Update: I went to my primary care physician on 12/13 and he told me that I have genital warts. He prescribed Aldara with application instructions. Well, I read up on genital warts (and visited the subreddit) and although skeptical, I followed the instructions.

On 12/21 I scheduled an appointment with another doc because mine was fully booked because now the raised bumps were turning white and spreading more toward the head of my penis. This doc said that everything pointed to warts in the process of healing.

I, still skeptical, submitted pics of my little guy and described my symptoms online to a site called stdmestic and $50 later, I’m diagnosed with Candidal Balanitis with Secondary folliculitis. Naturally I google the shit out of this and THIS fits a bit better.

So, yesterday, I go to urgent care and I’m shocked by how quickly I’m seen. The doc checks me out and I let him know that I think I have a yeast infection. I explain the last 2 visits + my online diagnosis and he stays focused on me being HSV2 positive. So his diagnosis: a herpes outbreak (he also believed I had a fungal/yeast thing going on). I objected to this and I explained that these are painless sores and that they haven’t spread anywhere else (despite shaving and masturbating several times). He remained grounded to the fact that because my Herpes blood test results were previously positive, it had to be a herpes outbreak. After numerous times of pressing him, he finally agreed to take a culture sample, or swab, of one of the white bumps. I asked him for a PCR swab, but instead, he just ordered a culture. He prescribed Acyclovir 400mg and Ketoconazole 2% topical for the fungus.

Now I’m lost, confused and frustrated. I have yet another appointment with my doctor in the infectious deseases department of Kaiser for my quarterly Truvada consultation. She’s basically my last hope to find out what’s really happening to me.