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having a bad outbreak. please find a cure!
September 3, 2009
by Anonymous,
12 weeks 3 days ago
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Ok. I need to vent, its a bad day.
I am a young woman that is HSV-2 positive.
I hate my life on days that I have an outbreak, such as today. Im popping L-lysine as I type.
Before this happened, I was engaged to a young man and we decided to go get tested. We may have made a mistake by going to the local clinic, but it was the cheapest place and I have been there before and it had been a pleasant experience. I told the woman at the front desk that we wanted to be tested for EVERYTHING!!!! And we were, so I thought. months went by, we were both negative for everything, and everything was fine. Then, I suffered from a broken bone and had to have surgery which was very stressful. After surgery I noticed a bump and tada...genital herpes. To make matters worse, the nurse pulled my file and said they were suppose to draw two vials of blood for the herpes test, so we had not been tested for that....*random question* Can't I sue the bast****? So I tried acyclovair for a year and it worked okay...I still run off of my parents insurance and I have 2 gynos, so I get my herpes meds through the clinic, as they don't use my insurance. After discovering that this bast*** that had given me this disgusting, sick disease was not the right one for me, we ended our relationship. So here I am, depressed, lacking self-confidence, disgusted with myself. Also, I am too embarassed to go back to the clinic and have my annual updated to recieve more herpes meds, so I am trying the natural approach. Eating broccoli, taking Vitamin C, and L-lysine is great, but I get an outbreak everytime my current boyfriend and I have vigorous sex, so like twice a month, as the rubbing and trauma to the area brings it on. IF ANYONE OUT THERE OF IMPORTANCE READS THIS....help out the young, unmarried people who have their lives ahead of them and quit being so damn selfish! I would sign my life away and work in a coal mine till I was 65 just to have a vaccine that got rid of this. I just want this to go away! I'd give anything!!!
Also, this may be silly...but since it only affects such a small area on my lower parts, some days, such as today, I wonder why they can just CUT IT OFF! I wouldn't mind. Honestly. Recovery would be a pain, but I wouldn't care. Herpes is the BANE of my existence.
Sorry, just venting.