Information and opinions on Genital Herpes from Mask at HerpesConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067 http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067 http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/38282/outbreak Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:06:27 -0400 Mask 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 happy to be fine again! Life has gone back to normal, and my experience is long gone history. I admit... http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/38282/outbreak http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/34507/attempting Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:59:15 -0400 Mask 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 later that I hadn't had any fevers today as opposed to the past 3 days although the nodes in my neck... http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/34507/attempting http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/34506/attempting Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:54:22 -0400 Mask 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 carelessly. Why not them?! Why me?! But the fact of the matter is, I now have begun to accept I do... http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/34067/34506/attempting