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Very worried.. not sure how much more I can take
Hello all
First off, I want to thank anyone who will take the time to answer this, and I know all that post are very worried and all that answer are not doctors and can only give advice.
I will try to be brief, I do shave down there and since Halloween, I will get a pimple after shaving, but recently the fact of that has been really bothering me, so I bought new more expensive razors and decided it was because I wasn't using shaving cream that was causing that, so this past time I used that , stopped using fabric softener, etc. Made alot of changes, this past week, I got 3 "pimple".. all in the pubic hair, one kind of right in the middle, I was able to pop it, it went away in a few weeks, the other 2 are the issue, I've been OBSESSING over this, looking ever chance I get. They are on the right side, about an inch from the crease of my leg, the first one was only about the size of a pin head, it was painful, I aggrevated, popped it before it was ready, not to be gross , but kind of a 1/4" white "lace" of hard white stuff came out, went right away, but I still felt pain in that area, next morning grabbed the mirror, about 1/2" from that one was another one, this one only blood came out of. I know it sounds bad, but Im freaking out, Ive put everything on it, I had bad skin and my dermotologist has retired, but I put everything I have on it and I know Ive aggrevated it, it hasn't spread to anything else, not oozing or scabbing, but it is still very sore. Ive made an appointment for tuesday. I asked the nurse if it's common for a first OB to show up only in that area. She said it sounds like it could be an ingrown hair and to put neosporin on it and to come in sooner if it gets worse, but when I told her about the first one and then that one showing up next to it, she sounded more concerned. I've been driving myself crazy reading everything I can find on the interent. I feel like I have so many symptoms and am 100% certain I have this. I have to also have a vulva biopsy on tuesday along with this exam to see if the VIN I was treated for in 2009 is back. Just getting to be too much. Anyone who has HSV, have you had non stop OBs for a few months? This has been going on since Oct and just wondering.
Thank you again in advance.
First off, I want to thank anyone who will take the time to answer this, and I know all that post are very worried and all that answer are not doctors and can only give advice.
I will try to be brief, I do shave down there and since Halloween, I will get a pimple after shaving, but recently the fact of that has been really bothering me, so I bought new more expensive razors and decided it was because I wasn't using shaving cream that was causing that, so this past time I used that , stopped using fabric softener, etc. Made alot of changes, this past week, I got 3 "pimple".. all in the pubic hair, one kind of right in the middle, I was able to pop it, it went away in a few weeks, the other 2 are the issue, I've been OBSESSING over this, looking ever chance I get. They are on the right side, about an inch from the crease of my leg, the first one was only about the size of a pin head, it was painful, I aggrevated, popped it before it was ready, not to be gross , but kind of a 1/4" white "lace" of hard white stuff came out, went right away, but I still felt pain in that area, next morning grabbed the mirror, about 1/2" from that one was another one, this one only blood came out of. I know it sounds bad, but Im freaking out, Ive put everything on it, I had bad skin and my dermotologist has retired, but I put everything I have on it and I know Ive aggrevated it, it hasn't spread to anything else, not oozing or scabbing, but it is still very sore. Ive made an appointment for tuesday. I asked the nurse if it's common for a first OB to show up only in that area. She said it sounds like it could be an ingrown hair and to put neosporin on it and to come in sooner if it gets worse, but when I told her about the first one and then that one showing up next to it, she sounded more concerned. I've been driving myself crazy reading everything I can find on the interent. I feel like I have so many symptoms and am 100% certain I have this. I have to also have a vulva biopsy on tuesday along with this exam to see if the VIN I was treated for in 2009 is back. Just getting to be too much. Anyone who has HSV, have you had non stop OBs for a few months? This has been going on since Oct and just wondering.
Thank you again in advance.
Thanks again you two.
I'm just hoping the first visit with this new dermo isn't just a consulation, you know how long it takes to get in with them... I have no idea why it is like that. I want to get to the bottom of, well my bottom!
I'm just hoping the first visit with this new dermo isn't just a consulation, you know how long it takes to get in with them... I have no idea why it is like that. I want to get to the bottom of, well my bottom!
yes they can check out your girlie parts too :) anytime any male medical professional looks at your genital area, they have to have a female in the room with them. it's for you protection and theirs. too easy for folks to accuse a male doctor of impropriety so they always have another woman there to observe.
I had to work with a dermatologist for issues in my genital area and it was really helpful.
keep us posted :)
I had to work with a dermatologist for issues in my genital area and it was really helpful.
keep us posted :)
Thank you Mistakeguy,
I was seeing a great dermatologist. Ive always had rosacea, acne, he was going to start me on acutane, and he retired right before Christmas, so he couldn't because you have to have monthly pregnancy tests. I have an appointment coming up next month finally with a new doctor taking his place (took 4 months to get) but I didn't know if they can look "down there". Obviously, your a man, lol, so Im not sure if you know this, but even with my male gyno, before he examines you, a female nurse has to be in the room with you to protect himself and the patient, so I don't know how that works with dermotologist. I'll try anything at this point. Thanks for the advice :-)
I was seeing a great dermatologist. Ive always had rosacea, acne, he was going to start me on acutane, and he retired right before Christmas, so he couldn't because you have to have monthly pregnancy tests. I have an appointment coming up next month finally with a new doctor taking his place (took 4 months to get) but I didn't know if they can look "down there". Obviously, your a man, lol, so Im not sure if you know this, but even with my male gyno, before he examines you, a female nurse has to be in the room with you to protect himself and the patient, so I don't know how that works with dermotologist. I'll try anything at this point. Thanks for the advice :-)
You know really the big thing is you need to find a doctor who deals maybe with the skin issues. I am not sure if you are seeing a dermatologist but you should look into that. Matters of the skin is there speciality and maybe something they can tell you whats going on.
It does get frusting cause , again, feels like they don't listen. If it's not herpes. Then something is going on and I'm tired of hearing if it's still bothering you in a month.. in a month.. it's been almost 3 months now. I even asked him (my doctor) about doing an anal pap. I feel like I'm doing all the work, told him I had the VIN, CIN, she (my oncologist) already removed skin around my anus for precancer, could this be AIN? I brought up to him that he said he saw a patch of white skin in my anal opening (sorry to be graphic, just at whits ends here) which was how my VIN progressed from stages, could this be starting back there and I can't see it. And I'm getting the same thing the last doctor said, just leave it alone, until months went by and I finally begged him to biopsy it and then by that time it had progressed to far and had to go to an oncologist and had to have surgery. So i guess all my questions, seeing my blood tests and there hasn't been anything he's seen to culture for a herpes culture is if ALL of these symptoms are sounding like herpes symptoms and I should just deal with thinking I'm having weekly herpes outbreaks or move onto another doctor (again).
The "pimple" I had on my butt didn't itch. I was falling asleep one night and (lol) just happened to rub my hand over my butt and felt something pop in my hand and then noticed alittle hole, the doctor looked at it and said it was just a rement or something from an old pimple.
I wish I did like wine, or something stronger for that matter .. but it gives me migraines.
The "pimple" I had on my butt didn't itch. I was falling asleep one night and (lol) just happened to rub my hand over my butt and felt something pop in my hand and then noticed alittle hole, the doctor looked at it and said it was just a rement or something from an old pimple.
I wish I did like wine, or something stronger for that matter .. but it gives me migraines.
yeah it does get totally annoying to have to keep going back over and over again. I can tell you from my own experience that herpes lesions on the buttocks were never something I'd confuse as a pimple for long. They were itchy like a mosquito bite initially and then looked like a zit gone bad after a day or two and they stuck around forever to annoy the heck out of me. hard to walk around itching your bum in public and then making faces because after the first scratch it started to hurt.
maybe try some soaks in the tubby with epsom salts thrown in this weekend and a glass of wine ( for medicinal purposes of course )? I think they work better when used together ;)
maybe try some soaks in the tubby with epsom salts thrown in this weekend and a glass of wine ( for medicinal purposes of course )? I think they work better when used together ;)
I bet that's what my name comes up as when I call there. lol And I'm sure my doctor knows my privates better than his own wife's by now.
That's just it, he's been telling me nothing is making him look like Im having an outbreak down there. And the testing was all negative. He said the nerve feeling Im probably feeling is from being cut twice due to the surgeries. I did take anti-virals for 5 days this past week when I stumbled upon that pimple upon my butt last week. He's never tested me for yeast or bacterial infections. To be honest, you are the only one who has mentioned that to me. I think (well that, and because Im feeling like a nutcase lately) lol, that's why I ask you for your advice.
I did alittle more examing last night, and in the past year, Ive had to have 2 cyst in the hair area lanced, and I looked and I still have a bump left over from both of them and I think that is what the "newer" bump i thought was, cause it hasn't changed in 2 days.
I'm thinking maybe it's time to buy a chastity belt, lock it up for a year and unplug the computer ! lol
That's just it, he's been telling me nothing is making him look like Im having an outbreak down there. And the testing was all negative. He said the nerve feeling Im probably feeling is from being cut twice due to the surgeries. I did take anti-virals for 5 days this past week when I stumbled upon that pimple upon my butt last week. He's never tested me for yeast or bacterial infections. To be honest, you are the only one who has mentioned that to me. I think (well that, and because Im feeling like a nutcase lately) lol, that's why I ask you for your advice.
I did alittle more examing last night, and in the past year, Ive had to have 2 cyst in the hair area lanced, and I looked and I still have a bump left over from both of them and I think that is what the "newer" bump i thought was, cause it hasn't changed in 2 days.
I'm thinking maybe it's time to buy a chastity belt, lock it up for a year and unplug the computer ! lol
why not buy a "hysterical female" tee shirt to start wearing when you go to be seen? he he he
sometimes it does seem like you might as well buy your own chair to have with your name on it in the waiting room. I had to go monthly to my gyn for over a year once. We joked he'd be able to recognize my nether regions in a line up...lol. I'd give it until monday and if things aren't better, go and be seen and get a proper exam and testing for yeast and bacterial infections. that gives you the weekend to give your genitals a little extra tlc to see if this is just all irritation from last weekend. if it feels like a herpes recurrence, take a round of antivirals to cover that too.
it's so much fun being female sometimes isn't it?
sometimes it does seem like you might as well buy your own chair to have with your name on it in the waiting room. I had to go monthly to my gyn for over a year once. We joked he'd be able to recognize my nether regions in a line up...lol. I'd give it until monday and if things aren't better, go and be seen and get a proper exam and testing for yeast and bacterial infections. that gives you the weekend to give your genitals a little extra tlc to see if this is just all irritation from last weekend. if it feels like a herpes recurrence, take a round of antivirals to cover that too.
it's so much fun being female sometimes isn't it?
Hi Grace
I was hoping I would be done with this, but need your advice once again. Was back at the doctor on saturday. I had "stumbled" upon a pimple on my butt, he said thats all it was, said if it was a herpes outbreak, I wouldn't have just stumbled upon it, I would have been feeling it before and have been like "WHAT is going on back there"... he looked me over again, said nothing looked abnormal, said maybe the "Cut" feelings I was having is from nerve damage I had from my surgeries. That night I went on a date I probably shouldn't have, drinking was involved, don't want to get into the details, but I had to take the "morning after pill" because of what happened. Felt like total crap the first two days. Now Im noticing in my hair area (again.. where this whole email first started, lol) that I had a small painful bump on tuesday, some solid white stuff came out, then fluid. Ok, figured maybe an ingrown hair cause I shaved alittle over a week ago for the first time. But then last night, I started feeling feverish, right leg kinda achy and that side of my vagina was sore to the touch, grabbed the mirror when I got home and I could feel what felt like another little bump closer to the leg , had to really seach it out, almost 1/2 the size of an eraser head. Looked like it had alittle black head either in it,next to it, hard to tell , holding a flashlight in one hand and mirror in the other. But this one I would say almost looks like a blister which scars me. I squeezed the skin and got the black head out the the "blister" is still there, not changing, looks flat, not quite bubbled. And my vagina looks alittle raw (not sure if it's what happened over the weekend)... I feel like I can't call my doctor AGAIN, I was just there saturday, this will be the 5th time going to see him this year over this, he's going to think Im insane over this.
I was hoping I would be done with this, but need your advice once again. Was back at the doctor on saturday. I had "stumbled" upon a pimple on my butt, he said thats all it was, said if it was a herpes outbreak, I wouldn't have just stumbled upon it, I would have been feeling it before and have been like "WHAT is going on back there"... he looked me over again, said nothing looked abnormal, said maybe the "Cut" feelings I was having is from nerve damage I had from my surgeries. That night I went on a date I probably shouldn't have, drinking was involved, don't want to get into the details, but I had to take the "morning after pill" because of what happened. Felt like total crap the first two days. Now Im noticing in my hair area (again.. where this whole email first started, lol) that I had a small painful bump on tuesday, some solid white stuff came out, then fluid. Ok, figured maybe an ingrown hair cause I shaved alittle over a week ago for the first time. But then last night, I started feeling feverish, right leg kinda achy and that side of my vagina was sore to the touch, grabbed the mirror when I got home and I could feel what felt like another little bump closer to the leg , had to really seach it out, almost 1/2 the size of an eraser head. Looked like it had alittle black head either in it,next to it, hard to tell , holding a flashlight in one hand and mirror in the other. But this one I would say almost looks like a blister which scars me. I squeezed the skin and got the black head out the the "blister" is still there, not changing, looks flat, not quite bubbled. And my vagina looks alittle raw (not sure if it's what happened over the weekend)... I feel like I can't call my doctor AGAIN, I was just there saturday, this will be the 5th time going to see him this year over this, he's going to think Im insane over this.
the hormone changes make us more vulnerable to vaginitis in general as well as vaginal dryness start to become an issue which leads to more issues in general too.
Hi Grace
I guess I still dont feel great cause I'm still not "great" down there! lol Been so long since I felt normal. :( I'm 38, maybe this is pre-menopause for me???
I guess I still dont feel great cause I'm still not "great" down there! lol Been so long since I felt normal. :( I'm 38, maybe this is pre-menopause for me???
yes we do hear back from many of the folks who post to us about their "adventures" with herpes testing. I'd estimate that only about 10% of them end up having herpes. Sometimes our bodies just like to annoy the heck out of us! I'm really not thrilled with this whole perimenopause thing myself in general!
Thank you Grace
Have you ever heard back from people becoming this "crazy" I guess you can say is a good word to use? I know partially, I need to stop reading so much and accept my negative results, which kind of sounds like a ridiculous thing when I even say it to myself lol
Have you ever heard back from people becoming this "crazy" I guess you can say is a good word to use? I know partially, I need to stop reading so much and accept my negative results, which kind of sounds like a ridiculous thing when I even say it to myself lol
hope you are feeling better soon :) still lots of respiratory and flu germs out there making folks sick :(
Hi there
Yes, you both were a big help. I am thankful for my doctor, who even though, you never go there without waiting 4 hours in the waiting room to be seen, it's cause he does take time with each patient.
This past week though, I don't know what it is, I'm still stressing over this, my best friend is just about had it with me, she's like THE TEST WAS NEGATIVE. Not sure if it's cause I read so much about it up, because I thought once I got the results my symptoms would go away.
Not really looking for an answer, just needed to vent alittle bit I guess.
Partly I think it's in my head on waiting for the 3 month mark to re-test again. I did the math in my head and the person I was with, besides this past time, the time before that was the week right after thanksgiving, so that would just be about 3 months, and I know for a fact he wasn't with anyone else during that time.
Like I said, not really looking for answers, and I've looked over and over the posts and it seems like once someone finds out their tests were negative, you don't hear back, just wondering.. actually.. lol.. I kinda know, how I'm feeing is NOT normal.
Plus I came down with bronchitis over the weekend, very sick, was in the ER sunday morning, so I'm wondering maybe cause I'm not feeling well this is just wrecking with all my emotions. I really just dont know
Yes, you both were a big help. I am thankful for my doctor, who even though, you never go there without waiting 4 hours in the waiting room to be seen, it's cause he does take time with each patient.
This past week though, I don't know what it is, I'm still stressing over this, my best friend is just about had it with me, she's like THE TEST WAS NEGATIVE. Not sure if it's cause I read so much about it up, because I thought once I got the results my symptoms would go away.
Not really looking for an answer, just needed to vent alittle bit I guess.
Partly I think it's in my head on waiting for the 3 month mark to re-test again. I did the math in my head and the person I was with, besides this past time, the time before that was the week right after thanksgiving, so that would just be about 3 months, and I know for a fact he wasn't with anyone else during that time.
Like I said, not really looking for answers, and I've looked over and over the posts and it seems like once someone finds out their tests were negative, you don't hear back, just wondering.. actually.. lol.. I kinda know, how I'm feeing is NOT normal.
Plus I came down with bronchitis over the weekend, very sick, was in the ER sunday morning, so I'm wondering maybe cause I'm not feeling well this is just wrecking with all my emotions. I really just dont know
sounds like you have a terrific provider who is on top of things for you :)
spring break goes way too fast but we had a lot of fun together :)
spring break goes way too fast but we had a lot of fun together :)
Hi To Mistakeguy789 and Grace
Thanks for putting up with me the past month.
Doctors visit went really well. Test came back negative. He gave me a very thorough exam to check for everything, said I did have alot of scar tissue from my previous surgeries (which could explain the bumps I've been feeling and haven't paid attention till I started obsessing over this) and my anal area he said showed no signs of anything that needed to be biospsied or cultured. No evidence of an outbreak or a recent outbreak. He said it looks like Hemmeroids and some irriation/fissures and I a small patch of white skin, which he's thinking is scar tissue from the surgery (I had to have alot of that area removed due to cancerous cells). I showed him where the two pimples were 3 weeks ago when I went in and that they were still "hard" under the skin, he said if that were herpes they would be long gone by now, sounds more like an infected hair folicle. He was very nice and understand, he worded it as such, with the people in Japan now, the minute they hear a crack of thunder, they are going to fear the worse.. that another earth quake is coming, you had this horrible thing, we cut cancer out of your body and the minute you feel something is wrong, you think it's back.. you do have reason to worry. And then he smiled andput his hand on my should and said when I start really worrying, stay off the internet looking up stuff cause it is just going to make you worry more. LOL Which is TRUE. But I still have to go back in a few months cause even though they removed most of my cervix in 09, they didn't get all of the cancer and my pap is still abnormal, so right now we're just watching it every 6 months, hasn't gotten worse or better.
But again, I wanted to thank the two of you for listening and offfering advice. I thought back and both weeks it happend, I had spicy pizza, so even my best friend said maybe I'm allergic to tomatos, or the sauce, didn't eat it this week, and so far so good :-)
If it's ok, maybe I will stop in now and then and say hello.
Hope you had a great weekend with your son Grace.
Thanks for putting up with me the past month.
Doctors visit went really well. Test came back negative. He gave me a very thorough exam to check for everything, said I did have alot of scar tissue from my previous surgeries (which could explain the bumps I've been feeling and haven't paid attention till I started obsessing over this) and my anal area he said showed no signs of anything that needed to be biospsied or cultured. No evidence of an outbreak or a recent outbreak. He said it looks like Hemmeroids and some irriation/fissures and I a small patch of white skin, which he's thinking is scar tissue from the surgery (I had to have alot of that area removed due to cancerous cells). I showed him where the two pimples were 3 weeks ago when I went in and that they were still "hard" under the skin, he said if that were herpes they would be long gone by now, sounds more like an infected hair folicle. He was very nice and understand, he worded it as such, with the people in Japan now, the minute they hear a crack of thunder, they are going to fear the worse.. that another earth quake is coming, you had this horrible thing, we cut cancer out of your body and the minute you feel something is wrong, you think it's back.. you do have reason to worry. And then he smiled andput his hand on my should and said when I start really worrying, stay off the internet looking up stuff cause it is just going to make you worry more. LOL Which is TRUE. But I still have to go back in a few months cause even though they removed most of my cervix in 09, they didn't get all of the cancer and my pap is still abnormal, so right now we're just watching it every 6 months, hasn't gotten worse or better.
But again, I wanted to thank the two of you for listening and offfering advice. I thought back and both weeks it happend, I had spicy pizza, so even my best friend said maybe I'm allergic to tomatos, or the sauce, didn't eat it this week, and so far so good :-)
If it's ok, maybe I will stop in now and then and say hello.
Hope you had a great weekend with your son Grace.
Chances are this may not be herpes. But visual diagnosis is always harder the further out things go. A culture is going to be best at this point.
Thanks for your replys.
Just an update. I'm going to be seen again on Monday. Everything that was going on before is going on again. Almost started the same day of the week as before. The burning, etc.
Just a question to know what to expect, and I know that nothing can be diagnosed online, It's been feeling like "bubbles" I guess you can say in my rectum opening, I've used prep-H, started the Valtrex again and it has helped, but my question is, will the dr be able visually diagnose is these have been outbreaks that have been going on for the past 2 weeks? I can't see there unfortunately, (maybe it is fortunate or else I would stress more), all I can do is feel what feel like cuts/sores were there were "bubble" a few days ago, and just still some slight burning, but no real pain or itching at all.
I did go for a blood test anyways this past tuesday cause thinking back I've brushed off pimples in the hair area thinking it was from shaving, always thinking it wouldn't show up there.
I'm sure by this point you guys are rolling your eyes at me lol
Just an update. I'm going to be seen again on Monday. Everything that was going on before is going on again. Almost started the same day of the week as before. The burning, etc.
Just a question to know what to expect, and I know that nothing can be diagnosed online, It's been feeling like "bubbles" I guess you can say in my rectum opening, I've used prep-H, started the Valtrex again and it has helped, but my question is, will the dr be able visually diagnose is these have been outbreaks that have been going on for the past 2 weeks? I can't see there unfortunately, (maybe it is fortunate or else I would stress more), all I can do is feel what feel like cuts/sores were there were "bubble" a few days ago, and just still some slight burning, but no real pain or itching at all.
I did go for a blood test anyways this past tuesday cause thinking back I've brushed off pimples in the hair area thinking it was from shaving, always thinking it wouldn't show up there.
I'm sure by this point you guys are rolling your eyes at me lol
wait until at least 3 months post encounter and get herpes igg blood testing done then.
anytime you have symptoms genitally before then, be seen promptly for an exam and ask them to do lesion cultures and typing if they suspect that they look like herpes.
anytime you have symptoms genitally before then, be seen promptly for an exam and ask them to do lesion cultures and typing if they suspect that they look like herpes.
never assume anything.
Right now you need to wait until the right time to get tested. Your issues didn't sound like herpes before. Continue to follow up with your doctor. Avoid sexual encounters until your skin has fully healed.
Talking to your partner and having him be tested is going to answer a lot of questions.
Right now you need to wait until the right time to get tested. Your issues didn't sound like herpes before. Continue to follow up with your doctor. Avoid sexual encounters until your skin has fully healed.
Talking to your partner and having him be tested is going to answer a lot of questions.
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