Hello. I'm newbie member

[Junglelady]

Hello everybody. I'm km from California How r u everybody?

[norcallove]

Hi. Welcome to this site. It has a lot of great information to the right as well as supportive people who understand what you're going through. I'm from CA as well. I was diagnosed with GHSV2 about three weeks ago. I am doing good now, a lot better since I left the doctors office. After the initial shock, I decided to remain positive and not let H control my life. How are you doing? What were you diagnosed with?

[Junglelady]

I'm type 2 I got it from one guy and I still struggle with my outbreak Dr gave me med and it make worst I feel relieve everyday with hot water bathing Hope it don't continue forever Someday soon they find cure for those disease Ohwell life move on to different path

[Prudence]

Hello, I am new too. I have suspected for several years I had herpes b/c my husband has it. (he told me after we were intimate about 7 months into our relationship) I was confirmed a few months ago. I am experiencing an increase in symptoms and discomfort. I am interested in supplement therapy as a possible help. I tried L-Lysine yet symptoms got worse I recently read on this site I think, that some ingredients in supplements can trigger an outbreak. So I am now looking for Lysine without gelatin and Magnesium Stearate. Anyway, my marriage is crumbling b/c of this, I feel lost and alone and uncomfortable and diseased. I would like to offer support to you I can only probably offer a listening ear right now.

[ihavit2]

I think something is wrong. I keep hearing he/she told me AFTER. Wth? Why do people do that. And to someone you're supposed to care about? And then. what do you in turn do? The same thing? I am deeply depressed, but cannot imagine being intimate with someone without letting them know what they're dealing with.

[Prudence]

I agree wholeheartedly, my now husband told me 7 months after we were first together. I was pregnant and that is the reason he told me. He never used a condom. Even though this all started many years ago it has been a wedge in our marriage. He kept telling me I would never get it and sure enough I did. I have asked him several times why he did not tell me first and he gives no answer. I know I would tell because I would never do to someone else what he did to me. If I had been told and chose to have unprotected sex it would be my choice my problem, but I was never given a choice. Now I am supposed to figure out a way to forgive him and frankly I can't. I don't trust him any more and don't believe him when he expresses affection. I think if he did love me he would not have put me in jeopardy at least without discussing with me first. So while I have no answers, this is all new to me too I feel the anger over people being so careless and unloving.

[ihavit2]

Me too Prudence. Me too. I got it from my bf that i was with for 3 years. The relationship had it's share of problems, but we managed to work through them. He told me he had to leave for a job training, 4 months. I suggested we break up being we were already not on the best of terms. That wasn't an option for him. Initially he'd come every weekend, but that ran it's course. I understood because it was a 4 hr drive. So, I went to see him, after much begging and pleading. And against my better judgement. I remember it was like I knew immediately afterwards. When i went to the bathroom if felt like FIRE was shooting through me. But I charged that to the many drinks I had the night before. But low and behold 3 days later the itching. Then the 2 bumps. Then the diagnosis. All in all I cannot say he turned his back on me, but I'm still seeing red. I recalled a few days later he was looking at an area at the top of his bikini area and it looked swollen. I asked him and he said he had a hair bump. Being that he's so hairy I paid it no attention. But that was his 1st outbreak, subsequently leading to mine. I hate what he's done to me. I was supposed to be in a monogamous relationship. I feel dirty. Ashamed. Stupid. And useless now.

[Prudence]

I hear you , I remember when my then bf and future husband told me. It was back in the day when I felt everyone was more important than I. So instead of taking time to really think about how I felt about the situation I immediately went into taking care of my bf mode. Trying to make him feel better. However, over the years I learned to have an opinion. Then when I began to experience symptoms and finally was diagnosed I was furious with him. Also, the symptoms are so much worse for me than my husband in fact he doesn't even really get any symptoms anymore. Anyway, its late and I am tired and am having trouble thinking clearly. There must be a way for us and others like us to feel better physically and mentally. I need to figure that out. I understand the feeling of shame because I feel the same. Yet when I hear you express it I realize we have nothing to be ashamed about we did not do anything to deserve this. I know I would feel better if I could get these symptoms under control. Well, more later I must sleep.