Yeah!!! I'm glad you are feeling a little better! I know it's hard it
beginning, but with time and an open mind and heart you will find peace and love
again.

"Good friends are like stars. ... You don't always see them, but you know they
are always there."



----- Original Message ----
From: clap_laila <clap_laila@...>
To: OrlandoFLHerpesSinglesSite@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:56:02 PM
Subject: [Orlando H Singles] Re: Will I ever feel normal again???

Thank you everyone so much for your kind and encouraging words. You
guys have made my day!

--- In OrlandoFLHerpesSing lesSite@yahoogro ups.com, "clap_laila"
<clap_laila@ ...> wrote:
>
> I was diagnosed about a year ago. I never thought this would happen
to
> me. I never slept around. I was never promiscuous. I have only had
two
> partners. I caught herpes from my ex-boyfriend. It's weird how this
> virus works. We were together for almost four years before I caught
it.
> He claimed he didn't know he had herpes but he later told me he had
> wahy he thinks was an outbreak when we first started dating and
never
> bothered to get it checked out by a doctor. As angry as I was with
him,
> I am twice as angry with myself. How could I have been so stupid?
Why
> did I not insist we both get tested before we had sex? I keep
asking
> myself this over and over. I know my health is my own
responsibility. I
> thought I was doing the right thing. Obviously not. I know it could
be
> a lot worse. It could have been HIV. At least herpes isn't fatal.
> People say time heals all wounds but I can't help but feel dirty. I
go
> out and meet new people but I feel like I have a dirty little
secret. I
> can't bring myself to be close to anyone for fear of rejection.
Does it
> ever get better?
>






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