So I thought I would share this in case someone else ran into the same frustration.

First off I will say, when it comes to RPG's I play VERY slow. What attracted me to Oblivion was the promise of an open environment in which I could do whatever I wanted and not have to follow the main quest. Well apparently that is true to some extent, but not when it comes to Vampirism.

Very early on in the game (following the main quest) you will venture into a dungeon of vampires. You will get bitten and contract a disease. If you ignore this disease and don't do anything about it you will become a vampire. Sounds very cool at first as you get many stat buffs, and who hasn't wanted to play a vampire? Well the downside to being a vampire is you can't go out during the day. Again you say "very cool". But wait, how then can you talk to anyone? Since shop owners actually close up shop and go to sleep, you are left with leading a life of crime.

During your transition it is possible to be out during daylight hours, but once you become a full vampire, you have about 30 seconds (with heals) before you become ash. There is a quest that gets you a cure, but if you do as I did and just run around finding dungeons, you will never find out how to get this quest.

So, now that I am a full vampire I am basically dead, or at least forced to play a certain way. I found a cheat which gives you the cure to vampirism and I share it here in case anyone else has run into this problem. Oh, and from reading the Bethesda forums, it sounds like there is a bug with the quest that gives you this item. Regardless, I can't do the quest now.

Code:

1) Press ~ on your keyboard to bring down the console.

2) To add the item to your inventory, type the following:

player.additem 000977E4 #

Change "#" to the number of items you want. For example to add 100 of these items do:

player.additem 000977E4 100