WTFreaking hell is SHEDDING????

I have had hsv2 for the past 20 years. After being with a person that knew he had an obvious outbreak that I didn't see until after the fact in the shower. The once blisters were revealed and an “It’s OK we used a condom” I could feel my anger building from the pit of my stomach. To make things worse, my partner and I had been separated for a month and rumors come back that he had slept with some else so I did the same with someone I thought was a mate with benefits as neither of us wanted anything serious.

Seriously I wish I gave him the once over before I had sex with him. 3 months had passed and I had an outbreak of blisters on the Labium Majus. I booked myself into the doctors knowing what I had, but wanted it confirmed. A swab test revealed I had hsv2. I was beside myself. I was given very little info on it and remember the doctor saying "Don't have sex while you have blisters and here's your script for Famvir". This felt like the end of the world! I grabbed my boxing gloves and headed to the shed to unleash my anger on the bag and cried and cried and cried.  

My ex-partner and I got back together and I was upfront with him before making the decision to reconcile. For the past 15 years I have been on & off prescription medications, tried things like hydrogen peroxide (Cure for Herpes), staying out of the sun (no more swimming), trying not to be stressed (that’s a joke), putting ice and numbing cream on the infected area, stopped drinking the little alcohol I was consuming, upped my training schedule and decided to eat clean & lean etc etc etc. None of this was working in the long run. I stopped taking the Med’s because it would affect my breathing capacity to the point even my PT would comment and I’d come up with some reason for my sluggishness.  

I’d had enough of the out breaks especially during a menstrual cycle. I went to my doctor for a scheduled Pap smear test and explained to her that I use Pad’s and they caused irritation that would result in an outbreak of blisters and It didn’t matter how many times I changed them the result was the same. I asked to have the Depo needle to stop my periods which was agreed might help. So onto the Pap smear Test. I did the usual, got undressed below and on the bed with the sheet covering me. Doc enters the room and starts the routine checking, places the instrument inside and BANG “Do you know you are SHEDDING?” WTFreaking hell is SHEDDING???? Another blow to this hsv2, I left the office nodding my head not understanding a word the Doc said. I sat in the park researching it on google and I still can’t get my head around it. Forcing food into my mouth as this is what I do when I’m stressing and over load the exercise schedule trying to work it off latter.

The shot (Depo) didn’t seem to stop the outbreak. For me leading up to an outbreak, I would get pain in my entire left leg that would last days before the outbreak made itself known with an itchy tingling spot somewhere on the outside only. The pain is excruciating in my leg but what is more painful was every month I had to explain to my husband..."Honey I have my period and I can feel an outbreak coming". To hear winging for a week or 2 drove me nuts and of course I would satisfy his needs but that has left me feeling empty and pixxed off with myself and anger toward him because he wanted me to for fill his needs. (He’s human not selfish). At no point did I want him to catch this from me! I am always cautious and double check that I am clear of anything. And then comes “SHEDDING”

I was introduced to a Health Program approx. 20months ago. I am feeling on top of the world. I can’t say that this program cure’s this problem but it has defiantly helped as I haven’t had an outbreak for 13 months. At the start I was on a 16 week challenge and after the challenge was completed I noticed that there was a difference but thought it was my exercise schedule that was the difference so I slowed my intake and this was the worse thing I could have done!!! After 2 months my body paid for it big time. So I started the program again & I haven’t looked back. BUT it may have stopped the pain and the outbreaks but not the shedding. I have found it difficult to understand what “SHEDDING” actually means and I have been told that you can pass the virus on while SHEDDING. Can someone please explain SHEDDING to me?

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