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Penelope James

posted 04/12/2009, comments (0)

Happy STD Awareness Month!

Did you know that April is National STD Awareness Month? That’s right, this is the time to discuss and develop healthy sexual habits that we can put into practice for the rest of the year (or, rather, for the rest of your life). Have a burning question about an STD? Been putting off a visit to the doctor? This is... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/09/2009, comments (4)

What do I do?

I was just diagnosed with herpes a few days ago. I am still emotionally a wreck, but I know now that I was not as careful as I thought I had been. I was with the same person for four years, and I have been tested for herpes numerous times and it never showed that I had it. While we werent together I had 3 partners in which 1 I can't... Read more Chevron

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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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Jerry Kennard

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posted 03/19/2009, comments (0)

Overcoming the Fear of Disclosure

Should I say I have herpes or should I keep quiet? Without exception, every health professional or health educator will say you have a responsibility and a duty to disclose your condition. It sounds easy in principle, but how do you go about telling someone you have genital herpes? In this sharepost I outline a few of the more common reasons... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/17/2009, comment (1)

Feeling Guilty

How do you get past the potential guilt of possibly transmitting herpes to someone else? My ex-boyfriend gave me herpes 2 years ago, when he also learned he had it. I've only been with him since finding out, but am recently trying to re-enter the dating world. I am having serious trouble accepting the fact that I may very well give this to a man I... Read more Chevron

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