Frequency of Outbreaks

[billlykid001]

As a kid I had constant oral outbreaks.  Then from age 17-30 I had zero outbreaks.  One year ago, at age 30, I sucked a stripper's breast at a strip club, four days later developed a cold sore on my lip.  Three months later I developed another cold sore on my lip.

It has been 10 months since any outbreaks.  What I am wondering is two-fold:  (i) How likely is it I had HSV-1 as a kid, and contracted HSV-2 from the stripper?  (ii) Assuming my body was able to completely suppress HSV-1 to the point where I have had zero outbreaks in 13 years, and I have now had no outbreaks in ten months since being exposed to HSV-2, how likely is it my body will completely suppress these outbreaks to the point where I might not ever have another outbreak?  

Or, alternatively, is it possible that I caught HSV-1 again from the stripper, or is it possible that after 13 years of dormancy my HSV-1 came back?

[gracefromHHP]

this was absolutely no risk for herpes for you.

perhaps something in the lotions /oils she had on her skin was irritating to you or something and triggered a recurrence or perhaps the two had nothing to do with each other.  

[billlykid001]

Thanks for the response.

No doubt about it, they absolutely were cold sores last year.

I know it should be statistically unlikely to contract HSV2 from sucking a stripper's breast, (I think she was touching her groin and then her breast, so maybe some vaginal fluid was on the breast when I sucked it?) but I really can think of no other explanation.  I literally had zero oral cold sores for over a decade, then four days after sucking a stripper's breast, I get a cold sore.

Is it common for cold sores to disappear for 10+ years, and then re-appear like that?

[gracefromHHP]

you didn't contract hsv2 from suckling at a breast.

not too unusual for you to be getting cold sores.  If you doubt that they really are cold sores, see your provider when you have one the next time.

grace