Comments on: Being infected with Herpes doesn’t end my life http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/ Enjoying safer sex one condom at a time Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30677 Angela Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:45:32 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30677 It sounds to me like you still need to do some more reading about herpes simplex virus and how it all works. Why don't you use the contact form at the top of the page and write me, let me know you want some brochures, and I will e-mail them to you in word format. In the meantime, I will take a look at your questions and see if I can write up some posts over the next week or so to answer some of your questions. Sound good? Cool! :] It sounds to me like you still need to do some more reading about herpes simplex virus and how it all works. Why don’t you use the contact form at the top of the page and write me, let me know you want some brochures, and I will e-mail them to you in word format. In the meantime, I will take a look at your questions and see if I can write up some posts over the next week or so to answer some of your questions. Sound good? Cool! :]

]]> By: StillWorried http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30661 StillWorried Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:04:10 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30661 I hear you guys -- take meds, dont take meds, outbreak thearpy/suppressive therapy. Enough to make someone's head spin. For people who are asymptomatic (to their knowledge) its harder to continue with a normal sex life -- how do you just not have sex during an outbreak when you dont have outbreaks? Are you still shedding when you are asymptomatic? Suppressive therapy for life? Yoshi - you took Valtrex for 2 years and no more now and have been symptom-free but what guarantee do you have that your partner will not become infected during this zero-breakout phase? Im just ... worried. It worries me that even if I meet a great guywilling to risk it all -- how will I feel comfortable knowing I may be shedding day-to-day. Thats really what gets me down. The active shedding. Any advice on that please? I hear you guys — take meds, dont take meds, outbreak thearpy/suppressive therapy. Enough to make someone’s head spin.

For people who are asymptomatic (to their knowledge) its harder to continue with a normal sex life — how do you just not have sex during an outbreak when you dont have outbreaks? Are you still shedding when you are asymptomatic? Suppressive therapy for life? Yoshi – you took Valtrex for 2 years and no more now and have been symptom-free but what guarantee do you have that your partner will not become infected during this zero-breakout phase?

Im just … worried. It worries me that even if I meet a great guywilling to risk it all — how will I feel comfortable knowing I may be shedding day-to-day.

Thats really what gets me down. The active shedding. Any advice on that please?

]]> By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30587 Angela Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:43:23 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30587 peppy - Nobody is advocating having sex before making a date to have STD testing done. Quite frankly your comment is rude and unwarranted. FYI, you can still contract an STD even if you use condoms. You might want to educate yourself a little bit before you continue traveling down your high and mighty road in life. Oh and just for the record, people with herpes do not need to limit themselves to only dating others that have herpes. WOW. You are mean, rude, and crude. Please stay away. We don't need your crappy comments. For Real. peppy – Nobody is advocating having sex before making a date to have STD testing done. Quite frankly your comment is rude and unwarranted. FYI, you can still contract an STD even if you use condoms. You might want to educate yourself a little bit before you continue traveling down your high and mighty road in life. Oh and just for the record, people with herpes do not need to limit themselves to only dating others that have herpes. WOW. You are mean, rude, and crude. Please stay away. We don’t need your crappy comments. For Real.

]]> By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30586 Angela Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:40:47 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30586 Arm - you are right. Herpes is not as bad as some prefer to make it out to be. Also, this isn't actually a "chat" site but a blog. You are still welcome to leave a comment and/or to chime into the discussion taking place on this blog. We do have a message board if you prefer to participate with more than just a handful that are chiming in on the blog. Here's the link to our message forum: <b><a href="http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/index.php" rel="nofollow">Shut Up and Post! STD Message Board</a></b> - See you there! I usually check in over there as often as I can. Arm – you are right. Herpes is not as bad as some prefer to make it out to be. Also, this isn’t actually a “chat” site but a blog. You are still welcome to leave a comment and/or to chime into the discussion taking place on this blog. We do have a message board if you prefer to participate with more than just a handful that are chiming in on the blog. Here’s the link to our message forum: Shut Up and Post! STD Message Board – See you there! I usually check in over there as often as I can.

]]> By: peppy http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30582 peppy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:38:36 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30582 Wow, really? This is an inspirational story? No one wants this horrendous STD. Either keep your legs closed, use a condom, or stick to masterbation. That is disgusting. You are sending out the wrong message to other females. Like it is ok to get herpes as long as you have sex first then tell him after, so there's nothing he can do but fall in love with you. Learn to wear a condom! Trust has nothing to do with genetics! Get some intelligence. Join one of those herpes dating sites. Don't spread that shit! Wow, really? This is an inspirational story? No one wants this horrendous STD. Either keep your legs closed, use a condom, or stick to masterbation. That is disgusting. You are sending out the wrong message to other females. Like it is ok to get herpes as long as you have sex first then tell him after, so there’s nothing he can do but fall in love with you. Learn to wear a condom! Trust has nothing to do with genetics! Get some intelligence. Join one of those herpes dating sites. Don’t spread that shit!

]]> By: Arm http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30384 Arm Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:09:07 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30384 Thank you Pups for posting that last message. This is all very new to me and this is the first time I've looked at these chat sites. I was really really discouraged by what people were saying abolve and I was thinking that herpes is way worse than I actually imagined. Like really?? Suicide?? It CANNOT be that bad. Anyways, thanks for posting your message as it made me feel a whole lot better after I read it. Thank you Pups for posting that last message. This is all very new to me and this is the first time I’ve looked at these chat sites. I was really really discouraged by what people were saying abolve and I was thinking that herpes is way worse than I actually imagined. Like really?? Suicide?? It CANNOT be that bad. Anyways, thanks for posting your message as it made me feel a whole lot better after I read it.

]]> By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30292 Angela Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:44:47 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30292 This is fantastic advice! This is fantastic advice!

]]> By: Pups http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30290 Pups Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:01:33 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30290 Blimey the way you some of lot are talking is as if your all infected with HIV! I have been infected for herpes for the last few years. A person with herpes could really get a complex after reading all your testimonies... However I believe it is not the end of my life (or yours)! I just learnt the lesson that I should never have unprotected sex. A few times a years I feel the tingling and then a small/or some blisters appear and bugger me senseless for about a week and i choose not to have intercourse with my partner even if he is happy to wear a condom. And thats it! It is a pain but i always thank my lucky stars I was never infected by something far more serious and life threatening. Its a shame that there are people out there who cannot look beyond a 'little' problem such as Herpes but then are just narrow minded and not worth it! Having Herpes shouldn't make a person feel dirty or depressed! Choose life... even if it means spending a few times a year with the bothersome itchy little buggers! JUST USE CONDOMS! Blimey the way you some of lot are talking is as if your all infected with HIV! I have been infected for herpes for the last few years. A person with herpes could really get a complex after reading all your testimonies… However I believe it is not the end of my life (or yours)! I just learnt the lesson that I should never have unprotected sex. A few times a years I feel the tingling and then a small/or some blisters appear and bugger me senseless for about a week and i choose not to have intercourse with my partner even if he is happy to wear a condom. And thats it! It is a pain but i always thank my lucky stars I was never infected by something far more serious and life threatening. Its a shame that there are people out there who cannot look beyond a ‘little’ problem such as Herpes but then are just narrow minded and not worth it! Having Herpes shouldn’t make a person feel dirty or depressed! Choose life… even if it means spending a few times a year with the bothersome itchy little buggers! JUST USE CONDOMS!

]]> By: Angela http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30275 Angela Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:25 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30275 Being African American has nothing to do with it. We all have issues, troubles and concerns in life and nobody's ethnicity trumps that. I think it would be a good idea if you put sex on the back burner and maybe concentrate on priorities. Learning everything that you can about the virus and arming yourself with the facts should help. If you want to have a productive and fulfilling life you have to start respecting yourself. Being African American has nothing to do with it. We all have issues, troubles and concerns in life and nobody’s ethnicity trumps that. I think it would be a good idea if you put sex on the back burner and maybe concentrate on priorities. Learning everything that you can about the virus and arming yourself with the facts should help. If you want to have a productive and fulfilling life you have to start respecting yourself.

]]> By: LADY C http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/comment-page-1/#comment-30271 LADY C Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:10:38 +0000 http://yoshi2me.com/sexual-health/archives/being-infected-with-herpes-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-my-life/#comment-30271 i too have herpes got it from somebody I thought I trusted. he claims he was never with another but i know it's a lie. i spend days and noghts crying. these are things that bother me 1 1.) how much of a failure i am as a woman, as a mother, and as a person. 2.)how am i supposed to ever have another relationship with out being rejected,exposed to others, or to ever have more children. 3.) i still fool around with this guy because i dont want to be alone, i too have sexual desires,and who from this point would ever want me now.!!!!!!!!! i too have herpes got it from somebody I thought I trusted. he claims he was never with another but i know it’s a lie. i spend days and noghts crying. these are things that bother me 1
1.) how much of a failure i am as a woman, as a mother, and as a person.
2.)how am i supposed to ever have another relationship with out being rejected,exposed to others, or to ever have more children.
3.) i still fool around with this guy because i dont want to be alone, i too have sexual desires,and who from this point would ever want me now.!!!!!!!!!

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