Just a spot of local color from the neighborhood.
Several weeks ago my cat sitter lady was complaining about some
smallish, sore, itchy spots on the back of her hand and showed them
to me.  She does some gardening so I suspected that it might have

I couldn't see any of your messages either.
I keep getting these note from Outlook Express saying that your messages
could not be displayed.
Angela :)

Well I guess my body is evolving, because lately I have been getting
clusters of blisters on the shaft and head area, and alot more burning along
with that. Prior to this I used to only get a group of 1-2 blisters on the
inner thigh or buttocks and more in the way of nerve pain. I ...

I am taking 2000 mg of Lysine per day all because my doctor doesn't think
the severity of my genital herpes condition needs Valtrex. I find that the
Lysine has been a life saver because without it I would have been in severe
pain from the herpes. I am wondering if there are any long ...

Found about this "ethyl ether" in Dr. Weil M.D.'s books, today.
Applying this on a sore it is supposed to dry up the skin and
the dead skin will fall off. There is more to it at the bottom of the
page.

No, I don't have herpes (as far as I know). Yes, I'm completely
ignorant of most STDs.
That said, I just found out a guy that I work with in a band on a
regular basis has herpes, I assume genital herpes. I hear he got it

Hi, I am a longtime lurker, but I've got a question that I would love to
get some feedback on.  
Some background:   I've had HSV2 for about 10 years.  I take Acyclovir
daily as a suppressive therapy, which does a pretty good job of keeping

If two people exchange fluids without touching infected skin, is the virus
transferred?
John

I know this will probably sound like an odd question, but I was wondering if
having genital herpes changes anything in the bodily chemistry other than
the fact that there is a virus there? Does it change the blood cells,
platelets, white or red cell count, liver enzyme levels or ...

I am having an outbreak like a rash on my one arm. Could this be a herpes
outbreak? If so, it is transferrable if someone touches it?
John

I was looking at my top lip in the mirror and the area had this weird thing
I never saw before. It was like 3 small paper cuts, and one was a little
swollen and sore. Can a coldsore also look like this also? I never saw this
happen like a cut before and I don't remember rubbing ...

I have a couple of more technical questions that I wanted to know if anyone
had the answers to.
1. When there is itching in the pelvic area, does that mean that these areas
are the locations that the shedding is occurring?

I don't 'yet' have herpes. I just met this guy and we were kissing in his
car tonight. It was dark and I didn't look at his mouth but after we kissed
for nearly an hour, and I mean deep mouth kissing, I looked at him in the
light. I saw that he had what looked like an almost healed ...