Herpes, Had a Long Time Never... Posted: 12-20-04 22:47pm
...Had confirmed it til recently. I've
probably had it for 10+yrs, never
confirmed it cause I was afraid. I just
recently confirmed it. I have had perhaps
3 very mild breakouts the last being 4
years ago. Over the past decade i've had
several longterm (1-3+ yrs)relationships
which included regular unprotected sex.
None ever contracted the disease. Now i'm
facing the facts and wondering what I
should do.
Do I need to be put on suppressive
therapy?
Are there variances in how active the
virus is?
Is it possible that I am only contagious
when the disease is 'active' i.E sores are
present?
What is shedding?
Does suppressive therapy significantly
reduce the risk of shedding?
Is it possible to, and are there people
who, have long term relationships and not
transmit the disease to their partners?
Is this common or rare?
Please don't come back with ambiguous
answers like "...There's always a
chance..." the girl I was seeing saw these
over and over and dropped me like a bad
habit. She too is clean of the virus. We
were together over a year.
Now I need to tell future partners but
let's be honest, most aren't real keen on
getting news like this. I want to have as
much info as possible, not just the "i'm
telling you cause I wanna be open and
honest blah blah." those kind of
statements aren't that comforting. Sure 1
in 5 people have it, but few of those know
it and I bet alot of them are like
me...They aren't so surprised when they
find out.
