

[Akashicbeauty]

Thanks so much for your advice. Today I bought L-LYSINE and I'm hoping it will lessen the chances of having another outbreak in the near future. I also was wondering if it's safe to drink alcohol while having an outbreak. Ive been wanting to have a few beers, nothing major, but I don't want to risk having another outbreak or stop this one from healing.