Surviving the 4 month wait
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Anxiety is eating and me. I cannot eat or sleep and I am just thinking of how the future I planned will no longer happen. I have opted to wait 16 weeks and have an IgG done unless the bruise-ish looking thing on my vagina devlops into a sore so that a proper swab can be taken.
I told the guy that I am seeing of my plan but he isn-t too worried and has agreed to stick around until the results. We will limit sex until then.
I have never been more scared in my life and have pretty much convinced myself that I have herpes. How do I survive the wait without going crazy? Should I just accept that I have it and try to go through the grieving process?
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april55901
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And by isn't too worried I mean that he doesn't think I contracted anything although what I did was high risk in terms of the sex act ( unprotected genital to genital conact) and the person (a stripper).
FelizCastus april55901
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You can do the IgG test at 3 months. Should be accurate by then, and cuts out a month of waiting. You can always get what you have swabbed now, too. I saw your photo. Looks sore! Is it actually a small tear/fissure, because I see what looks like a line of blood? If so, no reason why that can't be swabbed now, then follow up with the IgG test at 3 months.
april55901 FelizCastus
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FelisCatus,
Thanks for responding. It didn't appear to be a tear to me nor did there seem to be any blood which is why I thought the docs would have sent me away to wait.
The evening after I found it I realized it had begun to fade and got lighter all through yesterday. This morning I checked and it is back to the pink of my vaginal tissue. I know now for sure that there is nothing to swab. I feel like such a fool.
april55901
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FelizCastus april55901
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Perhaps it's not herpes. Lesions don't usually start healing overnight as yours did. Try not to stress (easier said than done!), and just do the IgG at 3 months. It will be 3 months soon enough.