HPV Vaccine

NatalieWiley
NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
edited October 3 in Chit-Chat
All this talk about Jobs and Cancer made me think about the HPV vaccination. I was curious what people's thoughts are.

I recently read that the main cause of throat cancer is no longer tabacco but due to oral cancer and now they are wondering if the vaccine should be used for boys/men. I personally think that every girl and boy should be vaccinated. In a perfect world our sons and daughters would wait till marriage to have sex and only have one partner but we need to face reality. we live in a world where shows like Jersey Shore make it seem OK to bring people home and smush every weekend.

Anyways just curious what people's thoughts are regarding the vaccine.
Please be mature about this topic. Just because someone feels differently don't flame them.
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  • voluptas63
    voluptas63 Posts: 602 Member
    If you're not being ignorant and being safe and using protection.. smush away. Double standards (ho v stud) be damned.
  • voluptuous_veggie
    voluptuous_veggie Posts: 476 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!
  • korygilliam
    korygilliam Posts: 594 Member
    One of our physicians at the hospital I work at said that about the throat cancer thought...I think the vaccine is a great idea! People are scared of vaccines, but when you think that out of 100,000 vaccinated people, 2 people get a bad reaction vs 100,000 unvaccinated people-10 people get the disease...it is a lot better to get the vaccine

    btw--I think the person is asking about vaccine thoughts, not about be 'free'
  • stephaniezoundi
    stephaniezoundi Posts: 1,148 Member
    I think the HPV jab is a responsible decision in this day and age.
  • NatalieWiley
    NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    lol i agree!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    The only irresponsible choice is to not get vaccinated against possible disease. Rely on trusted information from reputable sources. Not propaganda or nonsense.
  • karinaes
    karinaes Posts: 570 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    i totally agree.. !!
    haha..
    and yay for vaccinations!
    i wish my mom would have had me vaccinated, could have saved me a lot of trouble "/
  • sheisbrown
    sheisbrown Posts: 171 Member
    You can still get HPV even if you are using a condom. Also with oral sex a lot of folks do that without a condom and you can get HPV in your mouth! (hence the previous mention of oral cancer). I think the vaccine is great and boys should get it too.
  • CatMauro
    CatMauro Posts: 225 Member
    I so so so wish that the vaccine had been available to me when I was younger but alas it was released when I was "too old" to make it worth while. I have heard from various sexual health practitioners that it is totally worth having boys be vaccinated for it as well because although they clearly can't get cervical cancer they can and are carriers of the virus. As you said, in a perfect world we would all find our soulmates early on, wait to be married and stay faithful to them our whole lives but that's just not the case. Therefore, to all the younger MFPers, get yourselves vaccinated, no matter what sex or sexual orientation you belong to.
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    The only irresponsible choice is to not get vaccinated against possible disease. Rely on trusted information from reputable sources. Not propaganda or nonsense.
  • voluptuous_veggie
    voluptuous_veggie Posts: 476 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    lol i agree!

    ???? You agree, yet you're the one who said that it would be this way in a perfect world.....label me confused!
  • kkauz42
    kkauz42 Posts: 537 Member
    When i went to the DR about 2 years ago for an appt that Dr asked if I had the vaccine and I hadn't. He suggested that I didn't because he had seen a lot of patients that HAD gotten the vaccine back at Swedish with High grade HPV AFTER getting the shot (and they hadn't previously had it). My sis got the shot and has HPV and it was also discovered after.

    I personally think that there is just something iffy about putting some sort of virus into your body. I haven't had a flu shot for YEARS and signed a waiver in college and I have been fine so far *knock on wood*.
  • beatleschic87
    beatleschic87 Posts: 260 Member
    My ex-fiance contracted it from my friend while we were together and didn't tell me. If I wouldn't have gotten the vaccine I would have been infected. It was a smart decision and my body handled the vaccine great. I didn't have any side effects.
  • rbryntes
    rbryntes Posts: 710 Member
    In a perfect world our sons and daughters would wait till marriage to have sex and only have one partner but we need to face reality.

    Why would this be a perfect world?
  • ak_in_ak
    ak_in_ak Posts: 657 Member
    My mom is a nurse and made my brother get it when I got it. I don't see a down side but I don't think you should be forced to get something if you don't want to.
  • ber3023
    ber3023 Posts: 146 Member
    My mom has been a nurse in the ob/gyn field for over 20yrs and still works. She always says there's 100's of strands of HPV and the vaccine only guards against a few of those strands. I know with my luck, I'd be subjected to a strand it didn't protect against lol I was too old to even need to think about it when it came out though.
  • NatalieWiley
    NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    lol i agree!

    ???? You agree, yet you're the one who said that it would be this way in a perfect world.....label me confused!

    in a perfect world that one partner would be the best ever ;-)
  • NatalieWiley
    NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
    In a perfect world our sons and daughters would wait till marriage to have sex and only have one partner but we need to face reality.

    Why would this be a perfect world?

    because there would be far less STD's
  • ak_in_ak
    ak_in_ak Posts: 657 Member
    In a perfect world our sons and daughters would wait till marriage to have sex and only have one partner but we need to face reality.

    Why would this be a perfect world?

    because there would be far less STD's

    in a perfect world there wouldn't be STD's
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    One at a time is rather boring even!

    But seriously - my 12 year old daughter has started the vaccinations.
  • NatalieWiley
    NatalieWiley Posts: 147 Member
    jeeze why are we so hung up on those few words...just forget I said in a perfect world. MY goodness!
  • FitForeverAgain
    FitForeverAgain Posts: 330 Member
    Yes, good idea, but not something that needs to be legislated - just like working out and eating - personal choice. And the sex with just one forever...safe, yes, boring - you're right again - unless you find someone VERY special!!!
  • 46and2
    46and2 Posts: 167
    I'm all about the vaccine. Made my daughter start getting it when she was 12. As far as the multiple partners, not worried about it. She's going to be a virgin the rest of her life. DON'T RUIN THIS FOR ME!!
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    lol i agree!

    ???? You agree, yet you're the one who said that it would be this way in a perfect world.....label me confused!

    in a perfect world that one partner would be the best ever ;-)

    but how would you know if you didn't have anything in comparison?
  • rachel1496
    rachel1496 Posts: 65
    It's still a long way off for us but my daughter will be getting the vaccine in 7th grade (the recommended age here) and if they're recommending it for boys my son will too. My best friend had cervical cancer after her daughter was born and as a result of the treatment it is unlikely that she will ever be able to carry another child to term.

    I don't expect them to wait until marriage or to only ever have one partner but they will have knowledge and access to contraceptives and I will teach them to being mature enough to have sex means being mature enough to protect yourself against pregnancy and STIs.
  • statia152
    statia152 Posts: 558
    I helped my stepson's fiancee do research for her college paper on HPV vaccines and after learning a bunch of stuff (not good) and the questionable reputation of the company that manufactures Gardisil, I advised my 15 year old daughter at the time NOT to get the vaccine. Most people don't realize that there is no proof that the vaccine is effective after 5 years and requires a booster shot. Don't get me wrong, I think that any way to protect one's self against cancer is a good thing, but at this time, I feel the side effects / unknown factors far outweigh the benefits. Hopefully, there will be more work done on making this drug more safe / effective when my granddaughter gets to that age.

    Edited to add: Very few women in the US and Europe die from cervical cancer because of yearly exams. If I lived in a third world country, where the death rate is very high, I believe I would encourage the vaccine.
  • chocolateandvodka
    chocolateandvodka Posts: 1,850 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    echo this.
  • jenscot25
    jenscot25 Posts: 124 Member
    When i went to the DR about 2 years ago for an appt that Dr asked if I had the vaccine and I hadn't. He suggested that I didn't because he had seen a lot of patients that HAD gotten the vaccine back at Swedish with High grade HPV AFTER getting the shot (and they hadn't previously had it). My sis got the shot and has HPV and it was also discovered after.

    I personally think that there is just something iffy about putting some sort of virus into your body. I haven't had a flu shot for YEARS and signed a waiver in college and I have been fine so far *knock on wood*.

    HPV can lay dormant for years and not be detected. It is estimated that over 80% of the population carries some form of the strand. A vaccination is very needed to slow this down. If you want to get the vaccine do it, if not don't. My kids will get vaccinated because even if they grow up little angels (highly doubt it) and save themselves for marriage, their future husband may have it.
  • MrBrown72
    MrBrown72 Posts: 407 Member
    Sex with only one partner does NOT sound like a perfect world, in my opinion. Sounds rather boring, actually!

    I think she meant just one at a time...
  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,343 Member
    My wife has gone through 2 issues with cervical cancer. the first in 2009 - had a very small surgery. the last was this summer where she had a hysterectomy. luckily it didn't spread to lymphnodes or would have also been radiation for 5 days a week for 5 weeks.

    this was due to the HPV virus. the vaccine came out a few years after she was born, so she didn't have it.

    I call tell you from experiencing this...i would recommend the vaccine (although I don't know all the pro's and con's). but from just what I read quickly, I would prob say yes. But obviously I would need to brush up a LOT more to give any sort of advice.

    she was not promiscous or anything like that (those are mostly old fables and not always true). HPV is a virus that many people have and that it doesn't always come out or pose an issue to most....but for some reason, her's did.

    it was a $hitty *kitten* summer and we are still dealing with it, no kids yet and not being able to get pregnant..etc. blah blah.

    anyhoo...cancer can go F((((***kk itself!

    there's my two cents.
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