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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.
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 ...
Newly with HPV--Dr kept it light. CONFUSED!
- By stayingpositive · New reply September 14, 2009
- 2 replies
- I am 37 & married with 2 small children. OB/GYN called the other day to tell me pap came back positive for HPV. Said we will "re-pap" in 3 months and that there was nothing i should do. did not say anything ...
Gardasil again in the news
- By trimom · New reply September 11, 2009
- 1 reply
- THere is another online article about Gardasil here http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Reproductiv eHealth/gardasil-vaccine-roadblock-citiz enship/story?d=8542051 The story is about a young woman trying to ...
hpv and dysplasia during pregnancy
- By sadieann · New reply September 9, 2009
- 10 replies
- i am just brimming with questions. does hpv escalate during pregnancy? i had never tested positive for hpv until i had a pap test very early in my pregnancy. thats when my hpv went up to cin III in a ...
Leep procedure
- By singlegirl · New reply September 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hello, Just got back the news today that my colpscopy came back high grade and now I need to have the Leep biopsy next week. I am not looking forward to this at all as the colposcopy was bad enough. I ...
Newly diagnosed....and waiting
- By KatyO-FL · New reply August 26, 2009
- 5 replies
- As you can imagine, I'm a bit nervous. I had my pap smear (by my Primary Care) on 6/30, then an internal ultrasound on 7/22 and referred to the GYN who did a biopsy on 7/29. On 8/19, I got the results ...
HPV 16 - how many have it and what to do?
- By dazednconfused · New reply August 14, 2009
- 15 replies
- After learning more about HPV then I ever wanted to, I realize I don't care much about the more harmless types - as socially unacceptable as they may be. I'm looking for information about the kinds that ...
Anal pap/hpv again--which one did your dr. order?
- By brieaukirsch · New reply August 9, 2009
- 19 replies
- Hi all, I need help again from the gals who have had an anal pap. I assume most of you got a copy of your reports. Which hpv test did your dr. order for the anal pap? Was it Digene hc2 (same as cervical ...
a cure for HPV
- By katiluvsgoldies · New reply July 21, 2009
- 2 replies
- Do you think there will ever be a cure or a 100% effective vaccine for HPV? This virus is pretty scary, and spreading like crazy..I dont think it gets enough attention ...
Pregnant with high risk hpv
- By Need2know2009 · New reply July 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- Well i am basically on here looking for any advice or answers. I am 23 and just found out i have high risk hpv and im 10 weeks pregnant. I dont really understand the virus that well and i've been upset ...
Cervical Cancer Now Being Linked To Birth control
- By pepsicolarocks · New reply July 16, 2009
- 3 replies
- I found this article about how cervical displasia/ cancer is now being linked to synthetic hormones and thought I would share it with the rest of you. http://www.pap101.com/index.htm ...
i need a follow up colposcopy
- By gloverdebi · New reply July 13, 2009
- 2 replies
- i need the test but i don't have health insurance. is there any where or way i can get it that doesn't cost a lot ...
"It was just inflamation" How can I prevent it?
- By Turtletime · New reply July 10, 2009
- 5 replies
- During my colposcopy last week, the doc was "concerned" about some spots and said it was "unusual" that my cervix had not healed 2 years after my LEEP. I'm happy to say that on Monday I was told that ...
BBC World documentary on cervical cancer in Uganda
- By rbiety · Posted July 7, 2009
- 0 replies
- BBC World documentary on cervical cancer in Uganda Film airs the week of July 20 Cervical cancer takes 250,000 lives a year and is the leading cancer killer of women in many countries, including Uganda ...
Scholarships for HPV/Cervical Cancer Conference
- By rbiety · Posted July 2, 2009
- 0 replies
- SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Would YOU like to APPLY for a scholarship to go to the Cervical Cancer-HPV conference this upcoming October 8-10, 2009 in Chicago, IL??? The NCCC is having its 3rd Annual ...
Will President Obama's daughters be vaccinated?
- By chamomile · New reply July 1, 2009
- 3 replies
- I was just reading an article about President Obama hugging a woman who has kidney cancer and, as a result, is uninsurable and unable to hold down a job. This got me thinking about the impact of our President ...
Recently found that I am HPV infected
- By Amy2009 · New reply June 28, 2009
- 4 replies
- Since my first child birth 18months ago , I never enjoy sex, it is painful experience for me because viginal opening is very sore from one side. recently my doctor sent me for cervical biopsy and diagnose ...
Recurrence of same hpv type after 6 month mark
- By brieaukirsch · New reply June 28, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi all, it is well established that clearance of hpv 6 months post treatment is an excellent indicator that dysplasia will not recur, and that the hpv will stay "cleared" (whatever that means whether ...
Starting discussions here are Hard!
- By deblvsgiants · New reply June 25, 2009
- 3 replies
- What on earth support group is this? I can't find my way around, and keep getting support emails from the same person, who, God Bless her soul, is welcoming everyone. Is there a regular forum that we ...
