Orange County HELP

Orange County HELP is a herpes support group in Orange County California. The Orange County herpes support group meets monthly. The Orange County herpes support group also acts as a herpes social group for people living in orange county OR the surrounding areas.

Our monthly herpes support group meetings are held at 7:00 - 9:00 o'clock in the evening on the first Friday of every month at Irvine Medical Center. The address is: 16200 Sand Canyon Avenue in Irvine, California. The zip code is 92618. If you need directions to this location you can always bring up yahoo, find the maps category, and then print out directions from wherever you live.

We meet in classroom #1 or #2 depending on which one we can get into. If this helps at all the medical center is located between Alton Parkway and Barranka Parkway near the 405 freeway. We like to get together after the meetings. If you feel up to it we can go grab a bite to eat somewhere OR we can find another social outlet where we can go and talk about whatever it is you'd like to share.

Classroom #1 is by the little theatre, first room on the right, and by the main entrance of the medical center. Our herpes support group meetings may include speakers, small group discussions, and films. We have a medical advisor who is a medical doctor. Our support group has volunteers that are aware of the medical and emotional implications of your situation.

If you have been newly diagnosed or are experiencing some challenges living with the herpes virus, you might want to consider attending a herpes support group in your area. If you do a google search for "herpes help groups" you can find a listing. You can also check out the Social Support Networking Alliance (SSNA) for a listing of herpes support groups and herpes social groups.

Many of these herpes support groups provide a safe, confidential environment where participants can get accurate information and share personal experiences, fears, and feelings with others who are concerned about herpes. Many of us do talk about personal experiences dealing with and dating other that have herpes. Knowledge is power and talking to other people who have successfully dated with herpes is a real confidence builder.

Herpes HELP groups are non profit and are a great resource for anyone who needs the support that only they can provide. Even if you have had herpes for years, there are always new herpes research studies and treatment advances that you can find out about by attending HELP group meetings. It's also a great way to make new friends and continue to build on old ones.

If you are new and not quite ready to attend one of our social events, attending our support group is a great first step. Remember, you are NOT alone. At these meetings you have the option to be linked with a buddy, somebody that you can talk to one on one. We try to keep the women with women and the men with men so that personal and intimate issues can be discussed without feeling embarrassed or out of place. If you feel that you have a beer connection with someone, you are more than welcome to approach that person and be re-assigned. This way you are able to have someone available if you have a down day or just need somebody to talk to.

You are always welcome to attend any of our meetings. It is a difficult first step but you will be glad that you came. If you have additional questions you would like answered before you attend our next herpes support group meeting feel free to write to us.

We gave a social group here in Orange County. It is a great way to meet new friends and get reacquainted with old ones.  We are quite diverse.  From the newly diagnosed to the "old timers".   You can talk to those in a social environment about their own personal experiences.  Many of us have given the talk "successfully" and herpes is now more of a minor issue in our lives.  It is a great way to mingle and not feel that you are alone.  Quite, the contrary.  So, come join us.  Our activities including dinners, hiking, brunches, bike rides, wine tasting, kayaking, performing arts, etc. Orange County Friends is a social group, not a support group. So, we would recommend that you attend an OC HELP group meeting if you are looking for herpes support and additional information about herpes.

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