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Tuesday, October, 07, 2008

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Life after the Initial Outbreak

So my first outbreak went away much faster than I expected. When I went to the doctor's around the 25th, the doc announced I was 'about 60% recovered' and then, 2 days later, it had all cleared up. Since then, it's been goin well.   I know I should expect another outbreak within this year and I'm not ruling that out. But for now I am just... Read moreChevron

Shocked but attempting to deal with it: 2

But the fact was, it was already stinging...so I applied it gingerly over the visible sores, only to realize that yeah, hmm, even if the stinging increased only by a fraction, it still increased. So I grabbed a handful of tissues, jammed a folded postcard into my mouth to bite down on for the pain, and patted most of the cream off. I noticed... Read moreChevron

Shocked but attempting to deal with it

Got diagnosed 3 days ago...it's all over my profile like a stuck record but only cos I find it so hard to believe still. I have herpes?? An STD? Me? ...no way. It wouldn't happen to me. I've only had sex with clean people who had nothing odd about their equipment. And besides, there's people out there who are having more sex than me, and more... Read moreChevron

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