Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
I contracted genital herpes nearly thirty years ago from my former husband, who often had cold sores. I had described symptoms to my doctor, but he passed over it as a "skin irritation," gave me a tube of "ointment," and sent me on my way! I did not know I had ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
As I walked up to the department of health, my heart was pounding. I was almost crying before I got inside. I'm 16 now and was only 15 at the time. Once inside, we waited for about 2 hours to be seen. And the whole time all I could ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
I found out I had genital herpes 6 years ago. I had just accepted my boyfriend's marriage proposal one month before. I was devastated. I argued with the doctor. I refused to believe that I had herpes. I left the office, hysterically, in tears. After sitting in my car for about an ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Well, where can I start? All I know is that yesterday was the worst day of my life. And I find that by talking about it makes it a little bit easier to accept this disease. I've been sexually active for about three short months. For the last thirty ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
I am 18 years old and 4 months ago (one week before my 18th b-day) I had noticed some sores in my genital area. I scheduled an appt. with my gynecologist and right after looking at them she knew what was wrong with me. She told me that I had ...
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