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HELLO TO EVERYONE, I KNOW IT`S A STRUGGLE, I CONTRACTED THE HSV VIRUS FROM THE FATHER OF MY KIDS, I AM NOT SURE IF HE KNEW HE HAD THE HSV VIRUS, SIMPLY BECAUSE ME HARDLY EVER GOES TO THE DOCTOR, BUT I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE EXTRA STEP TO PROTECT MYSELF. HOWEVER, AFTER I FOUND OUT I HAD THE HSV VIRUS WE ALREADY HAD 2 KIDS. SO WHAT I DO WHEN I GET MY OUT BREAKS AS PAINFUL AS THEY ARE I TRY MY BEST TO PROTECT MY KIDS. WE ARE NO LONGER TOGETHER NOT BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS BUT HE STILL CONTINUES TO CHEAT AND LIVE LIFE RECKLESSLY. I WORK IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE NEVER HAD OR NEVER HAVE OUT BREAKS, SOME DID NOT EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE THE VIRUS, AND WHEN TESTING FOR THE HSV VIRUS ITS BETTER TO TEST BY BLOOD BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME THE BLOOD WILL TEST POSITIVE AND THE CULTURE WILL TEST NEGATIVE. I AM GOING TO ASK FOR THOSE OF US WITH YOUNG KIDS AND BABIES PLEASE STOP KISSING THEM TO THEIR MOUTH,YOU CAN KISS THEM ON THE CHEEKS, I DISLIKE SEEING PEOPLE KISSING KIDS ON THEIR MOUTH. THAT IS ONE WAY OF PASSING ON THE VIRUS, AND SINCE WE KNOW IT`S VERY PAINFUL CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW A CHILD WILL FEEL WITH AN OUTBREAK. I AM IN A RELATIONSHIP NOW FOR 4 YEARS AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER. I AM HOPING AND PRAYING FOR A CURE BECAUSE ITS VERY EMBARASSING TO HAVE LESIONS ON YOUR LIPS, ITS VERY HARD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THE TOPIC OF HERPES, BUT I SPEAK TO PATIENTS WHEN THEY COME WITH AN OUTBREAK AND TRY TO STAY POSITIVE. SO WHAT WE ALL CAN DO IS TRY TO STAY POSITIVE AND PRAY, CAUSE I WILL BE PRAYING. I AM HOPING THAT WE WILL SOON HAVE A CURE OR BETTER TREATMENT ONE DAY, CAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS BEING HELP WITH THE TREATMENT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. [44090]

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I JUST WISH THAT THEY WOULD FIND A CURE! I bet if every last one of us on here who had " Magic Johnson " money we would be cured? I pretty sure they have something let`s just pray that they come out with something soon because I want to live my life again like I use to! To all that have it please be strong and pray that they find a cure. If god gives us a second chance don`t mess up the second time. Xoxo cure [44089]

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i have genital herpes and i believe i cout it through my 9partner and he was just in guy my friend sister hook me up with him and i thot it was okay to have sex with him but it was it. but my friend martha heard told me last year that i was gone like sex and she did tell me to stay a virgin and do with the right one because you don`t you get a disease you can`t get raed of or you get a disease that a kill you but i didn`t lesson to her and i wish i have. and not lolea that she told me that i should have did with guy name patrick because he was virgin like me and she said that was to what i have done with to the club and with the bar tender if you had did with him two virgin would have bond. and she was a true friend. her sister one who had hook me up with him and i have call her a about 2weeks later and said trae did call me back and she said what did you do i said nothing and i finally want on out and told her and she said why did you do that. that why he did call you back and i told her i thout it was okay and she said no it was okay and she said the next you wait teel the thrid date to do okay and she said i got to go and she hung up. but the week before the after i did with my friend sister guy friend she hook me up with i had a discharge it was white in it was inthes and i went to walmart and buy some off brand mosiust a week let when i had call my friend about the guy not calling me it came back so i went to the doctor and she said i had chlihbgyouh. she gave me so medicince but it came back and it keep coming back. and 6months later me this old guy had start to talk and me him had became boyfriend and girlfriend it was allmost amonth before idid with him because i her that he was no good the person how told me that was right he was no good but he did give to me i proleel gave to him but it 6mounthlater i had sex with him. and i believe i cautch the genital herpes one month before my 19 birth with that guy who my friend sister had hook me up with but theres no way her sister could had no that he had genital herpes i don`t blame her sister or her. it was 3mounths later when i had found out that i had genital herpes i had came in a gane because my stuff was incthe in run and she said that i ben come in her for months with the same prompem and her nurse had ask me have i ever had a herpes test and i said no and i had so had said inever had ahiv test ethere and she said i do some blood work and am send your blood test to memphis tennesse and it will come back and i call you and she had ask was the number i can recha you at i side my home phone or my cell and i gave her both my numbers and sure anuffe my doctor call and said i need you to come down the office i got some to tell you and what time you be there i said probluy at 3or4 o`clock and she said i need to no what time you be here cause 3or4 o`clock is tell me and thing and i said when my mother come pick me up and she said i have all ready talk to your mother your said she carrige you down here so when is it when you be down here at3 okay is you at 3.and when i got down there i send and she call me in a feminuties later in the room and the doctor came in and told me that i had gentinal herpes and i trie not to crie but i did. and this my story. [44083]

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I contracted Herpes Simplex 2 while using a condom. Those that know about Herpes know that the sores can occur in many places far outside the reaches of a condom (right outside of outer vaginal lips, inner thighs, etc.). Also he was not symptomatic at the time. I believe my point of entry was an irritated in-grown hair on my inner thigh. Please everyone be careful and take your partner to the clinic with you. You can never be TOO careful. [44073]

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I contracted herpes just recently. In retrospect, it was my fault. I had been dating this guy quite seriously. We were explicitly monogamous. Before we had had any sex I asked him if he was clean. He said yes and I trusted him. After months of being with someone, I assumed that that person wouldn`t knowingly harm my health by blatantly lying. I was wrong. He lied. A few weeks after having sex I had an outbreak. I know I should have used a condom regardless but being naive, I trusted that someone who loved you wouldn`t put your health in danger. To me, doing something like that would be simply evil and one of the most malicious things you could do. I wouldn`t do it to my worst enemy. Apparently such compassion, honesty, and trust isn`t exactly a commonality amongst men (or women- I don`t want to discriminate here). The most upsetting aspect of this whole thing was when I told him I was positive for herpes, he blamed me; insisting that I must have been fooling around with someone else because he did not have herpes. Considering the fact that I hadn`t been with anyone for months, and that I am tested regularly, and was clean prior to our engagement, I know he was lying. I think he was too scared to tell me he had herpes, and even more scared and defensive when he saw that I had the strength to come forward when I was informed. I never once accused him of giving it to me (knowing full well he did), yet he accused me of cheating. It`s not worth being angry with him. I now understand how hard and scary it is to come forward with such devastating news-especially to someone you really care for. Honestly, it doesn`t excuse him but I have forgiven him nonetheless. I only wish that more people would swallow their pride and inform others of their situations prior to having consensual sex. To do otherwise is really unfair. You`re taking the health of someone else in your own hands and quite frankly only God should do that. I suppose the lesson that others should learn from this is to simply never "trust" a partner to answer truthfully when the consequences to ones health are so dire. If I could do anything differently, I would have insisted upon using a condom; or, at the very least, insisted on proof of a clean bill of health from my partner prior to having unprotected sex. I wouldn`t want anyone to learn this lesson the way I did. Don`t expect others will be invested in your best interest. Only you can look after you- so make sure you cover all your bases (even if you have to be a psychotic b*tch about it). Better a clean & healthy b*tch than a sorry one. [44071]

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When I was a little girl (not yet in school) my Grandma was lovin up on me when she had an outbreak of Herpes I and I was infected. Of course, back then it was just called a fever blister or a cold sore. I`ve had them in every school picture throughout my life because I`m always stressed at the start of school, nervous about my classmates, etc. Now as an adult they still come around when I`m tired, have accidental trauma to my lips, with sunburn or windburn, or from just simple hormonal fluctuations. I`m thankful for the new treatments they have out to treat them, though. Zovirax cuts down my outbreaks to just a few days when I can get my doctor to prescribe it (she doesn`t believe in the efficacy of Zovirax). Abreva also helps. [44070]

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I`ve always been overly cautious about everything. I always did what I thought was right. One day I woke up with what I thought was a mosquito bite. I went to get it checked and they told me I had herpes. I didn`t kiss anyone or share anyting with anyone so I don`t know how I got this. [44069]

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Earlier this year, my partner was starting to get a cold sore. We didn`t pay attention or think anything of it. A few days later, I got sicker than I`ve been in my entire life. My mouth felt as if I`d been eating razors - I couldn`t eat because the pain in my mouth was so terrible. 103 degree fevers, complete lethargy for days. It was horrible. Thankfully, an astute intern asked the right questions and diagnosed HSV I. I went on a dose of Valtrex and I started to get relief pretty quickly. I`ve had 3 smaller flare-ups since they, but they don`t compare to the initial outbreak. [44068]

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one day i was in a fight with my boyfriend *johnas.. a fight that i thought was the last. SO, i got really drunk & had sex with my ex boyfriend *luis (who had cheated on me when we were dating) for the first & only time.. a couple days later i had 2 sores on my vaginal area. i went to get tested.. they told me i had chlamydia. i got treated for it & went on with life.. A YEAR LATER, i went to my OBGYN & got tested & she tells me i have herpes! i could NOT believe it. i know i got it from luis. i regret that night everyday. why didnt i use a condom? one night.. if only i could take it back.. (i also had my first break out, ironically 2 days after she told me.. it was 2 tiny little bumps that went away in 4 days. wasnt even that bad at all to be honest.) well, i used to be so confident with myself, now, im scared to start talking to any guys. im scared that they will be disgusted. before i had herpes, i thought carriers were gross. now that i am in their shoes, i realize noone *WANTed to get herpes. it just happens.. i wish everyone would see it like that.. good luck to everyone.. i hope we all learn to deal with it. because its not going anywhere.. ;) stay strong [44065]

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I have Type I genitally. I was horrified to learn that they don`t do STD tests as a general rule for herpes. I thought I had done everything "correctly"----had monogamous sex with a tested partner. My first outbreak was horrifically painful and demoralizing. I have had one outbreak since then, two years later. The thing I want to remind people is that type I is the same virus as cold sores. When my therapist urged me to tell any potential partners about this (which of course I would) I asked her if people who get cold sores tell people before kissing them, and she seemed totally baffled by that idea. I think that is just bizarre. Anyway, I do feel like crap about it and outbreaks are horrible. But it DOES seem to be a very common thing. And to all the people who feel alone, I am thinking about you and wishing you good things. Feel better soon. [44064]