HERPES

Talk About Herpes | Herpes Simplex

Experience…

I AM A LIVING TESTIMONY THAT ANYONE CAN CONTRACT THIS DISEASE! I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME… WHY? I DIDN`T HAVE MANY PARTNERS AT THE TIME, I ALWAYS USED PROTECTION, I WAS ALWAYS CAREFUL ABOUT WHO I SLEPT WITH AND I WAS NOT A LOOSE WOMAN- ALL MY PARTNERS WERE RELATIONSHIPS! I MOVED TO AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS A VERY HIGH RATE OF STDs AND I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WAS NOT FROM THAT PART OF TOWN NOR WAS I FROM THE STATE PERIOD. ANYWAY, I GOT INVOLVED WITH A MAN WHO HAD THIS DISEASE AND DIDN`T KNOW HE HAD IT (OR MAYBE HE DID AND JUST DIDN`T TELL ME, I DON`T KNOW) AND NOW I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I AM NOW A STATISTIC! I WASN`T SLEEPING AROUND, I WASN`T CARELESS, I JUST GOT INVOLVED WITH THE WRONG GUY, AT THE WRONG TIME AND AT THE WRONG PLACE. I THANK GOD EVERYDAY THAT HE DIDN`T GIVE ME HIV/AIDS BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE BUT DIDN`T! I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE- NOT JUST CERTAIN PEOPLE. YOU CAN BE A VIRGIN, YOU CAN HAVE FEW PARTNERS, YOU CAN CHOOSE THEM WISELY AND PROTECT YOURSELF AND THIS STILL HAPPEN TO YOU. THE SAD PART IS THAT EACH PERSON THAT YOU SLEEP WITH YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE THIS NATURE AND TAKE A VERY BIG CHANCE OF THEM WALKING AWAY; BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SINCE CONTRACTING THIS DISEASE WHILE DATING IS THAT IF A PERSON CARES ABOUT YOU AND REALLY WANTS TO BE WITH YOU THEY ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE SITUATION MAY BE, THEY WILL BE THERE- NOTHING WILL CHANGE! BUT STILL, IT IS SOMETHING VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON`T HAVE IT AND IT IS A BURDEN FOR ANYONE WHO DOES HAVE IT. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE REAL WORLD NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON STDs BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF IGNORANT PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE IGNORANT TO DISEASES, ESPECIALLY HERPES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, HERPES WOULD NOT BE NEARLY AS BAD ON INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE IT IF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IT MORE. BUT THAT`S THE WAY OF THE WORLD AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THOSE INQUIRING, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS HERPES, THAT DOES NOT MEAN OFF THE BREAK YOU WILL CONTRACT IT FROM THEM, THAT IS CRAZY!! I DON`T CARE WHAT THE "SO CALL" FACTS ARE; THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS DISEASE SOLEMNLY DEPENDS ON BOTH PARTIES BODY!! THE IMMUNE SYSTEM PLAYS A TREMENDOUS ROLE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF HERPES!! SOME PEOPLE CAN EASILY CATCH IT, SOME PEOPLE CAN`T; IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE BODY. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE VIRUS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND HAVE NOT TRANSMITTED IT TO ANYONE (FROM THEIR KNOWLEDGE), SUCH AS MY SELF! ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME PEOPLE CAN CATCH IT AND TRANSMIT IT IN A HEARTBEAT, IT ALL DEPENDS. WHAT CRACKS ME UP WITH SOCIETY IS THAT THEY SEEM TO FORGET THAT EACH PERSON THEY SLEEP WITH GIVES THEM A FAIR CHANCE OF CONTRACTING HERPES AND MANY OTHER STDs BUT THEY THINK JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW A PERSON HAS IT BECAUSE THEY WERE COURTEOUS ENOUGH TO ADMIT IT PUTS THEM AT A HIGHER RISK- NOT!! ACTUALLY THE REALITY IS BACKWARDS. IF YOU OPENLY KNOW THAT A PERSON HAS A STD SUCH AS HERPES YOU HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH SO THAT LOWERS YOUR RISK VS YOU SLEEPING WITH A PERSON WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IT AND THEY NOT TELL YOU IF THEY DO SO YOU MY OR MAY NOT PROTECT YOURSELF PUTS YOU AT AN EVEN HIGHER RISK IF YOU ASK ME BECAUSE YOU ARE TAKING A CHANCE NOT REALLY KNOWING. ALSO, JUST BECAUSE YOU, YOURSELF DIDN`T CONTRACT AN STD FROM A PARTNER OR PAST PARTNERS DOES NOT MEAN THEY DON`T OR DIDN`T HAVE ONE, THAT JUST MEANS YOU DIDN`T CATCH IT. MY BEST ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HERPES IS TO LIVE YOUR LIFE! IT IS NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS AND IF ANYONE CARES ABOUT YOU AND LOVE YOU THEY ARE GOING TO BE WILLING TO BE THERE FOR YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY! THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES SINCE I HAVE CONTRACTED THIS DISEASE WHEN IT WAS THE FURTHEST FROM MY MIND BECAUSE I HAD BIGGER AND MORE COMPLICATED THINGS TO DEAL WITH, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? IT`S NOT THE WORSE THING IN THE WORLD! FOR THOSE WHO DON`T HAVE HERPES, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THIS FORUM INTO CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUE TO BE SAFE AND TRY TO EDUCATE YOURSELF MORE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT JUST LIKE IT HAPPENED TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU TOO, EVEN IF YOU ARE CAREFUL!!! *WINK* [46698]

Gender: F
Age: 23
Married: N
State: MD
Country: USA

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