I believe I was exposed to HSV2 in early July 2018.  I had a breakout that looked like HSV a few days after (very rough) sex (3-4 lesions appeared, blistered, scabbed over and healed in a week or so).  I was unable to get a swab test, but showed pictures to a Doctor (who focuses on HSV) who said it "looks like a classic case".   I got on Valtrex almost immediately and wanted to be on suppression therapy to minimize risk to my partner.  I took a IGG blood test at 12 weeks that came back negative.  I retested at 20 weeks and it came back negative and again at 6 months and it was negative.  I was worried that the Valtrex was impacting seroconversion so I reduced the frequency - but didn't completely stop, e.g., I would go a week or two without it and then start to take if I was going to be sexually active).  I did have a lesion that showed up in March...not as bad as the initial episode, but I noticed it after my boxer shorts had been rubbing on me wrong followed by some rougher sex.  I started taking Valtrex again to be safe, and by the time the dr. could see me for a swab test it was already dried up and scabbed over.  I retested in March and now retested in July.  All tests have come back negative.  So since my (believed) exposure  to HSV in early July 2018, I've been negative on 5 tests with the last test being a full 12 months post exposure.  Is it likely that I actually don't have HSV?  How likely is it that the valtrex has prevented me from seroconverting even after a year?  I've read and understand that suppresive therapy can slow the conversion...but won't prevent conversion.  But would it slow it to a point of still being negative after a year? I'd been 100% convinced I was positive after the initial breakout but I'm now questioning it.  That being said, I want to protect my current partner as much as possible (and have told her I would), so I'm apprehensive about fully stopping the Valtrex.  What if I took supressive therapy for another year and was still neg

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