i'm in such a horrible place after testing positive for HSV2

I was tested positive for hsv1 blood but negative for Swab. It was less then 2 days or around 48 hours since the blister came up.

If you tested positive by blood at the time of your presumed outbreak, then you were already a pre-existing carrier of HSV1 and the outbreak may not even be herpes, since the swab was negative (48 hours is good). How bad was your outbreak?

Long story short. I had what I thought was thrush. I got thrush stuff it cleared up then I thought I had UTI as I kept peeing. It went away and then 7 weeks later after sex I got sore again and when I looked I had two red pimples. Not sore to touch and a small blister ulcer just outside the opening of my vagina. This was a Saturday night. Sunday it was like better. Monday I got tested via blood and Swab. I had cold sores as a kid. Haven't had a cold sore in about 9-10 years. Blood came back negative for hsv2 but postive for 1. Swab came back negative. Husband hasn't had any thing or any symptoms at all. I had three doctors look. One said thrush. Doctor two said herpes and third sexual health nurse said he dooesnf think it is but knows it's different to everyone.

So, you would expect HSV1 to be positive, as you had cold sores as a child. I would go with the swab result, so you're negative. If it happens again, ask for a pcr swab, which is even more accurate. If that's also negative, then it's definitely not herpes! I don't think it is, regardless. A viral culture swab within 48 hours should be pretty accurate.

The thing is what else could it be??? Lol

Also 7 weeks ago they tested me for thrush and it came back candida (thrush). This was before they thought to check for anything else .. I still have the two pimples. It's been ages!!!! Not sore at all.

Also 7 weeks ago they tested me for thrush and it came back candida (thrush). This was before they thought to check for anything else .. I still have the two pimples. It's been ages!!!! Not sore at all.

No idea, but herpes doesn't stick around that long unchanged, so it's clearly something else and probably nothing to worry about. Sometimes you can get bumps or skin probs down below.

Just the blister was weird though....

How long do they last for.

First outbreaks fully clear in about 2-3 weeks, recurrences in less than a week.

Ok so even if it was - it wouldn't just disappear in two days?

Ps. Thanks for your knowledge. How come you know all of this

A very mild recurrence might, but it would be sore and should have swabbed positive.

From excessive/obsessive reading! Poured over tons of medical sites, expert q&a forums and research studies since my own diagnosis.

It was only sore the first day. But nothing agonising. It didn't hurt when I pee. The seven weeks ago did hurt at first. So what do you think then? It's hard when doctors all say different things. Leaving me in limbo even when it said Swab negative. Then I worry it didn't detect it haha

So the swab for thrush they did 3-4 days after my last sores was negative. She just said the negative Swab of herpes is negative so just don't worry about it now

But I still have the sores. They don't hurt or cause discomfort. They haven't changed but it's Been ages and ages

They're obviously something else, not herpes, so I would stop worrying that it's HSV. Ask your doctor what else they could be if they won't go away or give you problems.

I'm still a bit red and itchy but not where the sores are. But maybe also mind over matter.

I know, I just don't know what else to do??

Went to another sexual health doctor today.

She said it looks firm and nothing in it. Could be a blocked duct and did another Swab

It hasn't changed for weeks, so it's not herpes. I'm sure the swab will come back negative.

She did a Pap smear as well. And another Swab so 3-4 days wait ... if it was should it change

It would be gone after 2-3 weeks, if a first outbreak.