Herpes Doctor

Here is the scenario. Come home from a trip oversees. Clammy, Itchy, Tingly, Sweaty everywhere.
Notice a small half dollar size rash on my back. Call my GP... out of town... go see his associate
tells me I have simplex 1, gives me famvir... visual exam no swab, no blood. Go to planned
parenthood (STD Doctor) tell her what he said, she takes a peak says shingles. I get blood tests
for everything while I'm there... neg hsv1 neg hsv2... and the rest thank god... 3 weeks pass rash
heals... I am still tingling, itching, sweating, the lot... go see my GP, back in town now, takes a
look at the remaining sore... says looks like simplex to me... we talk I tell him about the test my
symptoms the whole deal. He say next time you get an ob, we will swab it and test that way. I
say next time???? Right so, here I am a month later still experiencing shingles type symptoms,
worrying about every pimple, itch below the shorts, chap lip... thinking this thing is just ready
to pop up everywhere... what the hell is going on... can the anti body blood test come back neg
when you have active first time ob... or should I assume this is shingles...

--scratchtingle