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• BeingSick · A global community of loving people who understand what its like to be sick or care for a loved one.  "We are a community of loving supportive people who understand what its like to be sick. We live with illness, injury, disability, or care for those that do. This group is a place where you are free to be yourself. Share your frustrations about being sick, friendships, family, and just about anything! We are the family who understands when no one else does! We live your life too! You are welcome to post in HTML, colors, send links, web pages, poems, inspiration, e-cards, jokes, chat in our chat room anytime! We are non-denominational, welcoming all races, ages, religions and cultures. We know how tough life is being sick, and we care. There is support for you here anytime you need us. You are not alone."  Yahoo! group.
• Boise Area Friends.  "Boise Area Friends is a Singles/Social Group for people who have Gential Herpes and or HPV in the Treasure Valley."  Yahoo! group.
• Boston437737 - A place for people with 437737 in common.  "We have formed a social group in Boston for people living with herpes called Beantown Friends. We get together for social activities in Boston and other areas of Massachusetts. We also often combine events with RI Friends. Come join us for some fun! Holiday parties, cosmic bowling, dancing, movies, dinner, hiking. Any ideas?? We would love to have suggestions for social events. Would you like to host an event?"  Yahoo! group.
• Boston Herpes Beantown Friends.  No description available.  Yahoo! group.
• Boston Herpes Social Group.  No description available.  Yahoo! group.
• Calif East Bay Herpes 50'ish - A place to share your ideas on dating with herpes.  The reason for this club is to bring together people in their fifties and upward who have herpes and find themselves single again and looking for a partner."  Yahoo! group.
• California 437737 - A place to talk about Herpes!  "Hello all and welcome to the best California Herpes club you will join. We are hoping that being able to talk with people who live in simialer areas with the same problems can join together and help each other. We want this club to be a place of advice and encouragement. SO sit back and have some fun."  Yahoo! group.
• California H - Herpes in California.  "A place for people in California with Herpes to meet and get to know each other, offer words of encouragement, advice, personal experiences or possibly even find a date."   Yahoo! group.           
• California-Herpes.  "A social list for people who have Herpes. 1 in 3 people have it so there must be a lot of US out there. Remember you are not alone. In time, hopeful this list will be a stepping stone for social events here in Southern California.."  Yahoo! group.
• Caribbean Herpes Network - A Place To Meet Caribbean People With Herpes.  "This club was create for Caribbean People With Herpes. Please use this club to meet new people and to exchange personal experiences. The chat room is always available for discussions. Hope to chat with you soon."  Yahoo! group.
• Cecil county MD herpes club - a place for Cecil county people with herpes.  "The Rock Rules!HI I am NOT new to this herpes thing but I am alone when it comes to friends who live close to me who have herpes. And I thought it would be a good idea to make a club for all of us in Cecil County who have herpes to hang out!!! Hope I get someone I need some more friends and heck, I need a man too hahaha!"  Yahoo! group.
• Centraloregonhclub · Herpes social and singles group.  "An open forum for people with Herpes in central and eastern Oregon. (or anywhere you may be) FYI, There are NO rules regarding post's in this group and they will not be moderated. There is an extensive links page for just about any Herpes related info you may be interested in."  Yahoo! group.
• Controversialherpsters · For Herpes Members with Attitude!  "We are feisty herpsters with attitude! This group is based in Louisiana. Post your opinion, vent about injustice, tell us about your b/f or g/f or then again...find them here! I'm pretty laid back and most anything goes..however..don't come here to just bitch at the founder or any one particular member...that's harassment!! Flirt with me or someone else instead! Having herpes doesn't mean we are condemned to being alone...it just means we must be creative in finding others like us! Kiss the internet people and be grateful there is a means of communication in finding others like us. Now...it's up to you."  Yahoo! group.         
• Dating People with Herpes.  "This group is for live chatting 24/7, posting pictures and for posting information about events within the herpes and HPV community. There are no restrictions other than not using the message board. Message board use tends to keep people out of the chat room. Please spread the word about this group and that its focus is mainly live chat."  Yahoo! group.  
• Dating with Herpes in Washington.  "Free dating club for those of us who want a better way to meet people with our condition. Please have HSV 1 or 2 only and no other types of STD's. I hope that this will be a place that you can chat and get to know someone special. It's very difficult to let a new person know and hopefully, this club will take away that anxiety. Let's have fun."  Yahoo! group.   
• Florida only herpes club - Info to join the unlisted FlaHSVSingles club.  "Send an email to one of the founders to recive an invitation to the FlaHSVSingles unlisted herpes club for Florida Folk's only."  Yahoo! group.
• Ft. Myers Metro H Singles Connection.  "This group was opened for "Christian Singles Only" who have herpes; and is now seeking Fellowship, Wholeness or a Life Time Partner. You may post freely if you keep in the guide lines of "Christianity Character." Metro includes other cities surrounding Ft. Myers, FL."    
• Georgians with Herpes.  "This is a site for those in Georgia looking for support in living with Herpes and how it affects our lives on a daily basis. Please post your feelings but keep it clean and kind, for some of us are very sensitive. Looks as if my site has taken off....Thanks to those whom have help in the process."  Yahoo! group.
• Herpe Singles in San Diego.  "A place for singles in the San Diego area with herpes to meet!"  Yahoo! group.  
• Herpesgroup.  "1 in 5 adults in the U.S. had genital herpes. 90 percent are unaware that they have this virus. Learn more and meet new people with the herpes virus."  Yahoo! group.
• Herpes_Pennsylvania_N_Ohio.  "Welcome to Herpes_Pennsylvania_N_Ohio. A safe place to meet new people with the herpes virus. A place to talk, get support, Hang out. Its always nice to have someone to talk to that has the same disease as you. Alot of people get lonely not having anyone near or around that has it. So come in and hang out."   
• Herpes Simplex Support Group.  No description.
• Herpes Support & Chat.  "A place where people can feel comfortable chatting about herpes."  Yahoo! group.
• Hfriends Free Herpes Personals.  "Your one stop fully featured Herpes Personals site."
• Huntsville Alabama H Friends.  "This site is intended for citizens of the North Alabama area with Herpes to share thoughts and views in a protected forum. Feel free to join."  Yahoo! group.   
• ImmunicsBuddies_Herpes.  "Hi, I'm Frannie. We're going save the world through teaching people that they can cure and how to cure disease and have fun doing it.
  
  If herpes sufferers can personally interact with others who are using immunics to cure or control herpes, and coach each other, they will not only become asymptomatic within a few months, but will form a revolutionary cadre that will go on to eradicate herpes from humanity, because this is the natural tendency of anyone who becomes able to cure or control any disease.
  
  If you have herpes and wish to cure it, wish to help a friend to cure herpes, or are already doing so, or are an immunics master who has cured other things in wish is to help people with herpes, your posts are welcome in this group."  Yahoo! group.
• Iowa singles with herpes.  "Iowa singles with herpes."  Yahoo! group.   
• Jewish and Herpes.  "Meet other socially responsible people who won't knowingly spread HSV.
  
  A place to express yourself when you are told you've got it.
  
  A place to find your bashert, too! :)
  
  This is a site where you can come and chat with others like you. We want this to be a place where we can just have 'coffee talk'." Lee_Co_Christian_Singles_W_Herpes.  "This group was opened for "Christian Singles Only" who have herpes; and is now seeking Fellowship, Wholeness or a Life Time Partner."  Yahoo! group.  
• Kansas Singles with HVP - A safe place to meet others who really understand.  "This is a club for people in the Kansas area to meet and greet. I've been apart of this club for awhile and I have only seen one person from Kansas area. I know I'm not the only person with this.  So please come and be a part of our support group. Click on http://www.antopia.com/herpes/hpv.html to meet others with HVP and Herpes."   Yahoo! group. 
• Knoxville Herpes.  "Groups dedicated to the support of residents of Knoxville, Tennessee who live with herpes. You can talk, discuss, meet and find others with this affliction. Sometimes we just need to get things off our chests."  Yahoo! group.     
• Lesbian Twin Cities Herpes.  "Lesbian TwinCities Herpes."  Yahoo! group.  
• Living with Herpes.  No description available.  Yahoo! group.  
• Low_Country_Herpes.  Coastal GA,SC, & FL Social H Group.  "This group is for people with herpes who live in Costal Georgia/South Carolina, including Charleston, Hilton Head, Savannah, all points south, north and in between. Hopefully this group will enable people to meet and start relationships with those with the same gift.
  
  Life is too short to spend alone and bitter because of the hand you were delt. Forgive the jerk or jerkette who gave you the gift and move on. Get A Life."  Yahoo! group.  
• Maine_Herpes.  "This club is a place to share our unique experiences with people facing similar problems. A place to make new friends. A safe haven in a world of confusion."  Yahoo! group.  
• Medconsumerinfo.  "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior."  Yahoo! group.    
• Minnesota H Connections.  "Minnesota needed its own statewide group catering to herpes afflicted. As far as I know this is the first one. We want to meet people like us and, hey, in our own backyard, too! Join, enjoy, get to know others, make friends, and even find love..."  Yahoo! group.    
• Mississippians with herpes.  "Meet other people with herpes in Mississippi. Get support. This is our group."  Yahoo! group.  
• Modesto Herpes Singles - A place to meet others like you.  "Welcome, to the Modesto herpes singles club. Come on in and join the club, where you can post messages and meet others like you. Get in the chat room for some fun."  Yahoo! group.   
• MScoastfriendsw_herpes.  "This is for Mississippians with herpes or HSV to meet others like us. singles couples whoever with herpes is welcome to join this group."  Yahoo! group.  
• New Mexico H singles - Want to meet others w/herpes living in NM.  "Here's your chance to meet others living with Herpes in NM doesn't matter if you're in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Clovis or Farmington. Just add your name to club and go from there. I know I'm not the only one in NM with this problem."  Yahoo! group.  
• Nor Cal Singles with Herpes - A place for singles with herpes in N. Cal.  "Hey there. Thanks for coming by! I hope that this will be a great place for single people in Northern California to meet others with herpes. Hopefully it will provide us all with a place to feel comfortable, discuss and hopefully, meet people in the same boat."  Yahoo! group.
• pocsn437737 · POC SN 437737 based out of WDC.  "This is the doorway to join the People of Color Social Networking group. You can not post to this group or join this board. See below for instructions for membership to our active board.
  
  POC SN is a social group for African Americans with HSV/HPV. Although we are a social group, we offer support when needed via our support buddy system and weekly newbie chats. We are not an exclusive group, all are welcome. Just get in where you fit in.
  
  At POC SN, we're about growth and family. It's not just about having herpes and/or hpv. Our mottos are: "We're not giving up, we're getting up." "If I can't help you, I won't bring you down." "What you read here stays here." AND "Take what you can use and leave the rest alone." Like Jill Scott says, let's live our life like it's golden."    
• Portland Area Friends- HSV Social Group.  "This site allows members of the Portland Area Friends, a herpes social group, to chat, meet and socialize with other members. Please visit our home site www.portlandareafriends.com for general information and our monthly events."  Yahoo! group.
• Ready2meetsomeonelikeme · A Dating Group For Singles With HSP.  "I decided it was time to set up a dating group for people just like me who have Herpes. I was tired of all the bogus singles add ploys. So if your single and looking this could possibly be the place to meet the significant other your searching for. Without the hassle of the talk."       
• SacValleyFriends · Friends in SacValley & Surrounding Areas.  "SacValley Friends is a social group for singles (couples welcome) with Herpes who want to meet others for friendship, support and maybe even meet the person of your dreams. SacValley Friends members are of all different ages. We want members to attend functions with the confidence of knowing we are NOT alone. To be able to make friends and learn how our situation can affect us in each of our phases of life. This is not a dating service or a personal introduction service. Instead we try to set up fun events in a relaxed, supportive, comfortable setting. Our activities include holiday parties, family outings, ski trips, house parties, picnics, dining out, dancing, biking, rafting, camping trips, bowling and much more. We often car pool to events in the bay area and the people there are wonderful hosts. We encourage you to give ideas or even set up an event of your own, your ideas and suggestions will be great for others."  Yahoo! group.
• Shegoi_endsherpes · Shegoi ends herpes.  "This group is intended for people who have had experiences with shegoi or are dealing with a health challenge that may have a viral, fungal or inflammatory component, especially related (but not exclusively) to the family of herpes viruses which comprises a huge number of viruses, among others the:
  Herpes simplex virus, HSV-1 which produces fever blisters and cold sores of the face, mouth, and lips;
  
  HSV-2, the genital herpes virus; HZV, the Varicella zoster or herpes zoster virus; (chickenpox results from a first time infection);
  
  EBV, also HHV-4, Epstein-Barr virus, the mayor cause of infectious mononucleosis, which may also be causing chronic fatigue and other disorders of the immune system. EBV has also been linked with lupus, lymphomas and other cancers. It causes geneteic mutations in the body.
  CMV, Cytomegalovirus, also human herpes virus-5, HHV-5. It causes mononucleosis and hepatitis. The occurence of CMV is strongly correlated with vascular disease such as coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis.
  Human herpes viruses types 6,7,8 and 9 are associated with disorders of the immune system, especially AIDS.
  
  HHV-8 is also called Kaposi's sarcoma-associated human herpes virus. (KSHV), which causes a type of skin cancer that occurs most often in people with AIDS."  Yahoo! group.
• Shingles Group.  "A group about Shingles, aka Herpes Zoster or Varicella Zoster and related post herpetic neuralgia, aka PHN. Free and unmoderated discussion is encouraged."  Yahoo! group.           
• Singaporean Herpes Support Group.  "A caring and loving online support group for Singaporeans and anyone suffering from herpes (hsv) / Cold Sore / Fever Blister."  Yahoo! group.
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• St. Louis Herpes.  "This is a group dedicated to those who have herpes, hpv, or the loved ones of those who have herpes who live in St. Louis and the surrounding areas. My hope is that this group will be a networking opportunity, support, as well as a way to keep others updated on the latest possible cures and medications both Western and alternative. All are welcome, but it is imperative that everyone be sensitive to the feelings of others as this is a very emotional topic for many of us. All religions, races, nationalities, sexual orientations, and lifestyles are welcome. Bright blessings."  Yahoo! group.
• Swedes with Herpes.  "A place for Swedes and anyone else with herpes to meet."  Yahoo! group.      
• Taiwan Herpes.  No description available.  Yahoo! group.  
• Tampa people with Herpes - A place for to meet herpitites in Tampa.  "If you live in the Tampa area, and have herpes, or want to hang with those that do, here's the place for you." Yahoo! group.   
• Tampa Bay H Club - Tampa Bay H Club.  "Tampa Help Group."  Yahoo! group.
• Teenswithherpes · a place for support and chatting about h.  "hi everyone! this club is for teens with herpes.. but now that i think of it.. there are a lot of sufferers of h that don't even have it.. so we are also going to welcome any friends and/or partners of teenage herpsters into our little family. i think it's a good idea to get us young people to talk about it.. get some support.. stuff like that. so join up! you could make a lot of new friends : )"  Yahoo! group.
• Tennessee Gay Herpes - A place for TN gays and lesbians with herpes.  "This club is dedicated to gays and lesbians in Tennessee with herpes. Hopefully this will become a club to make friends, share stories, support each other, and whatever else is wanted."  Yahoo! group.
• Utah herpes dating.  "This is a group where people with herpes can meet and avoid the stress of the dating life."  Yahoo! group. 
• Utah Herpes Support - A place to talk to other Utahns about Herpes.  "This is a place to meet fellow Utahns who have herpes. You can gain support from others who are understand how you feel. The purpose of basing it in Utah is so people can conveniently meet one another if they choose to. Look at the first message for a listing of useful Herpes sites. The site will be updated daily." Yahoo! group.
• Vancouver Islanders with Herpes - A place for people with Herpes on Vancouver Island.  This site is maintained by the Victoria Herpes Support Group."   Yahoo! group.
• Westernmassachusettsandcthelp.  "A area for posting regular meetings for HELP group meetings and cancellations. A HELP group is a place for support and information for herpes sufferers. A safe place to meet and discuss issues and get support and advice.Ther are many local social groups well in the area.Visit http://www.antopia.com for the most comprehensive list of personal ads, info, help group, social group, etc..."                     
• Wisconsin-herpes-united.  "A place for WI singles to meet who are herpes positive and wish to stop the spread of this infection."   Yahoo! group.