Dating in canada with herpes

Each time I had an outbreak, which for me consisted of a very small cluster of blisters that lasted two or three days, I'd pretend I had a yeast infection and say I couldn't have sex until it was gone.

By the time I finished college in 1994, the possibility of spreading the virus even when you didn't have an outbreak had become more widely accepted by health care providers.

Then, while surfing the Web for information on the latest herpes medication, I stumbled across a web site for people with herpes.

There are dozens of web sites that provide online support and information for people with herpes.

You have nothing to worry about." I appreciated his honesty and knew I had to tell him that he was the one who had something to worry about. I explained that I had herpes, and that was why I was being so cautious.

A friend of mine had recently married a guy she met on the Web -- proving that not every Internet date is a psycho -- so I gave it a try.When I confronted my friend about the situation, I asked if he knew that he had herpes. It was hard enough to face the fact that we'd had sex, or tried to, and it was much harder to cope with the fact that I had caught an incurable sexually transmitted disease.In 1989, when I got herpes, the nurse told me I couldn't transmit the virus unless I was having an outbreak.I was thinking that I'd probably never go on another date, or get a boyfriend for that matter, and I'd certainly never have sex again.The nurse who examined me revealed that she had herpes and said it was no big deal.

I was still uncomfortable about bringing up the subject, but now I didn't have much of a choice.