Sharing my situation

[Elle27]

I became incredibly ill around September 7th, by the end of the weekend I was even more sick and believed I had a yeast infection and started monistat per direction of my PCP. By Tuesday 9/11 body aches and fever were worse, up to 103 and so i went in to see my PCP. She had a thought about it being herpes before she examined me and knew as soon as she took a look, two weeks later and my labs came back positive for HSV2. I was in shock as I had no thoughts as to this illness being herpes. I was regularly tested for STD’s not realizing I wasnt being tested for herpes. I had been celibate for four years before recently starting to date my boyfriend, whom I am monogamous with. He was tested before his last partner, also not realizing he wasn’t being tested for herpes. 

The day after my exam I was able to see him in person to tell him what was going on as he knew I hadn’t been feeling well. He was in complete shock but I was able to communicate facts based information about what I knew about the diagnosis. He responded in a way that confirmed that he is the person I thought he was. He has been supportive and positive through the last few weeks and is getting tested himself this week. I am fairly confident that this is a new outbreak as I had a oral and genital outbreak at the same time, I also developed a lesion on my right shin, I had a cut from shaving there and must have touched a lesion and spread it to my leg. I hadn’t been sexually active in a long time and had never had symptoms before. I’m physically starting to feel much better. I had a vitamin IV treatment the day of diagnosis, completed 10 days of Acyclovir. I was able to go for a walk on sunday and complete a Crossfit workout yesterday. This week I am doing 4 IV treatments of Silver Hydrosol to boost my immune system. I also have gut imbalance issues that I’ve been working on. I started L-Lyseine 1000 mg 3x per day and 15000 mcg’s of liquid b12. 

 

I feel like the first day was complete shock, second day was a lot of grieving but my outlook has been mostly positive since then. My family and close friends have been incredible positive and supportive. I’ve realized already that this is a diagnosis of another health issue that can be managed and it doesn’t change who I am as a person. As someone who is already proactive about my health, I can continue living a healthy lifestyle to help manage symptoms and future outbreaks. 

I knew so little about this diagnosis just two weeks ago, I wish I had been more informed prior to experiencing it myself. 

 

Sending love and light to anyone struggling with the H diagnosis and looking to be a support for others as we all find out ways to manage and come to peace with this change in our lives.

hugs,

Elle

[Stupida]

@Elle27 I am so sorry you are going through this, but it sounds like you have a great man on your hands.

How do you know that you are going through both ohsv2 and ghsv2? I have been dealing with both for 1.5 years. I feel like my immune system can’t get a hold of this virus. Can you tell me a little bit about you iV treatments? I’m very curious.

 

[Elle27]

3 minutes ago, Stupida said:

@Elle27 I am so sorry you are going through this, but it sounds like you have a great man on your hands.

How do you know that you are going through both ohsv2 and ghsv2? I have been dealing with both for 1.5 years. I feel like my immune system can’t get a hold of this virus. Can you tell me a little bit about you iV treatments? I’m very curious.

 

Thank you! Definitely, I see a holistic physicians assistant for my general practicioner. I had a Meyers IV on the first day of the diagnosis which is basically a combination of different vitamins and hydrations- 

[Elle27]

sorry my first reply got cut off. Basically boosting the immune system to be able to lessen duration, frequency, and severity of out breaks. I already have a poor immune system related to my gut imbalance of good bacteria so I’m hoping that this improves and will hopefully prevent or lessen outbreaksin the future. 

[Elle27]

To reply about the ohsv2 and ghsv2, The genital symptoms started first and then two days after I was diagnosed with genital, my mouth/throat/tongue became sore, numb, tingly, I got multiple canker sores on my tongue and cheeks, there was a white film covering my throat, tongue, and cheeks, the back of my throat was splotchy and my tonsils were huge. I did not get any cold sores at all. 

[Stupida]

That is exactly how mine turned out for Ohsv2; except I also noticed a blood blister on the inside of my cheek and some red dots along my gum line. I also felt like I had TMJ 8 months later along with massive hair thinning.

please keep me posted! What area do you live in? Would like to see your doctor, but I’m sure it’s a long shot. Feel free to DM me.