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To anyone who thinks this will never calm down..


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I too feel like one of those people.. And while I haven't had sex since my last outbreak, I have faith. My obs have died down quite a bit since changing my diet to a mostly vegetarian vegan diet.. although I do mess it up a lot lately. My advice to everyone so far is in a comment on another thread. "Get vagisil wipes for the itch. Immediately. These have helped me tremendously. And a probiotics that specializes in vaginal health. It'll probably benefit a penis as well :p shit has calmed down so much since doing this and I haven't had an outbreak when they were constant.. And this is coming from somebody who has multiple autoimmune disorders. Still too afraid to have sex but I'm working on that part. :) I hope this helped."

I also use a mix of prunella vulgaris and watered down tea tree oil twice a day on a cotton pad. Honestly, though, I think what's helped me is the moment I decided to stop examining myself constantly with a mirror and to just accept what I can't change. I know it's easier said than done, but as soon as I stopped constantly obsessing over it is when thing finally calmed down. I take precautions whenever necessary and whenever I feel sketchy i do this routine. Not looking forward to my next outbreak but i won't let this define me anymore. Thank God I grew up with oral hsv1 because I have obviously developed some antibodies to the virus itself. I hope this can be of some inspiration. :]

And I know I've said this in a couple other boards but I want to make sure this reaches as many as possible. Thank you all for your help. :)

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So glad you posted this. I understand the flashlight and mirror routine! Wish I did not. Just giving myself an orgasm without any insertion I get an outbreak up near my clitoris from just me touching myself - WTF. Two orgasms in over 2 months and this is what I get for it. Frustrating.

 

The autoimmune component is not touched upon much and I plan to find out more when I come up for air in the coming months. There are clinics where I'm at and studies, etc I can be part of. My doc is lame about understanding it or getting how scary it is to have HsV2 and autoimmune issues. The even scarier part is that steroids are in my future and HSV2 and steroids are a big no no.... messed up to worry about HSV2 disseminating should I go on transplant suppression meds. Even worse, they recommend stopping transplant meds is I get an outbreak - it's That Bad.

 

That said, I agree it's all about accepting this disease and moving on. Just hard to do when not a day goes by my crotch is not uncomfortable... like putting on underwear to go for my hour plus walk - I know it will just make it worse for the whole day. And it hurts. Mental mind fuck really, but here we go!

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