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I have been reading through this board since about 3 am and want to thank all the contributors for their time and effort.  I will give you all a quick run down of why I am here. 42 days ago I had sex with a girl. The condom broke and we did not know it until it was over.  We had sex once and after I realized the condom broke I panicked and scrubbed my penis with water, I really did not know this girl to well.   For 42 days I have been checking myself on a regular basis for any changes in my genitals.  Last night before bed while checking myself I discovered what appeared to be two very tiny red bumps where the shaft meets the penis head.  I have to pull the penis skin tight in order to see these bumps and they are smaller than a pin head.   They are not painful or itchy and since 8pm last night nothing has changed with them, they have not grown at all. I have never had a cold sore in my life so I am unsure what to expect?  Does this sound like my primary outbreak of genital herpes?    My heart has been pounding since last night and I have not slept a wink.   My anxiety is through the roof right now.   The only other symptoms I have is slight kidney/back pain, but I did workout and do yard work two days ago.    
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Don't worry about the numbers, even if you have a .10 or a .80, you are stil a NEGATIVE and don't have Herpes.

While at this, Grace can I ask you a question pertaining to Jasons' doctor's remark that a 1 time exposure unprotected sex is less risk to Herpes, what about a 2-licks and 3-4 strokes of oral sex on the penis? Does that considered "safe" as well?


Thanks.

Toby
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Thanks Grace, I doubt I would have missed an outbreak with how hard I've been looking.  I am actually starting to paint my home next week and not looking forward to it.  
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as closely as most of the posters here are watching their genital areas, it's not likely they'd miss obvious ob's. Trying to move past it and enjoy the rest of the summer is certainly a terrific plan!!!

if you like painting, I"m looking for volunteers to help....he he he
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Thank you grace and mistake guy for your patience with me. I think it's time I stop being such freak about this and enjoy the rest of the summer. I mean no signs or real symptoms and I  have been freaking out and obsessing over this 8 weeks now.  I had one accidental unprotected encounter and I act like my world was ending.  In my mind I am negative and in sept I may go for another test but if I have no symptoms I may put this behind me for good.
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101028 tn?1419603004
you would've already had your ob if you were infected. it occurs within 2-20 days after being infected.

the changes in your igg results are meaningless. you can get differing results like that just from testing twice in the same day even.
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Thanks grace what does the IgG test test for? When I saw .92 I immediatly thought it was antibodies, that I have hsv1, and every day for 8 weeks my count has been slowly climbing.  Is having a equivicol result something I should be concerned about or is it
nothing to worry about and has no corelation to whether I will test positive at 12 weeks?
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