What I mean is: I've tested negative for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibodies, but I act as if everyone else I know has HSV-1 orally, whether or not they actually do.
Even with the renewed phrasing, I can't make sense of it.
How do you act?
The options I can see are:
1. assume they are actually shedding, so never let their mouth touch you (but that's not true, since I've seen you kiss people)
2. assume they will take appropriate precautions if they are shedding (but that's not really an action, just a state of mind -- that actions then would be the same as pretending HSV didn't exist)
No, I just assume that despite avoiding kissing random people with cold sores, I will get them at some point in my life. I like kissing too much to give it up. I don't think it's that complicated.
That said, I'm really sorry that my original entry was phrased as if I wanted a merit badge or a cookie. I was basically trying to talk about OTHER peoples' status, not my own (except in relation to theirs); I promise I'm not collecting a list of worthy candidates. :)
I was last time I was tested for them, although the health professional assured me that there was no point, almost everyone comes back positive and we don't have a good idea of what that means.
it sometimes happens that after awhile the body ceases to produce antibodies to some pathogen. this doesn't happen that often with herpes viruses, because those tend to establish themselves in "hiding" in nerve cells, and then come out from time to time and renew the antibody response (which is why one's first outbreak is usually the worst). but it's the reason in general that one needs, say, tetanus booster shots.
I was last time I was tested for them, although the health professional assured me that there was no point, almost everyone comes back positive and we don't have a good idea of what that means.
Nope, I've never tested positive for either, and neither has one of my partners. (The other had what appeared to be one fluke positive but has been consistently negative before and since.)
having read the above and the below, with the understanding that it means have to assume you are the "last person standing" (i keep thinking zombies, omega man, i am legend)... it might happen, but EVENTUALLY is not now, nor soon, hopefully...
haven't had a mouth sore that wasn't directly dentally related (ie: abrasions, cuts) that i'm aware of, and tested out on everything my HMO would provide...
barriers are my friends. hugs are wonderful. i long to kiss more, but that's just not an option usually.
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What I mean is: I've tested negative for both HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibodies, but I act as if everyone else I know has HSV-1 orally, whether or not they actually do.
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How do you act?
The options I can see are:
1. assume they are actually shedding, so never let their mouth touch you (but that's not true, since I've seen you kiss people)
2. assume they will take appropriate precautions if they are shedding (but that's not really an action, just a state of mind -- that actions then would be the same as pretending HSV didn't exist)
What am I missing?
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That said, I'm really sorry that my original entry was phrased as if I wanted a merit badge or a cookie. I was basically trying to talk about OTHER peoples' status, not my own (except in relation to theirs); I promise I'm not collecting a list of worthy candidates. :)
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which mostly means "not worrying about it."
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haven't had a mouth sore that wasn't directly dentally related (ie: abrasions, cuts) that i'm aware of, and tested out on everything my HMO would provide...
barriers are my friends. hugs are wonderful. i long to kiss more, but that's just not an option usually.
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