Reply to 3rd date tomorrow and now have a cold sore- what to do

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "3rd date tomorrow and now have a cold sore- what to do"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say I was sick and reschedule. I would not even consider this a lie because when I get a cold sore it usually means my immune system is shot and I need to rest. Just tell him you are excited to see him but feeling really run down and wouldn't be fun to hang out with right now.

I can usually get rid of a cold sore in 4 days but if I try to rush it, it gets so much worse. And with a 3rd date... I wouldn't want to foreclose the possibility of intimacy but I would not want to be intimate with someone while I had a cold sore. And while I don't think a cold sore is anything to be ashamed of (like 80% of adults get them), I would also not want to mention it this early in knowing someone because it's definitely a vibe killer![/quote]

How do you get rid of it in 4 days?[/quote]

At first sign of the cold sore (like the second I feel a tingle) I liberally apply Abreva not just to the site but all around. I do this every 3-4 hours for the first day and that usually keeps it from getting too large. After that I just apply Abreva to the site of the cold sore when I wake up in the morning and before I go to bed. I keep it very moisturized at first but by day 3 I allow it to dry out a little bit as this will shrink it. By day 4 usually all that is left is a slight redness and maybe a tiny scab. I keep up with the Abreva at night until it's totally gone.

I would not kiss anyone until it had been gone for several days though. But by Day 4 I can get it to the point where someone I'm talking to would not be able to see it.[/quote]

Thank you.[/quote]

I do this and I also have a prescription for antiviral medication that I take the second I feel the tingle (I forget the name of it).  I was told to NOT take it daily as antiviral medication can have long term affects on organs.[/quote]

I was told by a doctor that the daily anti-viral should really only be prescribed for people who get cold sores a lot (like more than twice a year) and even then she sounded skeptical. My cold sores are always linked to either being sick with something else or being very stressed, or both. So if I want to I can take an anti-viral when I get a cold or during an intensely stressful time at work as a preventative. But I've had one cold-sore in the last 5 years so I honestly don't even think about it much. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics