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Blisters in inner labia and other scary symptoms. Please help

I started noticing symptoms a week ago when my what I thought was my clitoris seemed sensitive.  Three days ago, the sensation became discomfort and I took a detailed look in the mirror at my vulva.  Nothing seemed wrong except maybe some slight redness around my clitoral and urethra area.  The day after, I discovered that I got a burning sensation when urinating.  Upon further inspection, I discovered what looked like a small pimple on my inner labia, parallel to my urethra opening.  It was very sensitive to the touch (this was what i was feeling earlier in the week).  However, the 'pimple' didnt look like it was filled with fluid, just raised and tender. By the next day, I woke up in pain, and found that the pimple had multiplied!  I now have 6-8 small blisters along my inner labia.  They hurt like hell, and I just noticed I have a few on my outer labia as well!!!  They look like they have burst (though I have not noticed Any discharge or pus at all) and are open and I now have small circles of exposed tissue on my inner labia where these blisters are.  
I have only had one partner in the past 2 years.  I just got checked for a full STD panel a month ago, and it all came back negative.  However, i have never had symptoms like this before, and am very, very scared I may have herpes or HPV (though i got the gardisil shots).  It is so uncomfortable now that I have resorted to putting Vaseline on my labia to calm the painfullness!  Does anyone know what this may be??  I have an appointment to see my doctor in two days, but im starting to wonder if I can wait that long.  I am petrified and have no idea what this could be!!  Please someone respond with thoughts!
Last night, i noticed a marble sized bump protruding from my groin area along my bikini line.  My friend who is a nurse said it looked like a swollen lynphnode.  I also started getting an unusual, very liquid discharge from my vagina.  The blisters are now all open, exposed and some are even mildly bleeding....This is SO scary!!!!!
I went to see my doctor this morning.  She thinks its either genital herpes, or some type of bacterial infection.  She wrote me a perscription for both, along with a numbing ointment for the blisters.  I wont get the test results back intil early next week.  The suspence is driving me crazy though!!  I dont understand how this could have happened to me.  I got a full STD panel done in march, and it all came back negative.  Since, ive only slept with my boyfriend, and we use condoms every time.  
Does this still sound like Herpes to everyone??  i know im grasping at straws, but I am completly petrified, in a ton of pain, confused, and worried about the results.  Any thoughts from anyone concerning what this could be??
My BF did not get tested (hes a New BF, weve only been seeing each other for about 3-4 months).  I have not had any other sexual exposure to potential STDs.  We have however, used condoms every single time with intercourse.  It is possible that he has been infected with something, and has passed it along to me.  
Im praying this is some type of bacterial infection, rather than herpes.  But can a 'bacterial' infection give you such similar sypmtoms to herpes?
blisters on labia
swollen gland on groin area
very painful urination
discharge
as a side note....the reason i got tested in march is beacuse I had unprotected sex with the 'new boyfriend' once.  I immediatly made an appointment with my doctor for 12 days later.  This is when I gte the bloodworkup done.  Despite the fact that it all came back negative, is it possible that there was a latency period where I may have been infected/exposed to herpes or something else....and that it didnt immediatly come up in the STD panel because it was too close together?  Could what I have now be due to that one time unprotected sex prior to the negative STD results??
These symptoms keep getting worse!  Now I am getting alot of very fluid yellow/white clowdy discharge.  Ive taken 2 doses of the perscriptions my Doc wrote me:
1. IC Flamciclovir
2. IC Cedfadroxil

Is this much fluid discharge normal?  Is it more indicative of a bacterial infection perhaps?

Day 2 of being on antibiotics and herpes treatment.  The sores seem better, and I havent noticed any new ones.  I am however getting a bloody discharge now, which is pretty scary.  I cant tell if it coming from my vagina, or from the sores on the inside of my labia (which are now pretty swollen and smushed together).  Is this a normal??  How long until I should call my doctor?
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This sounds exactly like mine. It can come from oral sex too not just genital and condoms don't always protect against herpes. I have hsv1 on my genitals. And your outbreak sounds just like mine do, so I hope you get tested for herpes simplex 1 and 2 and get meds to treat effectively. I hope you know that it doesn't ruin your life, it's embarrassing sure, but it's not the worst thing to have :)
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Well to me it sounds like genital herpes only because you are describing exact symptoms and to have pimple like bumps on the inner labia is unfortuantely very much sounding like hsv-2. I hope it all works out for you!
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I have also been going through the same thing but I'm 4 months pregnant and 3 years ago I did make a huge mistake and slept with the wrong guy but thankfully the std was curable but when I went to my Dr to check out my sores he done a wet swan culture and looked at it under a microscope came and told me I had a severe yeast infection and also saw some bacteria but he is treating me for the yeast infection first to see If it goes away I done research after research on the internet it is possible to get blisters from a yeast and bacterial infections so if it helps at all get tested for a yeast infection over the counter monistate didn't help me
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This sounds a lot like what happened to me. I had the runny discharge and then the bloody stuff. Also, the sores on my inner labia. I went to the doc and am waiting for results too but am pretty sure it's Herpes. Just makes the most sense. I also had been in to the doc in Jan and gotten negative results back but have started seeing a new guy shortly after that. He didn't show any signs and had been tested before as well with a clean bill of health, but sometimes these things are just plain sneaky. I have been freaking out as well, but I have also been doing a lot of research and have calmed down quite a bit. This is so incredibly common and manageable that it doesn't scare me anymore, it's just irritating and very frustrating knowing that just ONE time is all it can take. Oh well, life goes on you know?

However, it COULD be something else so don't worry too much until you get the tests back!
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Its been 2 full days that Ive been on antibiotics and herpes treatment.  Today I woke up and my whole vulva is swollen.  My inner labia are basically swollen shut, and im getting this bloody, yucky discharge.  The blisters/sores dont really look like sores anymore.  They have moved far into the crevice inside of my labia, and look more like open, exposed tissue now.  I called my doctor because I was concerned that after 2 days I didnt seem to be substancially getting better.  She said that if if were a bacterial infection, she would have expected better improvement by now.  Having said that, she said there isnt too much else to do besides wait for the test results.  
My gland is still swollen and protruding...though not quite as much.  It still hurts like the devil to pee.  Shouldent I be getting better by now?  What is going on?!  Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
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Have you asked if it could be Behçets Disease? Ask your doctor about it because it happens ANYWHERE--especially the genitals. And the bloody discharge, open tissue, swollen shut situation sounds like it could be a consideration.
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i have the same exact symptoms and am hopin its bacterial as well! i had the swab test done on monday and am waiting for results...
i only have one blister on my labia, but one lymph node is swollen as well, i too had a blood test done in march that was ALL negative and havent had unprotected sex in over a year, please let me know if you hear back anything....
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My doc did include a herpes test in late march.  All came back negative.  She re-did the test 2 days ago...and Im now waiting for the results.  The sores do seem a bit better today.  Though there is the unusual bleeding discharge now...I guess I will just have to wait and see what the results bring back.  
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It really is very difficult to say at this stage,some things point to Herpes but others don't, Herpes blisters don't generally bleed that I'm aware of but the description of the sores does sound pretty typical of a Herpes outbreak although it indeed could be something that has occured as a result of the Brazilian,it may be a bad reaction to the wax or perhaps your skin is just too sensitive for waxing,try not to worry too much about it being Herpes the test is the only thing that will tell you anyways,as far as only having sex once the answer is yes,it only takes once for it to transmit if the conditions are all in place for it to do so unfortunately.
Did you check that Herpes was actually tested for as it is not routinely checked during STD screening you have to ask specifically to have it added to what they test for otherwise it wouldn't be tested for ......
Find out from your Doctor exactly what they tested you for in the screening and if Herpes was not one of them I would advise you to have a culture taken from the sores just now while they are there ......

Daisy  
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Oh and as a last sidenote, I got my first ever Brazillien wax three days before all these symptoms started.  This is why my doctor says it could be Herpes, or a Bacterial infection.
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