Question:
My First outbreak, is now healing.. it was very severe on a Count of being mis-diagnosed, and self medicated.
I thought it was a yeast infection at first, i was spreading cream everywhere, which in turn was spreading the virus everywhere...
The Dr at first thought it was clamydia... It soon got to the point, where urinating was damn near death, the sores ached every time I moved, and I also had it in my throat, preventing me from eating, and swallowing properly. its now healing, and I can finally Pee and eat again... HOWEVER... (this is what got me into this issue in the first place)... I can't have sex... and i really really want too... How long (Ladies) did it take for your first outbreak to completly heal?

Answer:
I was initially diagnosed with herpes in November 2006 and it did not go away until around March 2007. A long time for an ob and not to mention I had very bad physical pain with my ob. However, it is different for each individual.

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Canadianlife, I am feeling your pain. Quite literally. I too thought it was a yeast infection, and I too spread Monistat and Herpes all over my VJ. I'm in a quiet agony, although if you ask my bf, I'm not very quiet about it. The pain, at times, is nauseating. Urinating is awful. Sitting without a pelvic tilt is impossible, laying sucks, and standing is the worst. I'm 20 days in.

I'm a very sexual person, and I've never experienced anything that has so radically decreased my sex drive. When it hurts so much to have a thin stream of urine come out of me, I can't imagine ANYTHING going in, until I am COMPLETELY through with this bloody (literally) OB.

Wishing you a speedy recovery

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about two weeks
and then i had my second ob days later

not having sex was the least of my problems
and i didn't want to because of the sadness and shame
and fear about spreading it to my partner i was feeling

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I actually got it from the guy im with.. So spreading it, isn't much of a worry, as for you the november - march thing.. wow!! I heard the first Ob's initially last 3 weeks.
Good luck with everything Ladies!! (and gents)

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my 1st ob was april 2, 2007. it is now may 29th and i am still not "right"