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Well... I did what I thought I'd never do. I outted myself on AIM. (AOL instant messaging) I normally frequent the chatrooms and have become kind of a regular "face" there. It is not a place where you want to air your dirty laundry. There is alot of fighting amongst the regs and there are quite a few cruel people on there. I became ingaged in a discussion and one thing lead to another and... I outted myself. Suprisingly, it was well taken. Time will tell if I've become the new aim pariah. I felt an overwhelming urge to warn people that condoms do not protect you from all STD's. Hell I want to make a public service announcement on TV, visit schools, tell it to the world. I wished I had been more informed. I know it's the embarassment, the shame that keeps us from warning others. It was a very brave (albeit crazy) thing for me to do. And as much as I love having this forum of message boards and posting... I needed to be able to chat about it.

So... if anyone wants to chat on AIM with me please visit the AIM chatrooms at http://www.aim.com/community/chats.adp I'm normally in 40's, 50's or Older Women under the screen name oO Whimsy Oo. You'll have to get my attention in the room as I have blocks set up to keep random people from IM'ing me. Just say you want to talk about Faithful, I'll know what you mean.

If I've informed one person, I'll be happy. If they inform 1 person, and they another....it'll be a start.

Wow...you can barely see my balls in this skirt:lol:


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Very cool of you, keep up the good work! :)

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How you feel is infact how you feel but based on what you have shared here in this forum I think there is no reason you should feel "ashamed". So how about it - lift up that chin and hold your head up high.

I am proud of you for sharing the truth with others and you deserve to be complimented for making a great contribution to getting the word out.

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Thank you Caliope,
I imagine everyone feels ashamed, no matter how they contracted it. I do however feel partially responsible, even though it wasn't my act that lead to this. I don't feel my husband would have ever gone through that door, had I not left it open. My chin is up today. Tomorrow may be another story. I am just discovering that the rash I am dealing with, is the molluscum contagiosa, not an outbreak. So while I was thinking, compared to everything I've read, I was ready to count myself lucky...I don't even know how my first outbreak will be. Hopefully I've got some good karma coming my way.