Low IGG Type 2 Level--Should I get re-tested in a couple months?

I recently ended a relationship with a girlfriend who was HSV2 positive but took Valtrex daily.  We had sex maybe on eight weekends, mostly with condoms, but a couple of times without, which was so stupid I know.  That's a moot point now.  I got a full STD screening 6 weeks after our last sexual contact.  Negative for type 1 but 1.5 for type 2 on the IGG test.  I have checked myself every time I get out of the shower and I have had no sores or little tears of any kind.  The only symptom I have had was achey (achy) thighs, as I've heard some type 2 positive people complain of achey (achy) legs.  

My question is, at 1.5 should I get re-tested to rule out the chance of a false positive?  I've read under 3.0 should wait and get re-tested.  Obviously I don't want to latch onto any false hope, but I don't really want to take myself down the coping and treatment path if there's a possibility of not being positive.  Do I need to get tested for HSV 2 again or is a 1.5 a sure thing?  If test again, how long should I wait?  Since I was negative for HSV 1, does that rule out the possibility of a false positive for type 2?

Also, the doctor was really nice and took a lot of time to talk to me, but I'm fuzzy on the information he shared.  (Which I understand a GP might have limited experience w/ STDs.)  he said a 1.5 indicated that I had been exposed to the virus but if I have indeed never had any breakouts that I was likely not infected.  That made no sense, as I thought exposed equaled an infection, right?  Maybe he just meant that the virus wasn't active yet?

[Mistakeguy789]

There is a lot of information out there and your providers get a lot of updates.  Sadly thats the medical field and science in general.  Hopefully I can give you a little help here.

I can't and won't comment on your results as far as telling you what to do.  I am not trained in that area and Grace (our CL here) is.  Thus getting you the information you needed from a "trusted" source is more important to me and I am sure you agree. :-)

For some things you can have a immune response to it because you were "exposed" to it.  Herpes to our knowledge doesn't work this way.  Its rather binary.  You either have it and thus can infect others or you can not have it.  Pretty easy.  Breakouts are not always what you read on the internet and can be mild and thus mistaken for other things.  So it could be if you do have it that you had an outbreak but wrote everything off as nothing at all.  

[gracefromHHP]

Correct, no such thing as just being exposed.

At this point I recommend waiting another 6-10 weeks and repeating the hsv2 igg blood test. If it's under 5 and you haven't had any obvious lesions, you'll need additional confirmatory testing done like a herpes WB or a biokit or the quest inhibition assay for herpes to see if it's a false positive or not.

Your risk over the course of an entire year with that partner was only 1-2%.  It's low risk that you contracted it even though you didn't consistently use condoms.

grace