I don't think you have herpes... If you are worried, go get tested and let us know you make out!!!
I appreciate the feedback and I tend to believe what your saying. Sorry, to clarify, when I said days on end for the first bump, it was probably 7 days before it had mostly faded. It just seemed like forever at the time. I dont know if this would change your opinion or not, but wanted to clarify. Also, since its not likely herpes, is it more likely to have been a fungal infection that appeared shortly after the encounter?
the bump that lasted days on end. That suggest for a long time. Herpes simply doesn't do that!!! There really is nothing more to add to this because you don't have it and when you get your test results, make sure you tell us you don't have it also so you will feel somewhat of a relief.
Ok, I totally hear you. You asked why wont I let it go. Simply because the biggest concern, the red bump that lasted for days on end, didnt appear until 3 or 4 days after the exposure. All literature says 3 days is plenty of time for the herpes to show itself then. The bump also mostly went away, then resurfaced red again after 2 weeks. I also got a second sore a couple of weeks after the first, and it went away mostly after 5 days or so. These two symptoms are well noted as likely herpes symptoms. I just didnt have any pain, blistering, or scabbing with them, or flu symptoms, which led me to believe perhaps its not herpes. And yes, the doctor said he didnt think it looked like herpes, but he assured me he could not be certain either, and I have read that doctors often mistake herpes for something else, especially cases that appear mild. I realize the abrasion that night doesn't indicate herpes, but the bumps at 3 days and 14 days very well could. At any rate, I will get tested at 12 weeks to confirm either way since my 3 week test appears to be too soon to know. Thanks for taking the time to respond and I will do my best to keep my anxiety level to a minimum.
First off, you said LATER THAT EVENING!! You CAN NOT get STD Symptoms that fast!!! Do you have any idea how small a virus is? Do you know how long it takes to travel around the body to give you symptoms? Take for instant a normal cold. It takes a minimum of 2 days to get symptoms after being infected. The 2 days is how long it takes for the little buggers to do its thing to give you symptoms. Same holds for herpes! Herpes will NOT NOT NOT show for a minimum of days and here you say that night!! You don't have herpes!! Your doctors agree, Grace agrees, your blood test agrees so why don't YOU???? You are FINE!!!! Let it go!!
Grace,
I truly appreciate your time and opinion. I have been thinking the same thing, that two medical professionals told me its not likely herpes and she tested negative, so I should forget about it. But my mind also cant reconcile the symptoms I had. I also worry she may have acquired herpes recently, due to having other partners, so it wouldnt have shown on her test and she would also be more likely to have given it to me due to it being a recent infection for her. Do you feel just my symtpoms alone are suggstive of herpes? Or is it also just as likely to have been a fungal type infection or something else? By far, my greatest concern is the symptoms I experienced. Thank you once again, and this will be my last post so I dont take time away from others.
None of the medical providers you've seen so far feel this is herpes. If you feel the need for additional testing then do so but she's testing hsv negative so really I wouldn't even bother.
It's more likely that you had hsv1 prior to this encounter.
grace