Two months ago today, I was on my patient portal reviewing the results of my STI screen. I was most anxious to see the results of my...

November 8, 2021 For the first couple months or so after my diagnosis, I was just sick about the fact sex had gotten me into this mess...

Article: The Overblown Stigma of Genital Herpes Excerpt: “We do a self-esteem exercise with a crumpled $20 bill, where I ask clients to...

October 25, 2021 So, after my diagnosis, I immediately got on Facebook and joined about a hundred herpes support groups. OH MY GOD. These...

Herpes Awareness Day: A message from Dr. Keith Jerome In recognition of National Herpes Awareness Day, Dr. Keith Jerome of Fred Hutch...

October 17, 2021 Email to an Online Friend Thinking of your kind words the other day and I'm so thankful. It's been a rough week with...

I’m working on a book titled How To Do Single With Dignity and Grace. About three weeks ago, I started writing the chapter on STIs and I...

Today marks two weeks since I got my positive herpes diagnosis. It's my herpesversary! I was talking to a friend about why I decided to...

I had an interesting conversation with my niece this afternoon. She’s a nurse. She’s 33. She’s the most mature put together person I’ve...