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"I got an STD the first time I had sex".(THE COSMO POST)(Kellany Fink)(Brief article)

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| November 01, 2008 | Ruderman, Zoe | COPYRIGHT 2008 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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When Kellany Fink was diagnosed with herpes as a young teen, she thought her life was over.

On a single day when I was 14, I had my first kiss, I lost my virginity ... and I got herpes.

I'd known Will * for two months. He was older and had been with other girls, but we didn't use protection.

A few weeks later, I noticed blisters down below. When I peed, it hurt so much that I cried. So I went to the ER, where a doctor told me I had one of the worst herpes outbreaks he'd ever seen.

When I told Will, he was shocked--he'd had no idea he was infected because he'd never had symptoms--but he was also comforting. A few months later, though, we broke up, and I was more afraid than ever. In my mind, he had been the only guy I could ever be with because we both had the disease.

After a year, however, I met someone I really liked, and I knew I had to tell him. I was ...

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