cocodensmoreJun 18, 20222 min readLiving With Mental IllnessA Hope & a FutureJune 17, 2022 Today is my nine month anniversary since getting my HSV-2 diagnosis. I'm doing OK with all of that. It's all kind of in the...
cocodensmoreMay 28, 20221 min readLiving With HSV-2"When did it become wrong to have needs?" -Ella DawsonYOU DESERVE A PARTNER WHO TEXTS YOU BACK -Ella Dawson Why do we automatically think we're less because we have herpes? Why do we...
cocodensmoreMay 3, 20223 min readLiving With HSV-2Letter to a young woman newly diagnosedMy Dearest, I'm watching the end of Ozark. Ruth is my favorite character. How could she not be?! This isn't my usual type of music, but I...
cocodensmoreApr 28, 20222 min readLiving With HSV-2Happy seven-month Herpesversary to me!April 17, 2022 Happy seven-month Herpesversary to me! The tears are streaming this morning. I am so proud of me. I have never been so...
cocodensmoreApr 6, 20226 min readEmbrace Your SingleWho am I with herpes? I’m exactly the same, and completely different.I missed my six-month anniversary. I didn’t take my pulse on the whole “coming to terms with the HSV-2+ diagnosis” that day. And the day...