1. Do my symptoms sound like Herpes or something else?
They could be cold sores – a swab test would be have been helpful in sorting that out.
2. Is it possible for HSV 1 symptoms to appear the same day upon first OB? I read it would be like 2-12 days?
No, so that speaks against cold sores.
3. Could I have gotten a false positive 5 1/2 weeks out? When do you suggest I retest?
Do you mean a false negative? The IgG test, as it’s best, misses 30% of HSV 1 infections compared to the gold standard western blot. You could retest at 12 weeks but the miss rate remains the same
Terri