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Ok want to hear how the worst day of my life started???
A few days ago I felt 3 bumps on the outside of my vagina near my buttocks. They were painfull and itched, I started to freak out immediatly. I put some ice on them as that seemed like the logical thing to do. The next day MORE bumps painfull as hell everywhere and I strt to notice that my eyeballs ache!! Thats right my freakin eyeballs ache!!! Has this ever happened to anyone??? They ache really bad to look down or up, I need to ice my eyes constantly, OK also my whole body hurts like I ran a marathon ( I sure as heck didnt) , my eyesight is blurring, my head is pounding and my entire vaginal area is now swollen and untouchable. Also here is the gross part my vagina is pouring some watery odorless liquid, like a lot of it, it is COMPLETLY odorless and literally the consistency of water...??? ANyone else had this???I have been sitting eating girl scout cookies and crying for two days. I know its herpes. I just know is.
Im guessing my ex gave it to me, Ok I cant even touch down below to see how many bumps there are or look with a mirror cuz I will pass out from the sight I just know it....
PLEASE Help... I think I may have a panic attack tomorow when I have to go to my gyno I have an appt, and show her, she will not believe it. Im embarassed to show her. How soon will this crap go away, when willmy eyes stop feeling like they want to pop out of my head????
Please offer any advice, I sit here with an ice pack on over my sweats and pop lysine 3x a day and want to die... Im sure the girl scout cookies are not helping but Im trying not to smoke I assume that would not help, and a bath was to depressing cuz being naked is just unpleasant. Oh yeah did I meniton I make my living as a lingerie /bathing suit model... what if this shit spreads OVER MY WHOLE BODY ... is that possible... I read some posts that indicate it is...? God please pray for me.
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also Im dating a guy and have been for the last month or so and we are using condoms so it cant be from him, I have told him I have the flu so I dont have to see him, should I tell him the truth???
Whyyyy ME???
your stories make me feel sort of better...please respond! :twisted: :evil:

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she knew it was when she looked at it, she swabbed it and then perscribed valtrex. I pretty much fe :twisted: el like my life is OVEr yep that is how I feel... I feel like im mourning a death or something!!! Maybe Im over reacting. Anyways if you dont have it already be carefull because I would not wish this uppon my worst enemy AND it really hurts like physically hurts like hell,and of course emotionally too...

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It'll be okay. I'm not just saying that to make you feel better. The first breakout is by far the very very worst. My experience was that the next couple of years of breakouts were physically uncomfortable but more emotionally draining than anything. I can assure you though, that after the first breakout it was never anything nearly as bad. I think our bodies react violently the first time then we grow immune to it. I'm sure reading other posts will fill you in on the details.

Honestly though, you should tell the guy you're sleeping with. You could have gotten it from him even with a condom. Also, it helped me considerably to tell my sister and my best friend. Read all you can and know all the facts.

One more thing. I once had an eye doctor ask me if I had herpes. I was never quite sure of the correlation but I think he said there was one. You'll find that doctors are as uncomfortable talking about STDs as everyone else, so ask a lot of questions.

You'll feel better. Keep your spirits up.

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Hey, all you can do now is take care of YOU, and stop worrying about it. You have to accept it, as it is a part of you now. This is something that you will have the rest of yourlife. Stress makes things even worse.

I can say that my 1st OB was the worst, but the last couple have been pretty minor. More annoying than anything because they itch at first. I have found if I dont scratch them or bother with them, they dont really do much. I made the mistake and scratched one and the blister got pretty big. I have also found that rubbing alcohol really helps for the prodome. I will put it on a cotton swab and just swab the area that itches. It burns a little but it gets rid of the itch. Be careful tho...I got some where it shouldnt have been and it felt like my crotch was on fire!!

I had the eyeball thing too, along with a pounding headache and my entire body ached. Just take some tylenol to help the pain. I think I was taking like 4 instead of 2. I also started taking vitamins along with Cats Claw, eating more fruits such as bananas, and strawberries, and also drinking a lot of orange juice. Just by adding this to my diet, I feel it has helped me a lot.

As for being emotional about this, I freaked the first week and its been a month now and I am pretty okay with it because the OBs havent been all that bad. I think this stupid STD has a really bad stigma and its just overplayed....that is what I freaked out about. After I got over that I felt much better. You cant get rid of it so you just have to make the best of your situation. So many people have this damned thing, youre not the only one.

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thanks for the repplies it means alot to me... I just cant get over how bad this crap hurts. Like honestly every time I have to go pee it's like a huge ordeal!!! I have to like mentally prepare myselp for it!!! It HURTS reallllllllllllllllllllllly bad. :twisted: Im going to get a perscription for pain pills tomorow, my gyno offered me some but I declined I didnt think I needed them but now Im on like day 5 of the OB and day 2 of valtrex and it starting to hurt worse. Like unbelievably so Im calling tomorow to get pain pills. I have been off work and cant go back I cant even leave the house it hurts that bad. :P THANK god the flu went away that stopped yesterday the eye aches are gone and the headaches gone and body aches... thank God. Now just semes like more sores are coming and the old ones are still getting bigger. This is really hell. I want to teach people that this can happen to ayone and not a "dirty" thing I have been with less than ten people not may considering Im almost 25 and have friends who take home guys every weekend. Oh well... Staying strong...thanks for the support.

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hi thats what makes me so mad also i have friedns that take guys home every weekend and have unprotected sex and they are fine. I am 26 and have had 2 sexual partners both of which were 2 year relationships and i just got diagnosed with it today. Inmy case i decided to have oral sex with my most recent ex andhe had a cold sore apparently and thats how i got this disease. Honestly i dont even think he knows he has it cause i know he wouldnt purposely give it to me. I also know he hasn't been with anyone else so who knows how he got the cold sore kind from what my doc said ti could be something as simple as touching somehitn gthat had been recently touched by an infected person or even simply sharing a drink with someone and considering all his friends are complete dirtballs that wouldnt surprise me if thats how he got it. while I am trying to stay positive it is not easy at all. just feel like my life is over and will never find anyone who wants to get involved with a girl who has herpes no matter how common the disease is. I have MS too so i have two strikes against me cause my immune system sucks with MS and herpes needs a good immune system to resist attacks. I am just hoping that everything works out but if anyoen has any advice on what to do and how to handle this please help cause I am a mess right now. Worst pasrt was having to tell my mother all this- i know deep down she is so disappointed by the whole thing but isnt sayign anything. Seriously they need to come up with a cure when so many people have it there has to be soem kind of research being done to get rid of this. after reading things form the internet it is so scary just how easy u can get this disease, really never would have thought that sharing a cocktail with a girlfriend who may have herpes and not know it could give me herpes, it's crazy! :oops:

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One more thing. I once had an eye doctor ask me if I had herpes. I was never quite sure of the correlation but I think he said there was one. You'll find that doctors are as uncomfortable talking about STDs as everyone else, so ask a lot of questions. Ooh that's what my eye pain is from..!! I always wondered why my eyeballs hurt. I thought I was losing eye sight... because my vision would get blurry too along with the pain.

Does anyone have any more information about eye pain in relation to H?
Does the pain occur only when the virus kicks in (during prodrome and outbreaks) or just randomly? Can I take the eye pain as a sign of an outbreak coming? I can usually tell an outbreak is coming by pain in the back of my legs.

To used2feelpretty: Sorry I bumped this thread. I'm new to the forum and trying to catch up with previous posts. I'm truly sorry that you "joined the club" but I promise you, it will be much less painful from now on. I hope you're feeling better now, both physically and emotionally. I also hope that you found the courage to tell your partner... and that the talk went smoothly.

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:cry: i just diagnosed yesterday. i cannot deal with this!!!! this is the worst thing thats ever happend to me. i am 22 years old and i feel like now i will never find tru love!! i am way too ashamed to tell any partner..... and i wont just sleep with them and not tell them. so i feel as if i am screwed. my whole life is over i feel. oh yea, by the way..... i dont undeerstand the eye thing either. My friend and my mom though said dont touch your eyes! so i dont. maybe you got some of the infected stuff in your eyes. used to feel pretty: i can totally relate to you. reading your story made me think of what happend to me in the past 24 hours!! i just dont know what to do. ive called out of work for 2 days because i am in such pain......physical and emotional! if anybody wants to chat.....write back and ill give u my email