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A male member here wanted to share with you all the importance of getting your yearly checkups and double checking results.
"I lost my wife in 2004 to cervical cancer, she was 36 at the time. She had a cyst removed from her cervix, and the doctor said she should be fine, but would send it in to be checked. It came back cancerous. They went back and retested her paps from 2001 and 2002. 2001 had tested good, and 2002 originally had showed not enough cells to test. When they were retested they both showed HPV (basically the lab blew it 2 years in a row.) She had HPV 18. We started dating at ages 14 and 16, and were completely monogomous our whole life. Neither of us ever showed any physical signs of HPV. Because we were mongomous, I felt it had to come from me somehow, but her doctor said it can be picked other places such as suntan beds for example. I don't know if you want to share this with the nice ladies on tfp, and I don't want to scare them, but if any pap tests ever come back untestable please encourage them to get them re done."
I went on further to check out information on acquiring HPV from an inanimate object. Apparently this is not common but still possible. The most common object that is suspected is when people share towels. I even found this mentioned at the CDC's website as a possibility. I had not been aware of this and appreciate this gentleman sharing with us.
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