Hi there! When
I was in college about ten years ago, like an idiot, I cheated on my former
girlfriend by having unprotected sex with another girl from school. Unfortunately,
have it.
considering I had never had an outbreak before, I could be confident I
didn'er I have it or I don'ully would get colI’m unable to accurately
remember all the specifics, but approximately a week afterwards, my girlfriend
starts having symptoms of genital herpes. She goes to her doctor’s office,
where they test and confirm it is HSV-2. As to which test they performed, I’m
not sure. Once she informed me, I immediately assumed it must have come from my
irresponsible actions. However, about a year or so afterwards, I find out from
her friend that she was messing around with another guy who supposedly has
herpes around the same time I cheated. I can’t honestly say what they did or
did not do, as she refused to ever admit it. During the time of her initial
outbreak, I never had any lesions on the shaft of my penis or anything that
closely resembled a typical outbreak. I did have what appeared to be infected/ingrown
hairs in my pubic region, which I just attributed to having lots of sex. Since
I didn’t have the typical lesions, I waited 6-8 months before going to my
doctor to be tested. I told him what had happened, and he orders a full STI
panel blood test. Surprisingly, everything came back negative. He stated: “he
couldn’t explain the previous infection, but I didn’t have HSV-2.” About two
years after that, I had another blood test performed at Planned Parenthood,
where again, the results came back negative. Given that its been almost ten
years and no outbreaks, can I still safely assume I don’t have HSV-2? I’m
worried that my two test results were somehow false negatives or my body never underwent
seroconversion. Should I have another blood test done? I’m about to get married
soon, and I don’t want to ever accidentally infect my wife.