Shocked

[Sillybrain]

Hi all. Firstly, thank you for this wonderful support group. 

I'm still in shock, tested positive to ghsv1 yesterday after swabs were taken on Monday. The interesting thing is I have suffered from oral coldsores since I was a kid and the advice I had been given by experts on this topic was that I was either immune or it was such a low chance of acquiring the infection in a new site. Guess I was one of those exceptions to the rule.

it was just dumb luck I guess, I have been in a long term, monogamous relationship and my boyfriend performed oral sex on me and we didn't noticed the coldsore in his beard. The outbreak occurred over 3 weeks after the encounter and it has been so mild, just a couple of tears.

The emotional roller coaster isn't a fun one and I guess I just want to know that it gets better and this won't even be an issue going forward.

i am a bit concerned for my partner as he now has terrible fly like symptoms after we had sex a few times while I had symptoms down there. This was before ghsv1 was confirmed. I know genital to genital transmission rates are very low but I'm not sure what to believe given what has happened in my case.

what a drainer but I really hope it gets better 

Hugs to you all xo

 

[WilsoInAus]

This was a PCR result was it? Are you saying that there was a swab taken of the tears and there has not been a typical cold sore?

[Sillybrain]

Yep it was a swab of the tears.

i have had typical cold sore lesions present on my lips. I would frequently get cold sores as a kid (always seemed to be on school photo day), they lessened as I got older.