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I got it at age 16 by a boyfriend. I knew right away I had 'something' because as you know..the 1st outbreak IS HORRIBLE!!

Went to the clinic and boom. I spread it before I had my outbreak visible to me also...and until I was mature I spread it alot, actually. My education as horrible as well..even when I didn't know I was spreading it..I was.

I was pretty pissed off when I knew this was a life long problem. I had a hate for men and also just 'spread' it. I hated them.

I was married in 93 and was w/him for 3 yrs..and never told him. He never asked. He would see a 'sore' on him but you know they look like lil cuts sometimes and he thought it was from 'friction' from having rough sex...

and I am remarried ..since 02 but I was mature this time and told him first.

He didn't speak to me for a whole day and than came back to me...decided to have sex w/me .. unprotected ..at that ..and we been together ever since.

I also have a boy who gonna be 11 next mth..and a 6 yr. old step son.

Glad to see a site like this! I live in so much secrecy!

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sosheable Newbie

sosheable

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I am new at this so please bear with me...

Hi,

I was diagnosed in June of 05 by a former boyfriend who didn't know that he had it. When I found out you would thought that someone told me that I was going to die tomorrow. I told no one except him and my 2 former best friends at the time. He was devestated that he had given it to me because after he found out that he had it he gave me the opportunity to leave and I didn't because I was in love. Needless to say, he and I broke up and I again thought that my life was going to come to an end again. My thought pattern was that I was going to be single for the rest of my life. I decided last February or so to do suppressive therapy. I have been outbreak free for a year now. My dilemma is I have gotten back together with a past boyfriend from anout 10 years ago, and I feel that he is my soul mate the man that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. I was up front and honest with him about having herpes and he accepted me anyways. He wants to to look into Kevin Trudeau's "Natural Cure" for herpes. the information that I am seeing are telling me otherwise. I know that there is no cure for herpes or so pharmaceutical companies say, but I honestly think there is. They are making millions on top of millions from Valtrex and don't want to give up their gold mine. My delimma is I want to be able to get to a point with my boyfriend where we will not have to have sex with condoms, where we can oral sex and me not give it to him. I need some serious help!!!!

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tina linden Newbie

tina linden

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my ex-husband gaev me herpes when i was 15 years old. i had one outbreak at the age of 15 1/2 went to the doctor he burned them off and since then i have never had a out break again and i am now 30 years.. i frogot all about that out break until my ex-husband brought it up 2 days ago.. now i am worried about well was my boyfriend last week but we are now broken up.. I am worried he might have gotten it .. he already thinks i sleeped around on him when i never cheeted on him with anyone I am scared. could he have gotten it after 14 years of not having it (NO OUTBREAKS SINCE THEN) PLEASE HELP THANKS TINA

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yeah, warts (HPV) are burned off.....not herpes lesions or sores HPV is also a virus that never goes away but usually after you receive treatment (a cream, laser them off, freeze them off, or burn them off) they tend to never activate again in people for the rest of their lives...that is the most common affect they have on people. A small population of people have them recurring but most afre like the way you described your experience. I def. dont think it was herpes based on what you wrote.

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I can relate to that!!

It was 1999 when i had my wisdom teeth pulled. I was under stress. I had a coldsore on the right side of my mouth. I was a little out of it because of the painkillers i was on. I accidentally spread the "coldsore" from my lip to my gentials.

Thats when i got educated about "coldsores". I didnt realize they were the herpes virus.

mrstaylor5:

"He didn't speak to me for a whole day and than came back to me...decided to have sex w/me .. unprotected ..at that ..and we been together ever since"

That is exatly how it was for me. I was afraid to tell wayne when i met him. But i did, gave him some info. And it happened just like you described!!. We've been together for 6yrs come the end of june!! ;)

Hugs!

Ramona.

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