Question:
All of the herpes symptoms I described to the nurse were blown off as being a coincidence or my imagination. Believe me, if my herpes was on trial it'd be found guilty Guilty GUILTY! But not by this judge er... nurse. She was so focused on passifying me and giving me feelgoods that I left the clinic feeling like I had just listened to Bobby McFerin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" for 1.5 hours straight. Feeling not happy but aggrivated. Oh yea, the nurse had a large cold sore on her lip.

So, my lesson is that when I go see the lab/doctor specialist in a few days, I'm going to forget to mention the hydrogen peroxide I sprayed my penis (no nurse, the hydrogen peroxide didn't cause my sore and swelling and bumps etc..) and the supplements I started taking. I will describe my symptoms as twice as bad as they really are/were and I won't mention anything that could be used by them as an excuse to explain my herpes symptoms like the soap I used. Keep it simple and don't feed them fodder for excuses. Maybe even throw in a few more herpes symptoms to boot, to make sure they take me seriously. I'm thinking of making up something about seeing a prostitute who then told me she had std's. Will they think I am at risk then? Oh yea, I hate that one too - when a doctor gives a diagnosis based on if you are "at risk".

I want a serious and accurate diagnosis, not a Mickey Mouse glee club telling me how I shouldn't worry about herpes.

This is very disturbing. They don't test for herpes with an STD screening, and when the herpes topic is brought up it's not taken seriously.

WTF.

Answer:
Something similar happened to me during my first exam when I had suspicions. The doctor discounted all my symptoms, told me not to worry, and sent me home after a blood test. I didn't even get a prescription for an antiviral! I don't know what's wrong with the medical profession...

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When I phoned for an appointment at my local STD clinic because I thought I'd transferred the virus from genital to oral, I was told they don't deal with anything oral!!!

The implication was that it wasn't a big deal and not to bother them. :evil:

Answer:
yeah, I was concerned I might have herpes whitlow, contacted planned parenthood to see if this was the case and they said "no, we don't deal with that sort of thing"

why the F not?! Only penises and vaginas, eh? Stupid if you ask me. It is that much HARDER to do a swab on a finger or hand to get the same result? What the hell am I missing here? Seems like it would be a fairly simple procedure, more so than swabbing your ass, dick or snatch and they could get you the same results. Stupid stupid stupid. And I am a huge advocate for planned parenthood, but sometimes there policies are a bit bass ackwards.

AS for doctors....feh, don't get my started on THEM again.