dealing with HPV diagnosis Posted: 05-29-08 21:34pm
I have HPV (the cancer kind, not the wart
kind). I finally got used to the idea, and
found out i have herpes type II. I thought
I had a yeast infection, and was so caught
off gaurd. Anyway, i get outbreaks
monthly, and everytime I feel worthless,
ugly, like noone can love me. I have a
boyfriend (and we are pretty sure he gave
it to me without knowing). He's loving and
veyr supportive, but I'm scared to death
of losing him, because I feel like noone
will want me ever again. I feel dirty. I
hate everything about being female,
everything about sex, everything about
myself when i have an outbreak. I'm pretty
close to feeling like that anyway, but
when i'm having an outbreak it's worse. to
the people who have had this for a while,
how do you deal? I dont know if i can do
this forever... I want this to be like
HPV, and will just go away eventualy. It
makes me feel filthy to know that I'm
going to be old and in dipers in some
nursinghome having outbreaks.
HPV may be overcome by the immune system
but HSV can't be. HSV has ability to stay
hidden in the sensitive nerve ganglia
until next outbreak. You can take
Acyclovir orally 5 x 200mg for 5 days to
make the outbreaks easier and shorter.
Local therapy is not efficient for genital
herpes. Because you have outbreaks every
month you can also try long term
preventive therapy with Acyclovir 2 x
400mg every day for 6 months. You can
consult some dermatovenerologist about
this.
You should be also very concerned about
that "cancer type" of HPV. You should
perform PAP-test every year to prevent
cervical cancer.
