Where do I start? This my first time writing in the open on a board so I am a little bit nervous so I’m just going to spit it out. Well, I have had gential herpes for the last six years. It really feels like I’m in this alone. I’m so ashamed of it. I really have nobody in my corner for real. When I told my mother what was going on the first thing that came out of her mouth was “that’s what you get!” I should have known that she was going to be blunt with what she had to say because my mother is not the type to beat around the bush or sugar coat anything, she gets right to the point even thought it might hurt your feelings. But anyway, it plays in my mind all of the time and it makes me feel worse. I wish I could turn to my friends but most of them are not that understanding and if they do understand they do not know how it feels to walk in my shoes. Where I live there is no support groups so, I do not know people that have gential herpes. Then just when I thought life was getting better for me and I came to the realization that this is something I have to live with for the rest of my life, I go to the doctor in 2005 and she tells me that I have PCOS. I can’t help to cry myself to sleep at night. It hurts that I have to live life like this. I love kids and to sit here and hear that there a possibility that you will not have a family, I feel like there is no hope. That’s why I have turned to the health board, to meet people who are like me that have gential herpes. I’m not going to sit here and lie, I’m depressed. How do I maintain? I hope and pray that I will find someone that is as understanding or have herpes themselves so I won’t have to be alone. But, then you know there are some heartless people out there that look down on people that have herpes. So, is there someone out there that can that can help me get through this? I am open for any advice or comments

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