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Hi Terri,

I just wanted to follow up on this. As of now, I am still having issues. Predominantly, I am having twitching/spasms throughout my legs fairly often. Also, I am having some sort of tingling/irritation/itchiness in my urethra/urethra opening that will last for 2-3 days then go away for 3-5 days. Typically starts as a burning/irritation, which turns into a sort of itchy sensation on the 3rd day. Some itchiness in anus area as well with this. No burning during urination at all, ever. Possible groin soreness, but I cannot tell if I strained it or if I’ve convinced myself it’s related to this.

I have gone to so many doctors and no one knows what’s going on. No sores that I have seen.

As a reminder, I got tested around 8 weeks; negative IGG for HSV1&2. Tested around 12-13 weeks; negative IGG for HSV1&2. My girlfriend also tested at least 3 months after prior sexual encounter; negative for HSV2 (did not test for HSV1 unfortunately).

My doctor put me on doxycycline for 7 days, and I am on my 2nd day of taking it so far. Unsure if it’s helping or not.

My questions are:

1) Do these still not sound herpetic? I have read of others having twitching/spasms.

2) I feel fairly confident that I am negative for HSV2 given her and I both tested negative 12+ weeks post encounter. I have seen you say GHSV1 genital to genital is quite rare, so I guess that gives me hope, but what are your thoughts? Should I bother getting tested again? 8% x 8% false negative for HSV2 are pretty good odds in my opinion, but not sure if maybe I have GHSV1.

3) If this does not at all sound herpetic, do you have any other thoughts as to what might be going on/what I should do?