I would like to thank the admin for having this forum. I have just recently been diagnosed with genital warts and as another member declared on this forum, "i felt like a leper."

i know a lot of people are struggling with this infection so i'm not going to ask for sympathy; however, I am coming on here to learn as much as I can to keep myself as healthy as possible now.

Of course, I contracted this about 2 weeks ago and saw my doctor today since I noticed the wart cluster was becoming increasingly larger in size. Right now, it's an isolated cluster, and it's actually very small in size but noticeable.

I have plenty of questions. My doctor consulted me to a urologist today and i'll be waiting to speak with him but in the meantime I was wondering a few things.

1. I am currently seeing my previous girlfriend right now. We had sex in the past and stopped seing each other for a moment. Now we're back together. No, I never cheated on her and our past split was because she moved. Anyway, i'm not telling her I have the infection right now and I plan to use protection always for the time being. My question is....Will I ever be able to have unprotected sex with her and not pass on the virus to her and cause her to contract genital warts? I ask because I would like to have a family with her.

2. Am I correct in assuming I will never rid myself of the hpv virus and that I may have an outbreak of the genital warts at some given time in the future?

3. What is the best treatment on the market? Sure, I am talking to the urologist and respect his opinion but I would like as little scarring and pain as possible. I am willing to do whatever is necessary (within means) to take care of the initial outbreak but if anyone has heard about herbal treatments (warts no more and warts no more extra strength?) please let me know if they are beneficial.

Thanks for the insight. I've always known that herpes and hpv were incurable and hoped I never would get them, but it only took one slip.