Question:
Does anyone else forget they have herpes?? i do, until someone says something about the virus.
I had a really bad first ob in february, when i was diagnosed, but since then i haven't had another, and i seem to just go about life and never think about it.
Another thing is that it doesn't bother me that i have it anymore.
Just wondering if anyone else is feeling the same way as me =]

Answer:
i don't like completely forget that i have it i just let it get to the back of my mind and just not think about it. i'm having an easier time dealing with this now i still have my moments where i get a little depressed but that seems to just happen when i'm having an outbreak. my first outbreak was in april and i've had two since then but they are nothing compared to the first one. for me each day makes it easier to deal with.

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i had a bad ob in april 2007 and was diagnosed shortly thereafter. not only do i ALWAYS think about, i have not felt "normal" since the ob. discomfort, soreness, backaches that just wont quit, monthly periods are all out of wack. that with the stress of carrying this stigma with me, not having anybody in my life that i care to share this with, taking 8-10 vitamins/herbs a day, wondering if i will ever be with anybody again, or if i can ever even trust anybody again. i wish i felt like you and had your outlook, but at this point, i def. do not. on the bright side; it sounds as if things are/do not have to be like this; light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak???:confused::)

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Well i mean for you two, the virus is newer. My first reaction was horrible, and i had pain for a month or so, but after that nothing yet.. But i do have somebody that i've been with and he took it well when we found out probably because i got it from him. But all i can tell you is that i was afraid i wasnt going to be able to do normal things like ride a bike or play sports, but i was wrong. And i hope for you two things get better!:D

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Smh1, it's been 4 months for me. As far as physically, I forget that I have it because I feel great, no itching, tingling or anything but mentally, yeah its still on the back of my mind. I've only had one ob. I think I would of really forgotten about if I were to meet someone that would accept me with the virus or who already has the virus.....This virus is all mental, at least for me.