Question:
So I've been suspecting I have genital herpes for about 2 months now. I don't know if I've had this much stress compressed into such a short period of time ever.

I'm starting to feel like I have the worst luck in the world. After high school, racing around in cars with my friends, I was the only one who was thrown out the rear window of a hatchback in the one accident we had, leaving me with a fractured vertebrate. During college, my mom slowly left the world as she fought ovarian cancer. Last year, the first love of my life cheated on me and gave her virginity to the other guy.

I started having sex 6 months ago (I'm a mere 22 years old). Two months ago, I had my first one night stand and during that night, she gave me maybe a minute of oral sex. She got her test results back, and it looks like she has HSV1. SO. 6 months into sex, my first one night stand, and one minute of oral sex = my possibly having genital HSV-1.

I'm still waiting for my lab results. At 6 weeks, I don't have HSV-2, but for some reason, they didn't test for HSV-1 then. I find out if I have HSV-1 (and I don't have a prior infection. Asian American parents and relatives almost never kiss small children) in a week.

If I have it, I feel like I threw my life away. Right now the saddest part to me is that two weeks before that "one night stand that might have changed my life," I had just said goodbye to an American girl I fell in love with (we were both studying abroad in Beijing). There was a high chance that we would date when I got back (we were having an open relationship), but all the stress of possibly having HSV led to my pulling away from her over two months. This week I'm starting work in the same city where she's in school. My life is tragic huh?

Answer:
your life is not easy right now but neither is mine by any means.....as I have had horrible luck (if you want to call it that) for my whole life. Your situation and outside problems are actually very similar to a lot of people on here so dont feel alone.

Answer:
Thank you boxofrain. I know it will get better for all of us. Just gotta stick in there!