Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Conflicting Information...
Hello everyone...Happy Tuesday. I have been talking to a herpes councelor since I was so down last week and she was very helpful, but I feel like some of the information she was giving me was inaccurate. One of the things she said was that since I have HSV2 in the genital area I cant re-infect myself in the mouth or eye, ear, etc... However, I have been told by my doctor and a few other people who I turn to about this when I am feeling down that people often reinfect themselves in other places by not being careful. I have had H for a while and I have never had any problems anywhere but down there but I assumed it was because I'm always careful about washing my hands after having any contact with my "region". I still think that I could infect myself other places if I'm not careful but now I'm just confused. I also got some wierd info from the advice nurse at the hospital I have my insurance at...I called there to talk about my incident last weekend to see how likely it was that he could possibly be infected and she said it was highly unlikely but it depends on how contagious I was at the time and if he touched himself right after touching me...this part sounded like it made sense but then she told me that people can get herpes from a toilet seat...WTF? For some reason that just sounds way to far fetched for me. I dont know what the hell to believe about this anymore...Now I dont feel like my health care providers are as intellegent and equiped as they should be!!!
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Listen to the signs, spontaneous. If he was already making snide remarks about H, it may be your cue to get out of there without telling him.
ReplyDeleteAs far as "herpes from the toilet seat" even my own paranoid mother believes this, and she has been a nurse for 30 years. If it has you worried, get some alcohol pads from the pharmacy and wipe it down when you're done. Problem solved!
Good luck either way, keep me posted on how things turn out with the guy!
Yeah you're right Seatortuga...I'm just having a hard time letting go but it's about that time and it's the best thing for the both of us!!! I'll just join positivesingles.com or something when I feel like dating again. It's a shame though...It's devastating that you meet someone and everything is so perfect accept for the fact that I'm diseased, ruining my opportunity for being with a great person. The toilet seat thing is rediculous right? I couldnt believe she said that...lol!!! Thanks for the luck, I need it!!!
ReplyDeletei suspect many people your age spontaneous would think of very bad things when they hear the word "H", an they wouldn't even know what it was, it just sounds bad.After reading Seatortuga,maybe she/he might be right, but it would be hard to just throw away 9 month relationship after a snide remark fom him, it's so hard i don't know which way to go, don't want to send you down the wrong path.I too was thinking about a H dating site, but most people prob wouldn't bother i suppose, maybe we are more sensitive then others, dont know.Maybe we should toughten up abit.
ReplyDeleteI still sort of think that the guy may not be so bad though, everyone makes mistakes, nobody wants H, but many do look beyond that.He must see alot in you to be hanging around for so long though, so im leaning towards that he's a good guy, it's your call though, and i wish you the very best.
Hang in there and please don't stress too much,
cause all will be good for you in the end.
ReplyDeleteYou're right Seatortuga...I was just being bitter. My emotions have been getting the best of me the last couple weeks but I am beggining to go back to the old me. Thanks for being so encouraging to me :)
ReplyDeleteWkd: I love you soooo much :) You always come through for me and you're right...weather he accepts me for H or not, he is a good guy. I have been stressing about this so much for the last two weeks though, I havent been living my life the way I should be and I honestly dont think he will look past the H no matter how much he cares for me and I cant really blame him. I'll figure things out though. I have felt better today than I have in a long time and I am pretty sure things will fall into place soon.
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