I could start at the beginning or I could start at the end. The only difference between the two is that at the beginning I felt that contracting herpes was the end of my life and now at the end (where I am today) I feel that contracting herpes was the beginning of my life. To get from there to here took ten years.
Ten longs years of battling with outbreaks, resolving never to have them and finally becoming outbreak free. Ten years to over come the stigma. What the hell is herpes other than my immune system going in overdrive and sending me some warning signals - acne in the most undesirable of places. Ten years to have the homebirth, a normal vaginal delivery and raise the boys. And finally ten years to realise that the quest to find a man was not just to find one who’ll accept me as I was, but find one whom I’m willing to love totally and who feels the same way about me. Talk about a road hard travelled.
In the beginning there was me. And I was beautiful. God had taken his precious time when he moulded me. Brains, beauty, boobs, butt. The works.
And then suddenly my beauty became only skin deep. Inside I felt like someone had stolen me and left nothing else but the herpes. The Christy was gone. Just the bumps and the desire to find someone to accept me just as I was. This battle was fought mostly in my head than anywhere else because in reality out of the four men I told, only one run.
Yet though my boyfriends were open minded I still struggled with herpes. I hated the outbreaks and I was on a life long crusade to free myself of them. I tried everything. And finally on the brink of giving up after I had endured a month long outbreak because I was endeavouring to be come vegetarian (notable and laughably forgetting the vegetables) I found the life altering ‘method’ which not only eliminated any trace of outbreaks but alos will keep me healthy for some good many years to come.
I chanced upon the trick to staying healthy. REMAINING ALKALINE. Basically eating less acid forming food and favouring foods which have an alkaline reaction in the body. That was it. Simple, free and natural.
So at twenty one I got herpes. At thirty one here I am a mother so fortunate to be able to tell other mothers- you can have a natural birth with herpes. To tell others - you need not suffer with regular outbreaks.
Suggested light reading : The Eye of the Hurricane
The story of a girls struggle to find a man who'll accepte her with herpes.
She has a secrte one she must tell every man she meets till she finds one who won't run when he hears it - The true story of an island girl against the hurricane force winds of her fate.
by Christy Charles
Re-Release! No longer back-listed. Return to the Olde Ways. The hustle and bustle of modern day life has brought many of us to a quick fix attitude.This book is for those of you who are fed up; have looked at your life and your loved ones and realize
Ten years of life with herpes.
