When I was about 19, I was living with a guy. We had met while we were in high school, although he went to a different school. He had never been with anyone else, and he suddenly had a rash on his manhood. As he was diagnosed with herpes and it was discussed, I realized I had this recurring "rash" for as long as I can remember. I found out through family that it was very likely I got it when I was a little girl. I was devastated to find out that I gave this horrible thing to a guy I was so in love with.
When I had my second back surgery, I had the worst outbreak of this rash I have ever had. It came all the way down onto my upper inner thighs. I was still not officially diagnosed with herpes, but the doctor looked and said that's what it looked like.
I tried to get in to the gynecologist during an outbreak to get diagnosed but I was always too late.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a couple of sores and decided to get into the doctor asap. I still had a sore when I went to the doctor, and she scraped it (ouch). She said it looked like a herpes outbreak. And then she said they could also take blood for testing in case the sore was too old. Really? Why scrape then? She gave me a prescription and sent me on my way. I took the prescription until my sores were gone, as directed.
My test results came back negative. It was a recording, so I called to clarify. The nurse said the blood test says I don't have herpes; she had no other information for me. Like what is going on with my body. I don't have herpes. I haven't had it for the twenty years I thought I had it. So WTF is wrong with me? Is it possible the test is wrong? Are we done?
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