No STDs

 For many years I worried that I may have herpes.

One day I got an infection. It was a staph infection. Right on the corner or my mouth. It began to swell up. It was ugly! It began to spread to the rest of my face.

I went to the hospital's emergency room. I showed the intake nurse my face.

Ugh! She said. You need to see a doctor right away. And so I was admitted into the emergency room.

A doctor saw my face and asked what had happened. I told him my story. It started off as a pimple and it got infected.

Sir, you have herpes! He declared

I sat there dumbfounded. Exactly how can I have herpes when I hardly ever have sex with anyone?

With the exception of a few strippers, I have never ever had sex with loose women. I felt cheated. I barely touched a woman and I'm being told I have herpes?

Damn! I got cheated on! I've been cheated!

And so for many years I lived my life with the thought that maybe I had herpes. Maybe. Not certain, just maybe.

This bothered me insanely! 

Finally, to ease my consciousness I took the test. I got tested for herpes 1 & 2.

I was so relieved when I got the results. Both tests came back negative! 

After living with uncertainty for many years now I know I have no STDs! I am so relieved.