I do not agree with your providers, though I seriously doubt that you have genital herpes. If you have antibody, you have herpes. Period. Herpes symptoms do not come in waves, it is nothing at all like that. Nothing at all like what you describe! I don’t know what might be going on with you, but I don’t think that’s the point right now. Right now you just want to rule out herpes, right?
You cannot get the western blot through Quest, routinely. We can order through Quest on your behalf or you can contact the University of Washington to get a test kit. I described all this to you previously. But given your provider’s response, I don’t know how you would get your blood drawn to send the test kit back to UW.
You can set up an appointment with our office for a phone consultation to get the test ordered. One precaution: If you are not going to believe the antibody test, don’t take it. It’s worthless. You have so convinced yourself that you have herpes that I think it is going to be tough for you to let go of that notion. I would wait to have your blood drawn until 16 weeks have passed since the encounter, not what you are describing as an “outbreak”.
Terri