Hi my name is Mark (blueskies) and I am from
Manchester in the UK.
I have suffered with H since 2000 and initially
had no idea what it was. I guess that I was in some kind of denial
at the time. I had itchy skin in my groin (base of the penis) area
and I didn't shave down there then so couldn't really see what was
going on. I don't think I really WANTED to know either. I did think
it was due to some really long sex sessions I was having at the time
and that I was suffering the result of friction. How wrong I was!
(Sorry for being so graphic)
Then I started shaving and had an OB. OMG I knew
as soon as I saw it. It looked EXACTLY like a cold sore; you know
the type of thing lots of people get on their lips, oral H. It
healed after a week and I went to a clinic where I had a nurse
inform me that the NHS would not pay for
blood tests, as they are expensive, inaccurate and that they
diagnosed by observing patients symptoms alone. They said that from
my description of the problem/symptoms I definitely had Genital
Herpes and that if my OB's were bad I could be prescribed
Acyclovir tablets 400mg twice a day. The tablets are free on
the NHS from a GUM (Genito Urinary Medicine) clinic.
I got the tablets and after 6 years of an OB
every month they stopped. Each OB was generally the same and never
went better or worse. Just a small cluster of blisters. Some pains
down the back of my right leg too. Now if I stop the tablets for a
week I get an OB straight away. I don't take 400mg twice a day as I
have found that taking it once a day seems to keep OB's away.
I also run a free forum/date site replacing
hdate.co.uk called
HMATE.
Everyone is welcome.
I hope my story helps anyone diagnosed with this
pesky virus and that the fact I now live quite happily with it sends
out a positive message. -
Mark
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