Hello All,

I had my primary outbreak from genital herpes on 2/7/2005. I got very ill
and was very uncomfortable for about 6 weeks! I since had many, many
outbreaks and still having trouble, although its starting to get better. I
am still trying to figure out who gave me herpes.

I slept with a woman on 11/4/2004 and before that on 7/2/2004. The person
that I slept with in November said that she had a herpes test in mid spring
2005 and that she does NOT have herpes either 1 or 2, we did NOT use
protection when we had sex in November. We also had oral sex - unprotected.

The person that I slept with in July 04' said that she has herpes 1 as cold
sores but rarely at that and as "far as she knows" she doesn't have genital
herpes, because she hasn't had any outbreaks. She hasn't had a test, and she
has been around the block a few times if you know what I mean, although when
we slept together we used condoms for the sex. We also had oral sex but that
was unprotected. When I told this person from July I had gotten herpes, she
seemed not to think it was a big deal. She asked me if I thought she should
get tested, but said it in an almost sarcastic way. When I talked to her
about my condition, all of a sudden knew alot about valtrex as far as what
the pills looked like, how big they were and also knew about genital herpes
in general.

Now the thing is that neither persons mentioned above told me that they had
herpes if either did. I still don't know who gave me herpes, but I am
thinking that it was the person from July. If it was her, why would the
primary outbreak come out 7 months later??? I thought an outbreak usually
comes out 2-4 weeks from the day of infection. Any thoughts on this would be
great...

If an outbreak can come out months after infection, is that true for both
type 1 and 2 or both?

Thanks,