Hi, I was recently in the last 2 weeks diagnosed positive for herpes type 1 by culture and negative serologically, which I assume means it was a recent infection.
The first week of the outbreak was hell. I had all the classic symptoms, terrible sores, very painful urination, fevers, swollen glands, etc. The second week was a better week with still having some sores, but not as painful and the urination was much better.