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hope4future

Newly diagnosed and looking for support, I need inspiration...

posted 08/15/2009, comments (20)

I Need Advice (telling others about my HSV) and living with myself...

I was just recently diagnosed with genital herpes two months ago. The past couple months have been the hardest time of my life. I am very depressed and don't know how to continue living my life with this disease. I can't believe I even have it, I keep thinking I will wake up one day and everything will be back to normal. I... Read more Chevron

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Penelope James

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posted 06/17/2009, comments (9)

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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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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I have herpes. It doesn't have me.

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posted 03/31/2009, comments (8)

Hunting for my infector: My own useless modern-day witch hunt.

"You tested positive for Herpes Simplex 2... is that a shock, or were you expecting that?" I understood why the polite female voice at the other end of the phone asked me that, but at the moment, it seemed like an idiotic question. I never, ever had any sort of reason to think I might have had genital herpes. I'd been tested... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/23/2009, comments (3)

Giving Herpes a Hand

One issue that seems fuzzy to a lot of us who have herpes is whether it can be transmitted to or by hands. It’s an important question, since the hand is one part of the body that never gets protected during safe sex. (Hand condoms? For some reason I just don’t think it would catch on.) Not to mention that... Read more Chevron

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