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 Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex?  [Re: automan]
#14694998 - 06/30/11 02:56 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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I don't have and never have had an STD, but I've always been freaked out by the prospect, but too chicken shit to ask someone if they are okay too. A few years ago this fellow and I decided to start dating, and the first serious question he asked was if I had any STD's. I was surprised and embarrassed, but relieved at the same time, because once someone of you asks that daunting question, the other person feels free to ask as well, if you don't just say "good, me too" after they respond. So I feel like that has REALLY helped my health and peace of mind over the last couple years, and I hope that those partners also feel less inhibited to ask any sexual partners they may have.
I do not usually ask the question up front, mostly because I never know how the evening will go, and I don't want to get their hopes up if I decide I am not into them after all. So I wait until they go to get a condom on, and then I say "hey, not to be a mood killer, but you're clean, right?". Then the condom is good, just to be sure, since like HPV, some STD's are hard to detect if you don't show symptoms. Luckily I also got the HPV vaccine, so one less thing to worry about.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #5]
#14727900 - 07/06/11 09:35 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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So just got a hold of her and told her about it. She seemed a little perturbed, but all-in-all she took it well. She already had done some research on HPV so she knew a lot about it. Her main concern was "what does it do to guys because I have a boyfriend now?" After I told her nothing for guys she was cool. Said she'd go get tested next week and thanks for letting her know.
So that's that.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #5]
#14727914 - 07/06/11 09:40 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Luckily I also got the HPV vaccine, so one less thing to worry about.
Not necessarily, the HPV vaccine only immunizes you against 4 strains of HPV and there are 40-70 strains of HPV.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Gumby]
#14732871 - 07/07/11 09:12 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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But aren't those 4 the most harmful? Or are they just the most common? I figured because they were only offering the vaccine to women, that it covered the ones that cause warts/cervical cancer?
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #5]
#14733108 - 07/07/11 09:52 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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They're the most common and most harmful. It vaccinates against 2 strains that cause warts(no big deal really, creams make them go away) and HPV strains 16 and 18 which cause a 75% increase in cervical cancer in women. The vaccine is available for men and women under age 26 under the name Guardasil. Around $150 a shot and you need 3 shots.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#14736481 - 07/08/11 03:58 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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yeah whats up with the age limit? I never understood that
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: mick]
#14736701 - 07/08/11 04:51 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Seems like they are just arbitrarily assuming that by 27 you've been with enough people and definitely have HPV... I could be wrong. When I was vaccinated it was only available to girls under 24, so I guess they are starting to expand their target group.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #5]
#14743723 - 07/10/11 03:38 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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I read up on it; they vaccinate people over 27 in other countries. In fact HPV can completely disappear in someone who has had it previously, thus making a vaccination effective even after the person has contracted it (given that they are free when they get the shot)
The reason they dont vaccinate people in the USA if theyre over 27 is because there isnt enough testing available to determine that it is safe for people over that age, even though it is widely argued that it is completely safe to all ages.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: mick]
#14745274 - 07/10/11 02:34 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Ah! Gotcha. Good to know, thanks for checking that out.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #5]
#14751799 - 07/11/11 04:46 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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ANON #1 you need to tell her that shit. Its one thing to not want to talk to your X and shit. But thats her health you're fucking with bro. Not your place. NOT YOUR PLACE AT ALL.
Tell her.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#14755284 - 07/12/11 06:14 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Read the thread before you post.
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Anonymous said:
So just got a hold of her and told her about it. She seemed a little perturbed, but all-in-all she took it well. She already had done some research on HPV so she knew a lot about it. Her main concern was "what does it do to guys because I have a boyfriend now?" After I told her nothing for guys she was cool. Said she'd go get tested next week and thanks for letting her know.
So that's that.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#14762586 - 07/13/11 03:29 PM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Why bother? You're probably right about her already knowing if she has it. And it's not that big of a deal anyway. Unless it's some weird kind that doesn't go away... I had it, my doctor just told me no sex for 2yrs which was like, ok? Whatever. Like that's hard to do?... So now I'm all good. 
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: evilgothicjenn]
#14765696 - 07/14/11 01:45 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Why bother? You're probably right about her already knowing if she has it. And it's not that big of a deal anyway. Unless it's some weird kind that doesn't go away... I had it, my doctor just told me no sex for 2yrs which was like, ok? Whatever. Like that's hard to do?... So now I'm all good.
Ive heard that too. my doc said 6 months if nothing came back id probably be good. but then some sites, people say that they disclose no matter what, years after the fact. This seems more responsible to me, albeit more difficult. I definitely don't want to be giving shit to other people, that is the opposite of being a good person.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: mick]
#14775758 - 07/16/11 02:30 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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cancer rates go up after having am I rite? specific kinds if I'm thinking right. that may be unlikely tho.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: snoot]
#14775814 - 07/16/11 03:04 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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You're deadly right on that one. Cause that was how they found out I had it in the first place... The HPV is supposedly easy to get rid of, but if you've got my luck enough to catch cancer from it, that part is alot harder 
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: dummy]
#14775821 - 07/16/11 03:08 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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dude like almost everyone has HPV.
glad i don't live near you.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: evilgothicjenn]
#14775883 - 07/16/11 03:36 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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You're deadly right on that one. Cause that was how they found out I had it in the first place... The HPV is supposedly easy to get rid of, but if you've got my luck enough to catch cancer from it, that part is alot harder
sorry to hear that bro hope everything works out for you man.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: snoot]
#14776447 - 07/16/11 10:01 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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evilgothicjenn said:
You're deadly right on that one. Cause that was how they found out I had it in the first place... The HPV is supposedly easy to get rid of, but if you've got my luck enough to catch cancer from it, that part is alot harder
sorry to hear that bro hope everything works out for you man.
It only gives girls cancer, not bros.
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Re: Found out I have HPV, should I tell my ex? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#14780339 - 07/17/11 05:58 AM (1 year, 10 months ago) |
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Lol, right? Good fight thar. That's ok though, I call everyone dude and in response to things being alright, pffft. It's whatever. I'll off myself with nitrous if shit hits the fan Probably sound like a troll, but no really, sounds like a great death. Lol
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