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trying to cope, stuck for life

by stuck with this for life trying to cope

I was a virgin until i was twenty years old. after i had sex for the first time with one man i only slept with one other man using a condom with the second one then i had oral sex with another man. a couple days later after i had oral sex, i broke out with a couple sores on my vagina. I was in so much pain. i couldn't even touch them. I went to the doctor hoping he would tell me something simple and i could get medicine and it would just go away. Instead he said oh no and when he said that i knew it was bad. He told me i had genital herpes. i just lost it. i was so upset. the only things i could think was this was the end of my life. he said there's no cure. i thought how will i ever get married. who will except me? how will i ever have children? i felt so dirty, so ashamed, and i wasn't sure if the first guy gave it to me and maybe my outbreak didn't happen right away or if it was from oral sex. Well this was about 5 years ago. I am 25 years old now and i am married with a little boy. i have an outbreak about once a year. and its horrible and i wish everyday i could take it back what i did with those few men. it just goes to show it doesn't matter if you've had a few sexual partners or a lot. it can happen to anyone. I am a christian now, and i've prayed to be healed. but the fact remains the Lord can heal people but also there are consequences for our actions. and its something i still have to deal with. So far We have been blessed i was able to deliver my son vaginally i just had to take medicine everyday. and my husband hasn't gotten it yet. but we avoid sex during an outbreak. my only fear now is that if one day he were to get herpes from me that he will leave me.




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Nov 11, 2010
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we're in this together
by: Anonymous

wow, your story touched me, cause i feel the exact way. Im 18 and i dont want to live anymore. You give me great hope that someday i can be married and have babies too. Thanks for the inspiration. I am a catholic and i pray everyday. My results havent come back poitive yet, howvwer, im positive i have it. May god bless you and you family. We're in this together

Jan 10, 2011
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You are not ALONE...
by: Latricia

Girl...I know exactly how you feel....BUT DON STRESS ABOUT IT...just keep doing what you are doing and through PRAY..your husband will be fine.... I too wish I had a chance to do it all over again....But we can't honey...AND YES WE ARE STUCK...but its not the end of the world...IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE....hang in there and keep praying.. :-)

Aug 24, 2011
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by: Anonymous

Thanks for sharing your story- it's similar to mine.
The second guy I ever slept with- first night- at 19 yo, I got herpes2. I could see lesions on his penis but I ignored it- stupid me! I agonized for years about my future- marriage, children..& God blessed me with a husband who loved me for me& not this virus. We have 2 kids. I've only had 1 outbreak in the last 8 years of marriage (right now actually!).
It's devastating to get the OB as it reminds you of that devastating time- great loneliness & isolation & shame.
My husband would never leave as he loves us all too much.
Your husband knows that he married you for you, not the virus. If he leaves, he was never worth it.
You are a complete , whole person, with a virus that pops up now & then.
I pray for a cure- but sadly, if there was one, pharmaceutical will do everything in their power to suppress the natural cures (such as hydrogen peroxide- a natural cure.. I'm looking in to this) or they will stand to lose trillions of $$$$$$$$$$....
So it's going to be up to US to find it.

Until then, love who you are, God thinks you're perfect.,& be who you are & want to be & your Hubby would not leave you for giving him herpes.. He knew you had it anyway!!
Love outweighs the pain of an OB. Having said that, my Hubby has never caught HSV from me.

All the best :)

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