Life with herpes does not have to be all doom and gloom, shrouded in fear. Fear of what other people think of you. Bad things happen to very good people. That is life. I am good, beautiful and smart and herpes happened to me. I have had herpes for 20 years. 20 years ago, I was dating a guy in the military for about 6 months. One night he went out with his friends and unknown to me hooked up with a hooker. 2 weeks later he and I had sex. 7 days later I woke up in the middle of the night feeling terrible pain in my kidneys, it was so sharp it shoot up to my eyes and I felt like I was going blind. I had to crawl on my hands and knees to the bathroom, and when I finally peed, I felt like I was going to die. The next day I went to my gyno. He gave me a blood test and topical antiviral medication. A week later my gyno. confirmed I had herpes based on the lab tests. He started me on oral antiviral medication immediately. I called the boyfriend and told him he gave me herpes and he confessed about the hooker. We broke up and I was left to battle this disease on my own, and I have. I have been responsible from day one. I sought treatment, listened to my doctor's advice which entailed: do not have sex when you feel like an outbreak is coming on and take the antiviral mediaction. However, since then, once daily valtrex has came out, Since 1997 I have been taking it and it works! I have only had outbreaks when I stopped drug therapy (back in 1997, doctors thought you should only take it for 6 months then stop), since then doctors feel you can safely take it everyday. I have lived a happy normal life with herpes and have never spread the disease. I believe I never spread it because unlike the hooker whom my former boyfriend hooked up with, I immediately went to the doctor when I knew something was wrong with me. I refrained from sex during the initial onset of the disease 20 years ago, and I immediately got on antiviral drug treatment. You too can live a normal, happy, fulfilled life if you seek treatment, get on drug therapy and refrain from sex if you feel anything unusual going on with your body. Herpes may act differently from person to person, but I do not believe that there are people walking around that do not know they have something wrong with them, they know they are just afraid to go see a doctor or are like the hooker in my story and are too sorry of a person to do anything about it. The spread of herpes can be stopped, if people would go see their doctor and get on antiviral treatment. Also this business of telling everyone you have it is bull crap! If you are responsible and go to a doctor and get on drug therapy only you and your doctor need to know you have it. Herpes isn't spread by these responsible people, I am living proof of it. I have never spread the disease and I do not go around telling guys that I am dating I have it. Because I am treating it and I know my body - unlike the hooker who gave this to my boyfriend, who in turn gave it to me! People who do not have herpes do not understand it. Living with herpes for over 20 years I can offer this advice: 1.) if you think you have herpes go immediatley to a gyno and tell them your concerns and order the blood test 2.) do not have sex until you get your lab results back 3.) if positive, start antiviral treatment immediately and refrain from sex for the first 2 weeks of treatment. 4) stay on antiviral treatment valtrex 500 mg 5) only have sex if you do not feel any pain or swelling 6) get a mirror and exam your private area daily look for any bumbs, lesions, areas of swelling 7)do not shave your private area - this causes irritation and can cause an outbreak even on antiviral medication 8) do not go to tanning salons and avoid any sun exposure that causes sun burn 9) keep taking your medication even when you feel you are "normal" again - remember lots of people have to take daily medication, people with allergies, high blood pressure, diabetes and mental illness so it really isn't that bad to take a pill once a day.
Most of all, you are beautiful, and you deserve to be the best you that you can possibly be. Do not let this viruse steal your zest for life, love and happiness. You can be normal, healthy and happy!
Life with herpes does not have to be all doom and gloom, shrouded in fear. Fear of what other people think of you. Bad things happen to very good people. That is life. I am good, beautiful and smart and herpes happened to me. I have had herpes for 20 years. 20 years ago, I was dating a guy in the military for about 6 months. One night he went out with his friends and unknown to me hooked up with a hooker. 2 weeks later he and I had sex. 7 days later I woke up in the middle of the night feeling terrible pain in my kidneys, it was so sharp it shoot up to my eyes and I felt like I was going blind. I had to crawl on my hands and knees to the bathroom, and when I finally peed, I felt like I was going to die. The next day I went to my gyno. He gave me a blood test and topical antiviral medication. A week later my gyno. confirmed I had herpes based on the lab tests. He started me on oral antiviral medication immediately. I called the boyfriend and told him he gave me herpes and he confessed about the hooker. We broke up and I was left to battle this disease on my own, and I have. I have been responsible from day one. I sought treatment, listened to my doctor's advice which entailed: do not have sex when you feel like an outbreak is coming on and take the antiviral mediaction. However, since then, once daily valtrex has came out, Since 1997 I have been taking it and it works! I have only had outbreaks when I stopped drug therapy (back in 1997, doctors thought you should only take it for 6 months then stop), since then doctors feel you can safely take it everyday. I have lived a happy normal life with herpes and have never spread the disease. I believe I never spread it because unlike the hooker whom my former boyfriend hooked up with, I immediately went to the doctor when I knew something was wrong with me. I refrained from sex during the initial onset of the disease 20 years ago, and I immediately got on antiviral drug treatment. You too can live a normal, happy, fulfilled life if you seek treatment, get on drug therapy and refrain from sex if you feel anything unusual going on with your body. Herpes may act differently from person to person, but I do not believe that there are people walking around that do not know they have something wrong with them, they know they are just afraid to go see a doctor or are like the hooker in my story and are too sorry of a person to do anything about it. The spread of herpes can be stopped, if people would go see their doctor and get on antiviral treatment. Also this business of telling everyone you have it is bull crap! If you are responsible and go to a doctor and get on drug therapy only you and your doctor need to know you have it. Herpes isn't spread by these responsible people, I am living proof of it. I have never spread the disease and I do not go around telling guys that I am dating I have it. Because I am treating it and I know my body - unlike the hooker who gave this to my boyfriend, who in turn gave it to me! People who do not have herpes do not understand it. Living with herpes for over 20 years I can offer this advice: 1.) if you think you have herpes go immediatley to a gyno and tell them your concerns and order the blood test 2.) do not have sex until you get your lab results back 3.) if positive, start antiviral treatment immediately and refrain from sex for the first 2 weeks of treatment. 4) stay on antiviral treatment valtrex 500 mg 5) only have sex if you do not feel any pain or swelling 6) get a mirror and exam your private area daily look for any bumbs, lesions, areas of swelling 7)do not shave your private area - this causes irritation and can cause an outbreak even on antiviral medication 8) do not go to tanning salons and avoid any sun exposure that causes sun burn 9) keep taking your medication even when you feel you are "normal" again - remember lots of people have to take daily medication, people with allergies, high blood pressure, diabetes and mental illness so it really isn't that bad to take a pill once a day.
Most of all, you are beautiful, and you deserve to be the best you that you can possibly be. Do not let this viruse steal your zest for life, love and happiness. You can be normal, healthy and happy!