HI THERE, IWA SHOPING TO GET SOME INPUT FROM ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS HEARS OR GONE THROUGH THIS. I'M 38 YRS OLD AND ABOUT 17YRS AGO I HAD AN ENDOSCOPY DONE THAT DETERMINED I HAD THE HERPES VIRUS IN MY ESOPHAGUS. I NEVER HAD ANY OTHER TYPE OF HERPIES BEFORE. THE DR. OF COURSE HAD SAID THAT IT WAS A VERY RARE TO FINDE THIS IN SOMEONE MY AGE WITH A HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM. THEY DID THE HIV TEST AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. SINCE THEN I'M MARRIED WITH 4 KIDS RANGING FROM 16 TO THREE. I HAVE BEEN VERY HEALTHY, ALTHOUGH ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO I HAD A BOUT WITH SHINGLES ON MY LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK AREA. I WAS UNDER ALOT OF STRESS AT THE TIME. HOWEVER, I HAVE REMAINED FREE FROM THE HERPES ESOPHAGITIS FOR AL THESES YEARS. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT! IT WAS VERY PAINFUL AT THE TIME. I GUES WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT IS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS GONE THROUGH THIS KIND OF THING. I GET SO SCARED THINKING THAT IT MIGHT REAPPEAR ONE DAY. WHEN RESEARCHING ALL THIS ON THE COMPUTER ALOT OF SIGHTS
WERE SAYING HOW UNUSUAL IT IS FOR A PERSON WITH A NORMAL IMMUNE SYSTEM TO HAVE THIS OCCURANCE. BUT, I AM NORMAL. I DO TAKE TWO PEPCIDS EVERYDAY. I HAVE A BAD PROBLEM WITH ACID. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND THIS ALL HAPPENED, I WASN'T TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF MYSELF, I WAS STAYING UP HALF THE NIGHT AND PARTYING WAY TOO MUCH, AND NOT TO MENTION I WAS TAKING IBUPROPHEN LIKE IT WAS GOING OUT OF STYLE. ANY INPUT ON THIS WOULD BE GREAT. THANKS:)