24th November 2007
Hiya Cyn
Your info is so helpful. So, to be clear, your doctors noted 16/18 in your chart but said they don't know if you actually have either or both of those, just that they are responsible for the overwhelming majority of cancers so they are playing it safe? That is a good policy. I see what you mean, I often think it may cause me more mental harm than good to know which strain(s) I have. It would probably not change my regimen, but it may cause me to undergo leep sooner. (instead of waiting till March to recolpo)
Was the dilation for a colpo or a repap? Was it an easy procedure and was the doc able to see/get everything?
I hope the Acyclovir will help you as well--I sure wish anti-virals were broad-spectrum and attacked HPV as a byproduct!
I keep hoping for a therapeutic vaccine (cure), I don't know how, since HPV has been around since the dawn of man and still nothing you can do to combat it directly once you have it.
Has anyone heard of or tried Aldara (imiquimod)? I know it's for warts, but I think you can get it compounded as a suppository too, I'll ask about that if I get bad news in March. I believe it is a local immune-booster and that is how it gets rid of most ppl's warts.
Your info is so helpful. So, to be clear, your doctors noted 16/18 in your chart but said they don't know if you actually have either or both of those, just that they are responsible for the overwhelming majority of cancers so they are playing it safe? That is a good policy. I see what you mean, I often think it may cause me more mental harm than good to know which strain(s) I have. It would probably not change my regimen, but it may cause me to undergo leep sooner. (instead of waiting till March to recolpo)
Was the dilation for a colpo or a repap? Was it an easy procedure and was the doc able to see/get everything?
I hope the Acyclovir will help you as well--I sure wish anti-virals were broad-spectrum and attacked HPV as a byproduct!
I keep hoping for a therapeutic vaccine (cure), I don't know how, since HPV has been around since the dawn of man and still nothing you can do to combat it directly once you have it.
Has anyone heard of or tried Aldara (imiquimod)? I know it's for warts, but I think you can get it compounded as a suppository too, I'll ask about that if I get bad news in March. I believe it is a local immune-booster and that is how it gets rid of most ppl's warts.