Hello, around December 1st I had protected sex unprotected oral from a partner. I noticed I had leg tingles/twitches/nerve pain mostly in my right leg sometimes in my left. I found out she gets cold sores but hasn’t gotten one in a long time. December 20th nurse ordered an igm test over telephone which came back negative. December 31st I noticed a pimple like bump that I was picking at it was hard to pop finally that same night I got it to slightly pop and it looked like there was clear liquid coming out of it. A day or two later I picked at it again and this time it bled. This bump went away after about a week after first appearing. January 9th i got an igg blood test done which came back negative <0.90 for hsv1 and 2. January 11th I noticed another similar bump appear with what appeared to be clear fluid coming out. The next day I went to an ER to try and get a swab done within the first 48 hours because I could not get an appt and the doctor refused to swab and claimed that this was not herpes even after informing her of my exposure she still refused and said it wasn’t herpes because it was not in clusters, painful nor itchy and I showed her pictures of the first bump which she said looked like a sebaceous cyst. I am going to wait another 6 weeks and get another blood test (Igg) done at 12 weeks. Meanwhile the nerve pain in my right leg hasn’t really stopped as I occasionally still feel nerve like shocks in my right leg and twitches. 

1. With all of this info do you think I have contracted ghsv1?
2. Does ghsv1 normally behave this way? 
3. Could the bumps have just been folliculitis and ingrown hair or small cyst like the ER doctor suggested?

Thanks Terri! I am trying to stay positive about everything I just have never experienced these symptoms before until after exposure. Is it likely that herpes outbreaks would ever have one bump and then another appear 11 days after? The second bump popped much easier but was gone much quicker by like day three which is why I believe the Er doctor wouldn’t swab it. Also, If my IGG test after 12 weeks comes back negative would it be safe to say I am indeed negative or should I try and pursue further testing. I am somehow still terrified even though I read multiple posts by both you and Dr. Handsfield about how unlikely and rare it is to pass along ghsv1.