This short story was written by a 23 year old female law student who is living with HSV1. Contracting HSV1 In the summer of 2011, I was dating a very nice, clean-cut boy on leave from the military who performed oral sex on me, resulting in a few herpes bumps a week later. I don’t […]
Hepatitis Transmission Risk – Hep C – HCV
Hepatitis Transmission – Hep C: Hepatitis C is transmitted from blood-to-blood. This doesn’t mean just touching someone else’s blood. It means getting blood infected with the hep-C virus directly into your bloodstream. While there’s still a lot we don’t know about how hep-C infections happen, there are two important points to remember: You can’t get […]
Testing for Hepatitis C – Diagnostic & Evaluative Tests
Hepatitis testing is a two-stage process: first diagnosing the illness, and then evaluating liver damage and treatment prospects. The first stage tests, antibody screening and confirmation, tell you if you’ve been infected by hep-C, and whether the virus is still present and active. Once you know that you have hep-C, the tests in the evaluative […]
Signs, Symptoms & Disease Progression – Hepatitis C
Most people do not know they have hep-C. In fact, the virus was around for years before scientists even identified it. So, lots of people were infected before anyone knew the virus existed. Now there are ways to find out if you were exposed to and/or infected with hepatitis C. Hep C is a small […]
Tips for Living with Hepatitis C (HCV)
If you have hepatitis C (HCV or hep-C), taking care of yourself may be simple, or it may be complicated depending upon how sick you are, the symptoms you have, other problems you may have, etc. This is your basic care overview, but for more information, check the resources links at the bottom of this […]
How STDs Held Me Back – Happy Hump Day Podcasts
Happy New Year podcast listeners! We took a couple of weeks off for the holiday season and we’re back with another installment of our Happy Hump Day Podcasts! What to Expect When You’re Expecting…a Podcast In an effort to cater to short attention spans (mainly, my own), we keep these podcasts between 10 and 15 […]
External Outreach – Living with Herpes Posts on BlogHer and EmpowHer
Hi Folks! I’ve been spending some time on the BlogHer and EmpowHer networks the last couple of days writing versions of my story to share with others, and I wanted to make sure to link to them here as well, so you guys have an opportunity to read what I’ve written there too. Posts About […]
STD Sex – What It’s Like for the Other Person
This guest post was written by P. Nickle who loves someone who has an STD – The STI Project’s admin, Jenelle Marie. Let me start off by saying, sex can be complicated regardless of whether your partner has an STD or not. We’re not talking about the casual one night hook-up here, rather, the continuation (or […]
