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Re: A THANK YOU to Clarissa!!!
From: Clarissa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 23 Apr 2000 23:44:09 -0500 (CDT)
No problem Connie. It sounds like your experience may mirror mine in
that it won't be too bad for you. One other thing I thought about after
I wrote last... it's important for you to know that if you do ever get
a culture, it will make that particular outbreak very severe and
painful. This doesn't mean that's how they will all be in the future
though. Good luck and email me whenever you like!
At Sun, 23 Apr 2000, Connie wrote:
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>Clarissa: Thank you so much for putting this whole "herpes" thing into
>perspective. I sometimes run into my gynecologist because he works in
>the building I work at and sometimes comes into the surgicenter,
>especially when he has a minor case to do, so I plan on talking to him
>about this.
>He doesn't mind and does actually ask how things are going with me. At
>first, I was freaked, and still am a little, however, you have helped me
>not to feel so cheap and dirty.
>I don't know why I felt that way, I guess because I thought only people
>who have had many partners and one night stands got this. But, after
>talking with my very close friend who works at my gyne's office, she
>also told me that they have older women who contract herpes and some of
>them are not sexually active!!! I don't feel so bad now. I hope that
>you can understand how I felt as I was not permiscuous (sp)
>when I was single. In fact, my husband was my one and only.
>(I just wanted it that way). But now after getting opinions from the
>docs here and what you said made me feel so much better and made me see
>that I am not alone and that this doesn't happen just because a person
>has many partners. Again, let me express my heartfelt thanks! I am
>keeping your email for moral support (if that is ok) just in case I have
>another outbreak. By the way, this lesion never did blister, it just
>sort of "dried up" and now is totally gone.
>But the pain stayed for a long time...it too, is now gone.
>((hugs))
>
>--
>Connie
>
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