16 weeks post exposure to HSV2

[MissGuided]

My iGG results at 16 weeks post are still negative.  Is it finally safe to say I don't have HSV2? Or should I continue to keep testing?  My results have remained the same every two weeks since 4 weeks after the exposure.  When would you feel you could move on from this?  Every time I see any sort of red area down below, I wonder if my labs are all wrong... I have a rash on my hand, which I think is just eczema from over hand washing now, and that gets me stressed.  I am not who I once was, any more, regardless if I can conclude these results negative or not.  In a weird way, I can say minus the full on hypochondriac that I've become, which sucks, I have taken a break mostly from dating, minus kissing here and there, haven't had sex in over 4 months (which surprisingly is a good feeling) and have become more aware that I have oral hsv1 and now understand things like, don't stick my fingers in my mouth and poke at them because that's what those canker sores I get are, and they're not just from the foods I ate.  I tell every person I have started to consider dating, before we kiss, that I could have mouth sores at some point, and feel better about understanding this all. But at the end of the day, negative HSV2 results... can I move on after 16 weeks or should I still be worried? Can a red spot down below finally just be a red spot, or ingrown hair, and not cause concern for full on panic and a doctors visit?? 

[MarcT]

I understand what you’re going through, I am similar to you in the sense that I keep thinking doctors and tests are wrong. I got tested at 4 weeks (negative) and it has been a nightmare to get a doctor to retest now at 12 weeks... but I’m going to be very persistent at my appointment this week. My advice to, which I hope to stick to as well after I retest this last time, is that if those bumps really aren’t affecting your day to day life i would drop it and accept what the doctors are saying. Especially since testing after 16 weeks is over 90% accurate. 

[Ishmael]

On 1/13/2019 at 3:17 PM, MissGuided said:

My iGG results at 16 weeks post are still negative.  Is it finally safe to say I don't have HSV2? Or should I continue to keep testing?  My results have remained the same every two weeks since 4 weeks after the exposure.  When would you feel you could move on from this?  Every time I see any sort of red area down below, I wonder if my labs are all wrong... I have a rash on my hand, which I think is just eczema from over hand washing now, and that gets me stressed.  I am not who I once was, any more, regardless if I can conclude these results negative or not.  In a weird way, I can say minus the full on hypochondriac that I've become, which sucks, I have taken a break mostly from dating, minus kissing here and there, haven't had sex in over 4 months (which surprisingly is a good feeling) and have become more aware that I have oral hsv1 and now understand things like, don't stick my fingers in my mouth and poke at them because that's what those canker sores I get are, and they're not just from the foods I ate.  I tell every person I have started to consider dating, before we kiss, that I could have mouth sores at some point, and feel better about understanding this all. But at the end of the day, negative HSV2 results... can I move on after 16 weeks or should I still be worried? Can a red spot down below finally just be a red spot, or ingrown hair, and not cause concern for full on panic and a doctors visit?? 

Sorry to break it to you, but you don't have herpes. 😥

[Amando]

I would say you are safe, so stop stressing, relax & enjoy your life  😉👍