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Amelie

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Well, it's been a while since i've been on here. I've been through a lot, physically, emotionally and spiritually. i've met a wonderful guy with whom i spend a lot of time.

I've talked to a few friends who have Herpes and they've told me that they have successful and happy relationships cuz the guys they get with "don't care." How can they not care? I wouldn't want Herpes if i could help it! I was too scared to let any of the guys who called take me out cuz i didn't want to go through the rejection i would feel when they grimaced and ran away calling me a leper. I took the cowardly approach and just...didn't deal with it. I became Asexual and avoided boys like the plague.

And then i met my boyfriend. We went out, as friends, and i told him right off the bat. I said, "If this goes anywhere, i just want you to know that i have Herpes." I recieved a shocked silence and he responded, "tell me how you got it..." i told him the story, he held me when i cried, and said, "Well, i like you, and i want to continue this relationship on a plutonic level at least, and we'll see where it goes from there, ok? I don't think you're nasty or a skank, i just want to be...cautious. I'm young, ya know?"

I was very relieved when he said that. Now, i'm going to try to get on Valtrex because i've heard it decreases the risk of spreading it to a partner, and my boyfriend and i are very careful when we 'mess around.' After not even being kissed for six months, having a full on romantic relationship with someone is weird.

And who knows, maybe in a month he'll tell me he can't accept my disease and that we have to end our relationship. Then, i'll know it wasn't meant to be. I'll be heartbroken, and will probably go through a period of depression again, but at least i'll have been through this once.

It's hard, i know it's hard, but you HAVE TO TELL THEM. If we'd had sex and he'd gotten it i would have KILLED myself. I got it from a guy who was wearing a condom so i will take no chances with this boy that i love. And ya'll shouldn't either. It's embarrassing, you feel dirty, but you save the other person from the misery the stigma brings.

I'll get down off my soap box now. If anyone knows about Valtrex and is happy/unhappy with it, will you holla at me? Also, has anyone been in a sexually active relationship and NOT spread it to their partner? Just wondering.

Thank you for listening,

Amelie

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does Valtrex really decrease the risk of spreading? because i was diagnosed last year and they gave me a few pills for my outbreak. if i take them before sex will they decrease it? thanks.

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