The blister unleashed and strikes back

Tuesday morning - Small blister on the lower lip. Salt paste (I found on the NET that this is an effective way to fight back, as I did not wanted to use strong medicine like Zovirax because of the baby-making-process we are in).

Tuesday afternoon - A second blister appears next to the first one. More salt paste!

Wednesday morning - Two blisters. Ugly and red as hell! Local pharmacy. Cymex cream (pharmacist's recommendation).

Wednesday afternoon - Two blisters. No improvement. Sore, itchy.

Thursday morning - GP. Viralief cream (Aciclovir, the active ingredient, works by slowing down the virus. If used early enough, it has been shown to stop cold sores developing and speed up the healing of cold sore blisters. To be used for 5 days.

My advice, never try the salt paste!!

Just perfect!!

Second day of my menses and guess who knocked this morning, Mr. Herpes labialis! Just what I needed!

Sunday we had a big walk on the seaside with no cloud just pure sunshine on the vivid blue sky. Thanks to that, I don't know. My immune system couldn't be down.

I had my first Herpes labialis (oral herpes) when I started to work. One of my colleague had a bad one, after her all of us got it. Since then (2002 or 2003), thanks to her it generally comes back in every 2-3 years. I can't recall when was it last time, but a good while ago, probably 3 years(ish).

Herpes labialis is an infection of the lip by herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). It brings out small blisters or sores on or around the mouth (commonly known as cold sores or fever blisters). Once HSV-1 has entered the body, it never leaves!! There is no method to eradicate herpes virus from the body. Pity! The virus moves from the mouth to quietly reside, remain latent in the central nervous system, and may be influenced by stress, menstruation, sunlight, sunburn, fever. Sun-triggered recurrence is common.

Ovulation Calendar (4) - try No.1

Three months passed, we waited as we planned. It is time for the first attempt. I had an extremely greedy appetite for sex on the 8th, 9th, and 10th days of my cycle. The hormones were working and we did our best ;-)

My past menstrual cycle's Ovulation Calendar is below (the whole cycle (especially the follicular phase) was a hectic one). As you see my computer-calculated-ovulation-day is on the 11th -- on the first day of our BD. And on top of that it was a PM BD (all of them actually). When it shows the ovulation day it is already happened. It shows afterwards, never ahead. According to this, we've missed it.

At the end of my cycle when the temperature drops from 35.5 °C to 35.3 °C, on that morning I know my menses is on it's way. And later that morning, maybe early afternoon it arrives. I usually welcome it but not his time.