GHSV1 transmission rates female to male

[Theresa5676]

Hi everyone,

Last summer, I had what it seems to be my first genital herpes OB (4 blisters and painful urination), the doctor took a swab of the lesions, the culture came back negative but she was 99% sure it was herpes and that culture often resulted in false negative. I was really depressed for a month, crying all the time because I felt like no one would ever want to be with me again with my condition. Eventually, I moved on with my life and I succeed to forgot about it since I wasn't in a relationship back then. but I recently met a guy and I started to feel depressed again because I'm too afraid to disclose this condition and to potentially give it to him.
I did a blood test about two weeks ago which came back positive for HSV1 and negative for HSV2 meaning that I probably have GHSV1 (I won't be 100% sure because the swab test was negative and it's killing me not knowing for sure).

Today my questions are:
- How likely am I to transmit it to my new partner knowing that the virus sheds less than HSV2?
- How can I be sure I have GHSV1 since I didn't have an OB in about 10 months? Since the blood test is positive, I know that I have HSV1 but my mom has cold sores so she could have transmitted it to me when I was little even though I never had an oral OB.
- I have some nerve pain in my butthock for about a month now, can it be related to GHSV1? Everytime I have a little inconfort down there, I assume that it is related to herpes and it's driving me crazy.
- Do I have to tell my partner that I have GHSV1 even though I'm not sure I have it?

Thanks