HERPES

Talk About Herpes | Healthy Baby

26 April, 2014

Experience… I contacted herpes from my husband. He told me he was infected before we had intimate contact. I asked my physician for information on how to avoid contacting it (was told to have him use a condom when he “felt he was having a break-out”). I became infected about a year later anyway. I […]

Talk About Herpes | C-Sections

Experience… I just know that in the last 4 years of 18, they have been recurring more often. I used to get them once or twice a year at the most. Now I get them regularly once a month. VERY FRUSTRATING! I feel very lonely with this disease! I had an HIV test, but it […]

Talk About Herpes | Health of Baby

Experience… I knew that my husband had herpes when we married, but we swore that we would be so careful. Well 5 years later and with a 21 month old, I just found some blisters on the top front of my thigh. Now I feel hopeless. I did not think I would feel like this […]

Talk about Herpes | Lip

Experience… it looks so bad on my lip. i try to call in sick…. I wish there was med. to stop it after day one [46463] Gender: M Age: 46 Married: N State: nc Country: usa

Talk About Herpes | Living with it

25 April, 2014

just keep positive…i sometimes wish i`ll just wake up and it`ll be a dream…I just have to learn to live with it and learn how to control it [46479] Gender: F Age: 37 Married: Y State: texas Country: bexar Experience…

Talk About Herpes | VD

Experience… Fat lady sang. No "life" with H. You just "exist". What crazy NON H person WANTS to be with someone with such a horrible VD? $$$ in $$$ $uppre$ant$. What`s left now ( only dating "with our own kind"? Some will do that, and "settle" for whom/whatever they can find, because they know NO […]

Talk About Herpes | Stress Increases Outbreaks

Experience… My outbreaks have always been frequent but I thought they were stress-related. Since my stress levels have dropped I thought the frequency would also but I`ve have 3 outbreaks in the last 5 months and they seem to be getting more severe. It`s so frustrating. Even taking Lysine didn`t reduce the severity this time. […]

Talk About Herpes | HSV1

Experience… I met this girl a few weeks ago at a bar when I was out with some friends celebrating. I kept things very innocent, as I have always been very careful about strangers and being sexually active with them. Towards the end of the night we kissed a few times, but I left it […]

Talk About Herpes | Herpes Can Lay Dormant

Gender: F Age: 53 Married: N Experience… I was unfaithful to my husband 15 years before I was diagnosed with herpes. I had one sexual partner, other than my husband. I had told my husband of this affair and he forgave me! And then, 15 years later, I had herpes! I`ve always wondered if herpes […]

Talk About Herpes | 3 Recurrences

Experience… I contracted the disease 4 years ago having unsafe sex with a guy I worked with. My first outbreak was nearly unbearable but have had very few (2 or 3) recurrences since. I was devastated when I found out and got extrememly stressed out and depressed (which made the symptoms worse). I thought I […]