Anonymous #1 15w

no she has oral herpes (she gets cold sores) but she didn’t have an active outbreak at the time. Her doctor told her as long as she wasn’t having an active outbreak she couldn’t transmit it. That was wrong unfortunately for me 😭 crazy part is my doctors told me the same thing when they diagnosed me

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Anonymous OP 15w

Damn I know someone that exact same thing happened to. She got it from a guy giving her head who apparently had oral herpes. Did you get HSV type 1?

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Anonymous #1 15w

yup, sure did 😔 this has genuinely been the worst week of my life lmao it’s excruciatingly painful. I wouldn’t wish this on my biggest opp i swear 😭

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Anonymous OP 15w

Damn bro so sorry. Well the first outbreak is the worst so at least you won’t feel this pain again. So your girl doesn’t have genitial herpes?

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Anonymous #1 15w

nah she doesn’t. The goal is to keep it that way i don’t want her going thru this lmfao

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Anonymous OP 15w

Damnnn I didn’t even know it was painful as well. That sounds like the worst thing ever. How long after she gave you head did the outbreak come l?

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Anonymous #2 14w

having the virus is permanent. having the blisters and this amount of pain is not thankfully. i thought life was over when i first got diagnosed but I’m starting to see that after this outbreak it’s just about management to try and prevent another breakout (breakouts after this one won’t be as long or as painful)

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Anonymous #1 14w

we did stuff on a sunday, i was itching n burning by the following thursday, and had blisters by the following sunday which my doctors said adds up perfectly for the timeline of infection unfortunately. i mean this does suck but i am relieved she didn’t cheat LMFAO

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Anonymous #1 14w

The first out break is super painful and along with the blisters, i got flu like symptoms which is also p common for the first outbreak bc ur body is exposed to this new virus and is kinda like WTF 😭

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Anonymous OP 14w

You can also get on a daily valacyclovir to lower your rate of viral shedding

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Anonymous OP 14w

(And prevent outbreaks of course)

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Anonymous #2 14w

Lots of people have herpes and there are good drugs available to prevent recurrence. It’s not leprosy.

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Anonymous #5 14w

Yeah it sucks fs. The first outbreak is always the worst 😭 hopefully because it’s hsv 1 i’ll have less recurrence. I’m praying.

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Anonymous #4 14w

Yeah but like shouldn’t you be careful and always get tested to prevent an infection that’s permanent? Like isn’t the point to just like, not catch any STDs Y’know?

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Anonymous #5 14w

Oh shit that’s scary man, how do you tell you have it if you have no symptoms man? I guess you just ask the other person or they get tested before sex I suppose?

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Anonymous #4 14w

Like sure a lot of people have herpes, but if 60% of all people have herpes that’s not exactly a good thing, like, at all. Like the whole point of diseases, especially if they’re permanent and not just a common cold, is to never catch them, and in this context always stay safe and get tested for them beforehand.

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Anonymous #2 14w

When u get tested for STD’s, they don’t test for herpes generally unless you specifically ask for it or have active lesions like I did. They don’t test for it because it isn’t always transmitted sexually, it’s tested thru blood or an active lesion sample, and a lot of people have the virus and don’t know it. I mean yeah it’s definitely not a good thing that 60% of people have it.

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Anonymous OP 14w

But outbreaks can be pretty seldom with good exercise, stress management, and well rounded diet. It’s not curable but it’s certainly manageable. People deal with it weather it’s oral herpes, genital herpes, or somewhere else 🤷🏽‍♂️ i guess i’m people now 😭😭

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Anonymous OP 14w

Well, are you taking medicine to prevent the infection from spreading to others? Like a doctor recommended pill or anything?

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Anonymous #2 14w

i’m currently on valacyclovir to deal with the outbreak im in rn. after that my doctors wanna see if i have anymore bc i guess hsv 1 breakouts are less common in the genital area. if i have frequent breakouts they’ll probably keep me on the valacyclovir, if not there’s not really any need for it. also bc my gf gave me the virus she already has it. i cant give it to her again.

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