Question:
It's official....I'm going crazy....My OB finally healed as of about two days ago, bam! Two more bumps in another place today and I'm supposed to go see my out of state bf next weekend...I'm desperate for any advice here....I have GSV-1, I thought this was supposed to go away and not be as bad! WHAT THE HELL????

Answer:
Anon,
The same thing happened to me with my first reoccurence. Although with my first outbreak, when I was first infected, it went completed away within days. When I mean completely away, I mean nothing, no irritation and I was able to sex a week later.

Unfortunately, when it came back 7 months later, it lingered. It would heal and then come back over and over for almost 2 months. As soon as I was able to get it under control anbd have sedx, it would creep up on me, even if just redness and irritation. Twice during those 2 months it reached the stage os forming a "pimple" or lesion. Anyway, I found that ice works if you ice it forever and very frequently. It takes a lot of time. Also, I would take lots of lysine. And if you are in a real bind, take 2,000 mg of valtrex in the morning and at anight for one or two days. I think hsv1 responds better to a higher dose.

I'm so sorry your time with your honey may not turn out the way you wanted. I know with me, as soon as I got this, I end up giving oral sex all the time and getting nothing in return. Thanks ghsv1! Now my jaw is sore and I never get orgasms. I am afraid to even give myself one.

BUT almost evveryone I talked to online who has this has turned out ok many years later. I think our bods just need to get it in check. The journal articles I read, even foriegn ones in korean!, all said that hsv1 rarely reoccurs on the genitals. I hope that is true in the future.