Yes, a result that high does not actually need confirmation.
I’m so sorry you are sad – I understand. Have you checked to see if you were actually tested for herpes in the past? If not, it is difficult to know just how long you have had this.
Please do a lot of reading. There is a Herpes Handbook on this site for free and you may also want to purchase the Good News About the Bad News. Though things seem bleak right now, I believe in time you will feel less down about this.
You can still have sex – you will need to disclose this information prior to that, yes. You can still have babies. Having genital herpes will not shorten your life. Time will make this better but for now, let yourself feel the sadness I think. There are good medicines to reduce the risk of infecting another person. Knowing you have this will reduce the risk of infecting someone else because then there are things you can do about it whereas if you were not diagnosed, you could infect someone else without even knowing you are infected yourself. I think that would be very difficult.
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Terri