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Jerry Kennard

posted 06/24/2009, comments (5)

Phobic about Herpes?

There's little doubt in my mind that a lot of messages relating to genital herpes are underpinned by fear. On the one hand we tut-tut people who stigmatize those with a sexually transmitted disease but on the other we point out the distressing consequences to people who are disease free but who we view as exhibiting high risk behavior. Maybe it's... Read more Chevron

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Penelope James

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posted 06/17/2009, comments (10)

Telling Your Partner, Gender and Acceptance

Maybe I’m picky or maybe I’m hard to be in a relationship with, but for whatever reason lately I seem to change partners about as often as I change my Facebook status. Due to the moderately high turnover, and my resolution to always inform my partners about having herpes before any sexual contact, I’ve been able to really... Read more Chevron

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Gracie

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posted 06/16/2009, comments (34)

Scared, Lost, Looking for hope

So I just got back from the doctor. I pretty much knew what to expect when I went in but hearing her confirm my fear wasn't easy. What I have looks a lot like herpes. I won't know for sure until the culture comes back, but I'm no fool. I'm 24 years old, and have slept with a total of three men. My first outbreak... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/11/2009, comment (1)

have herpes!

Have herpes and don't know how to tell partners.... I just send an STD E ard from my favorite STD dating site Http://www.herpesfinder.com to my parnter. Hope they will go to doctors... I think it's a good way to tell others the std

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Sarah H

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posted 06/04/2009, comments (7)

I finally told him my secret.

So, I posted a couple of weeks ago about whether I should tell my new guy I have herpes or not. Well, last Wednesday night we were laying on my hammock, and he told me he wanted me to open up. (He knew something was up because I told him I needed to talk to him about something and then I chickened out.) I got scared, again, and told him it wasn't... Read more Chevron

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