Hi y'all,

I'm the 7th person in this Tribe. Do we now need to change its name? ;)

I just went to Planned Parenthood today and was told that I have genital herpes. Wow - it's still sinking in. I don't know for certain until the test comes back, but I feel 98% sure.

I'm also 98% sure that I picked it up from a man who has oral herpes. We just had a good conversation about it. He knew he got it from his mother (during birth perhaps) but didn't know all the facts about how it spread. So anyway, my question is this: does anyone here have any experience with the oral type when it was transmitted to the genitals? What can I expect over the next year? Five years?

And what should I tell people about it? There is definitely less social stigma about Type I than Type II. But does is that the same if you say you contracted Type I in the nether regions? Have people you've told reacted more to where it was, what type it was, or just the simple fact that you had it?

Thanks! I haven't been able to find this info on line yet (although herpes.com has been a great help).