I ordered the Western Blot kit back when I got my blood test diagnosis back at the end of 2018. Good luck and let us know how it turns out! I wanted to put my story out there in case I am one of the few that actually had a false positive, and hope to inspire others in this range to take control of their health & not allow a doctors arrogance or ego stand in the way of getting the answers you feel you deserve! So I went through with purchasing the test anyways, and am now currently awaiting the results of that test. Terri stated that in her professional opinion she believed that there was more than a 50-50 chance that my result was a false positive, especially because I do not have any symptoms & have never had an outbreak (although I know some people do not have outbreaks for years after initial infection). ![]() He even tried to discourage me from purchasing the Western Blot test (the gold standard of herpes testing), and instead wanted to send me to his “infectious disease expert”. I found the Westover Heights Clinic website & reached out to Terri on her forum explaining my situation. He basically told me that he is never wrong about these things & that there was no doubt that I had herpes. I called my doctor & told him that because my index value fell between the range of reasonable suspicion (1.1-3.5) I was looking for more info about confirmatory testing. I soon learned about Terri Warren and how a lot of IGG tests for HSV-2 have high rates of false positives. My other two relationships tested negative, and as I do not speak to the one-time fling guy, I had to assume it was he who gave it to me, which would mean I had it for about a year when I got tested. I have only slept with 3 people in my life, two of which I was in relationships with, and one was a one time fling. I do not present any symptoms, and have not had an outbreak. At the time I knew nothing about herpes or testing and things of that nature. It was an IGG with an index value of 2.11 and my doctor said for sure I was positive. ![]() So I got diagnosed with HSV-2 back in October.
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