I Thought I Had A Headache. It Turned Out To Be Herpes (HSV-1) — In My Brain.

“My brain was quickly inflaming, and I was hours away from slipping into a coma.”On Oct. 28, 2015, I left my high school teaching job early because I thought I had the flu. I had been feeling off for a while, but I chalked it up to seasonal allergies, run-of-the-mill headaches, and exhaustion from work and being a mom.