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posted August 25, 2009 02:17 AM         

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1167803/How-safe-cervical-cancer-jab-Five-teenagers-reveal-alarming-stories.html

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posted August 25, 2009 01:39 PM         

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while i wouldn't believe the mail unless i checked it out elsewhere, i have heard enough bad things about this that i would NOT go for it. however i feel that way about most vaccines!

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posted August 25, 2009 02:57 PM         

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I hear ya!.. I knew i wouldn't be getting this vaccine for my daughter when it came out.I dont trust most vaccines and i would never want myself or my family to be a guinea pig for a new one

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posted August 26, 2009 06:05 AM         

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I think it's a really tough decision to make.
I haven't been vaccinated since i was 5yo, after suffering mastoiditis and a sinus thrombosis which my mother tracked back to my having the MMR / DTPa / polio vaccines.
But I also found out a couple of years ago that i'm infected with HPV of the vagina. I've had them burnt off several times now, and have pap smears annually now instead of bi-annually. I'm actually waiting for results of my most recent one at the moment, and the doctor reckons the warts are all gone - so I don't have to suffer any further mutilation for the moment!
But I still have this fear in the back of mind all the time that even if he can't see them on the outside, who's to say the infection hasn't spread into the cervix? Am I oneday going to receive a bad pap result?
My doctor seems to think I should have the vaccine, although he's putting no pressure on me. It may be that the strain I have is the harmless sort that doesn't cause cancer, in which case the vaccine could still prevent infection by the nasty strains. But if I'm already infected with a strain that the vaccine contains, then it's useless, and there's really no point in risking a quicker death (reaction to the vaccine) for the chance of a much later one (cervical cancer).
So I still haven't had the vaccine. All my girlfriends have had it, so I think I'll wait and see how they are fairing years down the track - I don't trust anything new! (and I'm a scientist!)

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posted August 26, 2009 06:33 AM         

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Actually Dee, the best thing you can do for your daughter is to educate her.
I became infected with the HPVirus because my boyfriend had warts on his hands. They've cleared up now, but if I ever see another wart on his hands again I'm not letting him anywhere near me!
There's actually a lot of contention in paediatric circles at the moment about whether to make circumcision compulsory, as having a foreskin increases the likelihood of penile HPV, which in turn is transferred to women as an STD that can later cause cervical cancer.
Always use a condom, even if you're on the pill, as this forms a barrier to HPV infection. But as my experience demonstrates, even warts on the hands will transfer it.

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posted August 26, 2009 07:06 AM         

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http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002366.html

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posted August 26, 2009 01:04 PM         

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Amaranthine sorry to hear that, i think you have the right idea why get a vaccine that can make it worse. and it sounds like you keeping on top of it.hopefully they'll rework the vaccine so we can all have less fear about making a decision

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