I found out a little over a year ago I had HPV as well - not warts but cancer. I have never had a venereal disease and was with my husband since I was 20 years old (now almost 39 but divorced 2 yrs ago, separated 4 yrs ago). HPV, as terrible as it is, is extremely commonplace. As you said, 80% of all women will have it, but most get over it just like the cold virus. HPV does not necessarily mean warts - I don't have warts. I got cervical cancer. I had surgery last year and had another bad pap, so we did a biopsy and...it's a long story, but I need one more clear pap to be in the clear. This virus can lay dormant for years so there is no way of knowing who gave it to who, but you had to get it from a man. It is really nothing to be ashamed of. Many married women have it too because most men were with some other woman before they married their wife. Don't feel dirty or ashamed - if other people act that way, they should know they have a good chance of having it too (or had it) and that NOBODY is immune to it unless they are a virgin.
While I am on the topic, everyone make sure to get your pap done EVERY year!!! Cervical cancer is the #1 killer of women worldwide, but not in the U.S. because we have the pap test. Early detection saves lives and cervical cancer is very easy to cure if caught early. Thank God mine was! Not every doctor is currently testing for HPV however, as the test is new, and there is nothing you can do about it anyway unless you get cancer or warts.
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I found out today that I have HPV. And I also found out that 80% of college women will have it by the time they graduate. The only symptops are having a wart, you know, down there. Some people get a bunch some get a few, and it's totally possible to have the virus without having a wart. The one I have is small but I don't like it, so I had it removed today. They said it's likely to not come back and it's really likely that this will be the only one I'll ever have. It's not really gross, it seems like a skin tag or something. The way that I think I should look at the situation is just like a regular wart that you get on your finger. It's just a virus.
I just broke up with my abusive boyfriend (he didn't beat me, but it was a lot of mental anguish) and I'm scared to tell him the news because he's being a complete jerk and I'm afraid that he'll tell people and try to make my life more of a living hell. I think I got it from him and I don't want to accuse him of it. so if I have it, he has it. I want to tell him because it's the responsible thing to do but I'm scared of the consequences and what kind of action he'll take. I'm scared to tell my mom (I'm in college). I'm scared that the next guy that I want to date will be scared and not want to be with me because of this. I'm scared that I'll never be happy and no one will ever want to marry me. I mean, if I started to date someone and then found out they have HPV, I wouldn't want to touch them. But now I'm in this crappy situation. I feel worthless and that I have nothing to live for. I'm scared to death and I've not been thinking very good thoughts lately. I don't know how to move on, I don't know what to do.
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