graceandmercy

Hi! I Was Diagnosed With Type 1 Gen About 6 Months Ago. It Was Devastating To Say The Least, But I Read Up On It, And Alot Of Sites Say That You Get Ob's With It Maybe Every Other Year Or So.... Not So! Had My First 6 Months Ago... Pretty Mild I Thought It Was Just Some Irritation, A Yeast Infection Or Bv... But The Swollen Lymph Node Gave It Away... Then I Saw Nothing For About 4 Months. Next Ob 4 Months Later, A Few Minutes After I Had Eaten Raw Fresh Garlic For The 1st Time Ever! And It Was Mild As Well, But Seemed Like There Were A Couple More Blisters Than The 1st Ob. About A Week Later, A Couple Days After It Had Gone Completely, I Started Getting This Burning, Tingling, Weird Type Pain In My Leg, But It Was The Opposite Leg Of The Ob. It Went Away After A Few Days. The Next Month, After My Period Cycle, I Got The Same Pain, This Time Accompanied By A Small Bump That Didn't Hurt Or Itch Or Anything At All. During This Time, Since My 2nd Ob I Had Been Taking Fresh Garlic Every Single Morning, A Multivitamin That Contained 500mg Lysine, Echinacea, Zinc, Whole Nine! The Leg Pain Lasted About A Week, And Then I Started To Take More Lysine, About 1000-2000 Mg A Day. I Stopped Taking The Garlic After That Because I Thought It May Be Contributing To My Ob's Since It Wasnt Until I Started Taking The Garlic That I Saw The 2nd Ob. This Month, My Period Came, Then I Got The Leg Pain, Then About 5 Days Later, Last Night, I Saw The Bumps, 2-3 This Time, And They Are Painful, Doesn't Hurt To Pee, But It Does To Sit For A Long Time, They Are The Size Of Pinhead. However, I Always Get The Bump On The Opposite Side From The Leg Pain. And Sometimes I Get The Leg Pain Out Of The Blue During The Month For A Day Or Half A Day And It Will Disappear With No Sign Of On Ob. The Biggest Thing Is, I Feel Like I May Have A Swollen Lymph Node In My Groin. Not Big And Swollen Like The First Ob, But A Little Enlarged I Think.
My Questions For All Who Read This Post, And Those With Experience With This Virus Is:
1) Can You Have A Swollen Lymph Node With Recurrences The Way You Do With The 1st Ob???!!!
2) Can You Have Leg Pain With Every Ob?! Does Anyone Else Experience The Burning And Tingling On The Skin And In The Leg That I Do, Or Am I The Only One?! The Books Say This Only Comes With Shingles And I Have Never Had Shingles!
3) Is It Normal To, In The Last 6 Months, Have Had 3 Recurrences, Although They Are Mild, After Each Period Cycle? Will This Ever End Or Stop? I Take Lysine And A Multivitamin Every Single Day, So Why Is It Coming On? I Am Trying To Stay Off Rx's, But Am Tempted To Go In To The Dr. And Get A Rx For 5 Days For Valtrex Or Something And Maybe It'll Keep It Away For Longer Than A Month.
4) Has Anyone Else Experienced A Problem With The Garlic At First? I Am Thinking Maybe I Should Stick It Out And Start Taking It Again, Since This Time My Ob Is Painful And Before While I Was Taking It, It Was Not.
Please Help, Or Respond, Anyone Who Reads This... Even If You Think It May Not Help Me... Just To Know Someone Read It And Maybe Understands Is A Help To Me... Even If You Think What You Have To Say May Not Be Of Any Help... Thanx!