SVR (Do i Tell or Not)

[Rockerforlife]

Heres a good one...if we do get SVR....should we tell new lovers that we did have the virus but are now cured...im thinkn    there is no point...i guess i just answered my own question...again

[can-do-man]

Geez, if i had to go through my life history for 30 seconds, (OOPS i mean 3 hours) of fun i'd just get me a six pack and the new sports illustrated swimsuit issue.:)

Port....I'm just not sure how you fit in so much conversation when h-orny s-ex is a dream within reach. Nah, let's kill that scenario and talk about when I broke my ankle in high school. That's the way to o-rgasm, I say.
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While i'm sorry you broke your ankle, the other conversations seems more interesting.

As for chocolates, i do have some kinky thoughts on that..........:)))

I know can it cando

[jmjm530]

MS: Jim, I get better purchase with a good pair of shoes on and, in case you don't know,  it can get rather slippery.
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LOL. You cease to amaze.

[lalapple]

and if he really loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me, then it will not matter at all.  if not, then his loss

[lalapple]

i was thinking the same before i started tx, i think when i meet the right one in the future, i will tell if i can trust him with my secrets

[jmjm530]

PA: On opening night, if there's time for talk at all, wouldn't there be more profound concerns than a closed chapter in your health history? For starters, I'd rather know if lover boy loves chocolate and evaluate accordingly.  

Rocker started the thread about new encounters, not ongoing ones. I'm just not sure how you fit in so much conversation when h-orny s-ex is a dream within reach. Nah, let's kill that scenario and talk about when I broke my ankle in high school. That's the way to o-rgasm, I say.
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I'm repeating what PA said, because I think she said it better. Maybe some of the married guys here have forgotten that it takes a little more than taking out the garbage at night to get a woman to sleep with you these days. LOL. Yes, a little romance is in order and a discussion on SVR somehow doesn't fit the bill .

[jmjm530]

DD: If you feel you are really CURED, then why would you not discuss your history with an intimate partner, or prospective love interest? ... If you had been treated for Cancer and recovered, wouldn't you expect to at least mention this at some point to a partner.  Is there a reason to hide the past SVR and HCV history?  I get the feeling there is more to this issue than meets the eye...like fear of someone interpreting the SVR to be more threatening than we might prefer them to....or causing someone to look at you differently.
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Once again, you're interjecting your bias and fears toward occult HCV into areas where they have no relevance even per HR's recent comments on implausibility of HCV transmission sexually by an SVR which would be categorized as an impossiblity by other medical experts. (see tnhepguy's recent thread)

Rockers question was about "new lovers' which is a very general category that could include anything from a year's courtship to a one-night stand. Personally, I would see no reason or responsiblity to discuss my medical history -- be it HCV or your example, "cancer" -- unless I knew a person well and long enough to share that kind of personal information, and please let's not debate the morality of how well you should know someone before sleeping with them because that belongs in another forum.

The question posed  here by Rocker  is responsiblity of disclosure of HCV to a new sexual partner if you're SVR -- and again, I -- and many others -- see absolutely no reason to disclose unless for some reason you want to disclose and thats fine.  And yes, HCV does carry a stigma and the average lay person may not immediately understand what SVR actually means.

Personally, as an SVR,  my disclosure to someone about my HCV history and status
would have nothing to do with whether or not Im sleeping with a person. There are several women who know of my history who I have not had sexual relations with and there could be several I had sexual relations with whom I did not discuss my history.
I also had gonnorhea (and crabs) when I was 20 but rarely bring that up either!

-- Jim