Hello,
I'm a 21 year old male and I've been together with my girlfriend for about 5 months. I never knew she had Herpes type 1 until the other night, AFTER a lot of kissing and AFTER she'd given me oral sex. She has a coldsore in her nostril (that's the only one I'm aware of), and I'm mortified that she might have passed this onto my penis. She got it from her mother as an infant, and I've never had a coldsore before, so I believe I'm susceptible.
1) How likely is it that I'll eventually experience the virus on my genitals, and how likely is it that I'll experience it somewhere on my face?
2) What would be the lifelong implications of either of these?
3) I assume I'll eventually catch it off of her regardless of how careful we are?
4) What can I do in the meantime, while I wait for something to happen?
Thanks very much for your time, it's hard to find this sort of information on the Internet - they're all trying to sell a product and equate Herpes to some sort of death sentence!
Cheers,
SkidMark