Living in Misery

Hey there

Thanks again for all the advice. I have tried the tea tree oil and find it oddly soothing rather than burning like I thought it would. I have just 3 sores that are making it difficult to urinate but the pain is so intense nothing seems to help. I prob have about 8 to 10 sores in a variety of places down there all together. Tried Vaseline, polysporin with numbing agents, zinc cream, nothing, and everything. I have twisted my self into positions that no one should have to try to simply void. I keep the area clean with antibacterial soap, I use a hair dryer to dry and lose pants, lay around in bed because I feel like crap anyway. How long does it take the sores to finally start to heal or go away. Ive been this way for a week. I thought for sure I would se some relief. I am taking the valtrax and Advil and tylenol. I am also eating kale, and carrots for extra vitamin A

I find the sore lymph glands in my groin area painful as well. I realize this is partly has to run its course thing but how long till I can expect to see improvement.

I am sometimes dealing with the mental aspect of it, but don't think I can till i get through a healing process physically first. I think right now hearing from everyone and knowing I am NOT alone has been my saviour. I read and re read so many of the stories here.. Thanks for listening to me..

I started to feel a difference in pain after 3 days of meds but it was very slighty and im on different meds to you so im not sure if yours could take a little longer resting is good though so your not over doing anything its good for your body to just focus on healing.

Iv been taking vitamins for my immune system you can get bassett vitamins that focus just on your immune system to help build it up thats good for future outbreaks apart from anything i said in my previos comment im not really sure of another way to help you but salt baths are good and relaxing just a handful of normal food salt in a warm bath and just lie there

I really hope it starts easing off soon although the first outbreak can last for 4 weeks i hope for you it doesnt though and you can start working on mentally dealing with it xx

I have herpes and it was so so so painful in the beginning that was 3 months ago and I have had a ob every month since and I would take 3 days worth of valtrex and it clear it up! But I don't like taking meds so I been experiment and I found the best thing ever that works it's called witch hazel the kind for face and skin it really cheap you can buy it at walmart are dollar stores what you do is at the first sight of a ob , feeling dirty are that tingle are burning feeling soak some in witch hazel in some cotton balls are toilet paper I mean have it dripping wet and apply to your prix area now if your female like me it will burn for just a second then the burning stops and you feel itch  free and clean feeling now don't wipe bcuz u can spread the ob just day if using cotton balls you can squeeze the witch hazel out and onto skin! This will block the ob from every getting bad and can prevent it from coming on ! I started to get on and did this the min I first started a ob and I will use witch  3 times a day for like 3 days so far it's working!  And no meds 

I just want to share my experience with you all. I was diagnosed with this this week. I have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for about a year now. We are both very safe and neither of us showed symptoms. He had been tested (blood) in the past and it came up negative. I have a feeling this was passed on to me through him via cold sore during oral sex (a small one that he didn't even realize he had).

I have been on Valtrex for three days now and have seen my lesions have gone down immensely. To describe my symptoms and how it all started: last weekend my right inner labia became really itchy in one spot (the area where hair didn't grow, yet I thought it was because hair was growing back after I had shaved down there) and didn't think much of it. A day later I noticed that same area had been bleeding a bit. I figured it was because I scratched so hard.

The next day I started noticing white little bumps. Thankfully it was just on the right side of my vagina, nowhere near my opening though. I went to the clinic and the doctor said it was most likely a yeast infection and prescribed me Canes Oral. I took that thinking it would go away. The next day the lesions started flaring up more, with no signs of healing. That night I went to sleep and realized that I was actually in a lot of pain, so I thought ok this isn't right. I took the day off and went back to the clinic and saw a different doctor as my original doctor wasn't working. At this point the right side of my vagina was double the size of my left, and it was hard to sit without feeling as if I was going to puncture or hurt myself. 

One look at me and she said "Yes that's herpes". I immediately started crying. I couldn't believe the words. It has been a very hard and traumatic experience for me. However, she prescribed me the meds and I can honestly say after 3 full days on it along with some pain killers, I haven't felt any pain. It is now still swollen but the lesions are going away and I know I will feel like myself again in a few days.

What really helped me in these 2-3 days is ice packs. I would sleep on the couch with an ice pack between my legs (the couch helps because it forces you to sleep with your legs a bit open), and it gave me the ability to sleep without feeling much pain. Drink lots of water. Get a lot of rest. I do not wish the pain on my worst enemy at all, but as soon as you feel something is wrong, go to your doctor asap so you get the medication. Thankfully I have a strong immune system so it started fighting it with the meds soon after I started taking them.

For me now the difficulty is coming to terms with this. What has helped me get through this is the support of my boyfriend. He had been there for me since Day 1 and understood what I needed and took the days off from work with me so he could be by my side. In all honesty this has made our relationship stronger. And this virius/skin condition (because it really is just a skin condition) is going to make my body even stronger. It's giving me the opportunity to kick ass.

I think this is all about having the right perspective. You have this now and there's not much you can do about it, but the support from others/loved ones is what really helps you get through it. Keep your head high, and remember that this will pass.

 

This post is from a year ago. How are you today Nodeal?

I have found manuka raw honey amazing, also using tea tree oil. The both sing initially, but I think the honey really works. I also place a black tea bag that has steeped on the sore skin. It is soothing. Google the honey, it's been used alot for this with good results

I understand where you're coming from. I was at work when I spotted a white dot, I left work to go to a prompt care where they swobbed me, I also ended up with more spots after that. That day I found out I was pregnant. So I can't really take anything. It hurts to go to the bathroom, to the point where I am scared. Having a cool shallow bath, helps if it hurts you to pee. L-Lysine helps tremendously(but since I'm pregnant I can't use it). I am scared to pass it on to my little one as well. My partner knows so it makes it a little easier. And to top it off I have a yeast infection. So hopefully in the next week all will be better for me. I hope it gets better for you!

Two years ago I diagnosed I contracted it from my first love. Like everyone says the worst outbreak is the first. When I take my medicine which is acyclovir I have less break outs. It's been over two years and for me it's still soo... depressing I don't know how to open up too anyone about it. I have seen some or you says it gets better but for me I guess I'm still dealing with it mentally and recently I've been having more discharge than usually with a slight odor.  Could that be a sign of a break out? What are the signs too distinguish that you're having a break out without having any lesions? 

I was just diagnosed six days ago... I'm 28, been with one man for 6 years.

As I'm writing this, I'm going on 30+ hours with no sleep from the pain. I used a combination of witch hazel, A&D oil, and lidocaine for the first few days, which helped manage the pain. Then it was so insanely painful again, I returned to the clinic and was given Vicodin so I could sleep. Obviously, hasn't helped. 😔

Tried cold cloths, warm bath, shower, acetaminophen...all that on top of the Valtrex and Neurontin and Vicodin and even tramadol. Still spent most of the night in tears from the pain.

I'm military also, so I can't even get time off to just rest and heal. Sitting hurts, standing hurts, laying down has been out of the question for a week. I'm so desperate to just numb the pain enough to sleep.

After already battling depression, this is just compounded. I can't even manage to tell anyone the whole truth except my husband and health care staff. Otherwise I just say it's a nueralvirus to explain why I can't hardly walk at work, and why I can't exercise right now.

I have no idea how I'm going to put up with this for two more weeks, let alone consequent outbreaks. I heard stress can cause more out breaks, and I'm constantly under stress due to the nature of my job and rank. There's got to be something that won't hurt, make it worse, and will just let me nap!