How I Got The Clap And Other STD Stories: The Unusual Suspect
Posted by: The Frisky
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1:30PM, Friday April 10th 2009
April is STD Awareness Month, and we asked you to share your STD-related stories so we could learn from your each other’s mistakes. If you have a tale involving sores, Valtrex, or a judgy gynecologist, send an email to tips@thefrisky.com. We will keep your identity anonymous.
I wanted to let you know about my experience with an STD because although I feel uncomfortable telling anyone else about it, I think it’s important for other people to be aware. In November I noticed bumps on the outside of my genital region and thought they were just pimples. They didn’t go away, and when I told my boyfriend he freaked and said he had them too. He blamed me for getting infected, but I hadn’t been with anyone else since we started dating!
The first doctor I went to had no idea what they were. She tested me for every STD known to man, gave me some antibiotics, and sent me on my way. I wasn’t happy with that, especially when the STD results all came back negative. I saw another doctor, a dermatologist because it seemed appropriate since it was a skin condition. She knew what it was immediately—molluscum contagiosum. I hadn’t ever heard of it, but apparently it’s a pretty common skin condition and little kids get it all the time. It’s spread by skin-to-skin contact, and doesn’t have any long-term health effects, but in adults it’s usually passed by sexual contact. It’s very contagious, and I had never heard of it before!
The treatment involved either freezing them off with liquid nitrogen or just cutting them out. It hurt, and for a while I kept getting more. After a couple treatments, I finally got rid of them all. Now they’ve been gone for a couple months, and I couldn’t be happier! So, yes, there are the common STDs like herpes, chlamydia, etc., but don’t forget about the ones people never mention. They can still cause problems, both physical and emotional!
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DontTellMyWife
wrote on April 10 2009 @ 01:56 pm: [report]
omg…This stuff is rediculous..If you google for it you get like a half a billion hits, but yet no one ever talks about it.
There was no way that I was letting a doctor cut or freeze on my ‘junk’—if you know what I mean.
My wife luckly never caught it before I found out what it was..the treatment that I used worked ok, but caused a lot of dry skin and irration—zymadermal. My girlfriend used something call silvercure—it was a good bit more expensive ($200), but it worked faster and didn’t dry it skin out.
mikeyellenlee
wrote on April 10 2009 @ 05:49 pm: [report]
@DontTellMyWife I’m guessing your wife and girlfriend are two different people. Lovely…
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 10 2009 @ 06:27 pm: [report]
@mikeyellenlee: Good call, I didn’t pick that up when I read it before.
Awesome hair by the way, would also be interested what that tattoo is of as well.
mikeyellenlee
wrote on April 10 2009 @ 06:41 pm: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse Thank you
My tattoo is a ribbon of music notes surrounded by stars and planets. It still needs shading and color, though.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on April 10 2009 @ 06:52 pm: [report]
@mikeyellenlee: Cool beans. Quite original tattoo, I am interested in getting more than my one, as well as an industrial piercing, but I don’t know if it is appropriate at 23 with my aspirations in a working environment.
mikeyellenlee
wrote on April 11 2009 @ 04:30 pm: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse Thanks, I drew it up myself. As for your working environment, if you want tattoos just get them in places you can cover up!
daphnedog
wrote on April 12 2009 @ 11:13 am: [report]
uh, yea
juliePS
wrote on April 13 2009 @ 05:40 am: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse: I’m 25 and have 15+ hours’ worth of ink on my body. I’m also a librarian. As long as you don’t go into the ‘job-stopper’ realm (ex. hands, neck, face… and I use the term job-stopper as a bit of a joke and because I like saying it
) odds are good no one in a ‘professional’ environment will even notice, let alone care. 
herpes dating
wrote on April 15 2009 @ 10:49 pm: [report]
good story, I share my std story at stdromance.,com