Herpes: I Have A Vaginal Herpes Outbreak

Vaginal Herpes Outbreak

There I said it.  Writing this blog I feel pressure to remain outbreak free.  That in order for me to be credible and communicate my message that having herpes does not in any way make you less attractive, sexy, and desirable to the opposite sex (or the same sex, of course..) I need to be outbreak free, stop all herpes outbreaks within hours, and combat/fight/destroy herpes in my body.   Of course this isn't true.   It is just that it is so important to me to show other women that you can live successfully with vaginal herpes that I feel like my message gets crippled when I get sacked with a bad outbreak. And this one is bad. I have had my vaginal herpes outbreaks under control for … [Read more...]

Herpes Outbreaks: We need to talk about chocolate

Herpes and Chocolate

Herpes and Chocolate When I first found out that I had genital herpes, they did not have the internet.  Or maybe they did but it was housed on very large expensive computers that I did not have access to (what a difference 20 years makes!).   I found myself sneaking around the third floor of my public library hoping no one would figure out exactly what I was looking for and finding only one or two books on herpes outbreaks that were needless to say, exceptionally dated.  Neither of the books I found contained even a single reference to acyclovir (now the number one and only FDA approved treatment for constant herpes outbreaks). What I did find that has stuck with me for all these years … [Read more...]

So You Have A Herpes Outbreak..

Herpes Outbreak

Herpes Outbreak: The first thing when you feel a herpes outbreak coming on is not to freak out.   The virus in your system will thrive due to your immune system being bathed with stress hormones. Try to relax and follow your awesome regimen for herpes treatment. While it is quite possible that you could just wake up with a herpes outbreak and have had no early warning signs (this has happened to me - although in hindsight, I probably had mild warning symptoms and was too busy to notice or chalked them up to PMS, ovulation...), it is most likely that for a full blown outbreak, you will experience the following three stages: Herpes early or warning stage:  My early symptoms seem to … [Read more...]