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HPV/cervical cancer vaccine prevention strategies
Discuss your prevention strategies, share your stories and help others ask the right questions about the HPV vaccine.
New HPV Vaccine Might Stop Vulvar Cancer in its Tracks
- By colette77 · New reply yesterday at 10:11 am
- 5 replies
- This sounds like good news to me! Now those of us with dysplasia may also benefit from a vaccine! Let's cross our fingers... http://www.usnews.com/articles/health/he althday/2009/11/04/new-hpv-vaccine-might ...
Experimental Vaccine Targets Genital Cancer
- By meliza4 · New reply November 5, 2009
- 1 reply
- To all ladies: This looks promising!!! I've copied/pasted the article here but here's the link. http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/h pv-genital-warts/news/20091104/experimen tal-vaccine-targets-genital-cancer?ecd=w ...
Should Boys get the HPV Vaccine? Who should pay for it?
- By aileen · New reply November 5, 2009
- 16 replies
- Well, we now know the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved one of the HPV vaccines for boys too. The approval is to help stop genital warts. The FDA approval was not to stop cancer in boys/men ...
Positive Experience with LEEP
- By mmk1383 · New reply October 30, 2009
- 39 replies
- Please share your positive experiences with LEEP. I think it would inspire many women to make the right decisions to get it done, while most of these postings make it very fearful ...
Gardasil in Boys
- By corellin · New reply October 27, 2009
- 6 replies
- "HPV Vaccine Fails to Get Nod for Routine Use in Boys" Although the FDA has approved the vaccine for use in boys, this federal advisory panel has deemed it an optional vaccine that's not recommended for ...
Oral contraceptives and HPV
- By Dejah1987 · New reply October 27, 2009
- 4 replies
- So, we've all heard that taking oral contraceptives increases our risk for developing cervical cancer. But what I can't seem to find is why? This may be a stupid question but does the NuvaRing count as ...
HPV and Condoms
- By bbthistle · New reply October 27, 2009
- 8 replies
- I have high risk HPV. I'm not sure what stains because my doctor of course said they don't bother testing for that because there are too many different kinds. Anyhow I've been with my boyfriend the whole ...
pelvic exenteration
- By Pammy1 · New reply October 23, 2009
- 29 replies
- Has anyone here had a pelvic exenteration , or know someone who has ? I was hoping to find a survivor . My friend is headed that direction , and I wanted to find her more hope than I can give . Thank ...
papillex
- By phoenix73 · Posted October 19, 2009
- 0 replies
- i've known I'm HPV positive w/ a normal pap for three weeks now and have a follow up in march. Between trying to quiet the fear, anger, misbelief, etc in my head..I'm trying to boost my immune system ...
Cervical cancer- HPV New Movie DVD
- By aileen · New reply October 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- See the NEW DVD movie on cervical cancer and HPV. MAKING A DIFFERENCE on the home Page of the NCCC at: www.nccc-online.org You can get a FREE copy at the NCCC!! GO FOR IT ...
Going Back On Friday
- By mutchy · New reply October 16, 2009
- 7 replies
- I had a LEEP procedure done back in May and am going back on Friday for a follow up pap smear and check up. I am so nervous and just keep hoping it will come back negative. Wish me luck ...
FB and Twitter challenges at the conference.
- By ShaundraNCCC-AZ · New reply October 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- The conference was a huge success! However, I need to apologize for the lack of FB posts and twittering on my behalf. It turns out that our large conference room had very limited phone signal so those ...
Apologies
- By Fifi80 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 3 replies
- I apologize for being twit on this chat. I was very tired, angry, and abused already. That is how I came in and I am sorry. I just could not find anyone to work with me. This site is allowing people to ...
I GET SO SICK
- By Fifi80 · New reply October 12, 2009
- 18 replies
- I GET SO SICK of this site with all the different scenarios and answers. I came looking for hope because I did not ever have any and I come here and it seems like no hope ever. The reason I say this is ...
HPV and the population
- By Fifi80 · New reply October 1, 2009
- 22 replies
- This is interesting. It has been two miserable years with HPV and I am not ever going to be happy. Anyways I cannot believe anyone on this chat has HPV. I have told 100 percent of woman I am infected ...
Excerpt from research paper - vaccinating older women
- By corellin · New reply September 30, 2009
- 37 replies
- The attached is from a research study entitled, "Prevaccination Distribution of Human PapillomavirusTypes in Women Attending at Cervical Cancer Screening in Belgium." You can google to find the abstract ...
Bleeding months after having a cone biopsy
- By Imorales · New reply September 26, 2009
- 7 replies
- I had a cone biopsy done in March 2009, due to my LEEP results coming back as me having mild dysplasia. I bled for a few weeks and then got my period as I normally did. My period usually lasts no longer ...
bleeding after a biopsy
- By tnsweetness · New reply September 21, 2009
- 9 replies
- i had a biopsy on the 29th of december, 4 days ago,no bleeding at all, untill today,i am bleeding like a period, but its bright red and its not time for my period untill another week or a little over ...
HPV & Birth Control Pills
- By corellin · New reply September 17, 2009
- 23 replies
- So -- I'm curious how many of you are on birth control pills or any other birth control devices, such as IUD's that give out hormones -- progesterone or estrogen or a combination? From what I've been ...
Tampons and HPV need some INFO!
- By akis17 · New reply September 16, 2009
- 28 replies
- I have read a lot of you ladies out there saying that tampons should not be used if you have HPV. Why is that? I havent talked to my doctor about this yet but ill def. ask her on the 31st when go for ...
