Well, that’s quite a few days of antiviral therapy. If I’m reading this correctly, if you are taking the meds 5 days a week, then you are on it about 80% of the time. But also if I’m reading this correctly, you went a month with almost no meds, right at the beginning, right? I think because you had that month basically off meds, they are unlikely to impact your test results. Besides, you used condoms, which is great and is definitely a help to reduce the risk of transmission.
I understand that you need to take the medicine to avoid massive cold sores – I do the same.
The tests you’ve had done are being done by reputable labs and I have no problems with doing the test ordering yourself. I’ve seen doctors order IgM tests (which are terrible) and are often falsely positive and people worry for months! So at least you ordered the correct test (IgG) and I doubt that your doctor will mind at all when you tell her about this.
I would recommend that you get a western blot confirmatory test if you were not on daily valacyclovir, just to put your mind at rest. But if you are going to do that, I would think being off the meds for a couple of months would give you the most reliable results. I would do this ONLY if you continue to worry.
Yup, coming out of a long term relationship and doing the dating thing again can be interesting, for certain. Let me know if you have other questions.
Terri