Information and opinions on health from Leah at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/37172/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/37172/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/37172/index http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/37172/118597/shocked Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:32:25 -0400 Leah I just found out I have herpes and I am completely devasted. When I first experienced symptoms my gyno misdiagnosed me; she told me it was just a really bad staph infection. At the time she took cultures, which I later learned showed I had the virus. However, my gyno never told me and a year goes by until I get another outbreak. I went to a new gyno who saw the sores and knew automatically it was herpes; and later tested positive... http://www.healthcentral.com/genital-herpes/c/37172/118597/shocked