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Penelope James

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posted 11/17/2009, comments (0)

Herpes and Telling Your Family

As we all know, talking about having herpes is often harder than actually living with the virus. One of the most common questions that come up on this site is how to effectively tell one’s partners that he/she has herpes. However, we rarely discuss the issue of telling one’s family, which, for some, can be just as... Read moreChevron
Living With It

Living With It

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posted 11/16/2009, comments (2)

so many questions

In July I went to the doctor and she thought I had herpes so she perscribed me medication to take (which helped) but when she got the test back it came back negative.  Before it came back I told my boyfriend right away that my doctor thought I had herpes.  He was speechless but told me he loved me and I was the only one he wanted to be... Read moreChevron
Sara
posted 08/23/2009, comments (2)

How to Get Herpes out of your Life!

Here's my story - I hope it will help you!   I have had herpes type II since I was 25. I am now 33. I had an uncommon reaction to herpes... I would not get sores, just intense (pain level 9 at times) pain in my rectum that would spread down my labia and down one of my legs. Sometimes the pain was so bad that I could not sit for days and... Read moreChevron
jellee
posted 08/23/2009, comments (5)

...and it wasn't his fault.

I was just diagnosed with Genital Herpes on Friday. I originally thought I had a yeast infection, because my symptoms were VERY similar to a preivious yeast infection I had. I already know I got the virus from my current boyfriend, because his ex-girlfriend had Herpes. I've always been very cautious of STDs and STIs, I've been tested after every... Read moreChevron
reddrtcountrykid

reddrtcountrykid

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posted 08/15/2009, comments (0)

Looking for an answer

I was fingering a girl that has herpes and after I finished with her my hand was still kind of wet and i finished my self off. She was not on an outbreak or anything so I think its a really low chance. Just seeing what the answer is
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There are two types of HSV, HSV type 1 and 2, and both can cause genital herpes.

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