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Living with HPV
InnerPeace posted:
I have lived with HPV for some 7 years now. I receive, constant, but small outbreaks. It makes dating near impossible!
Here in Australia (and New Zealand) approximately 1 in 5 people will contract HPV. Does 1 out of every 5 people you know have HPV? I have a good friend of mine that I know has it for sure, but has never discussed it with me, nor me him.
On here we are the vocal minority, part of a very large majority. The people who have a conscience about the issue. Who haven't simply blocked it from our minds.
I still struggle with it today after 7 years. In a way I feel it is a somewhat deserved punishment for my wanderings. I even turned to religion. Leveticus says, 'go forth, shouting out unclean, unclean', which tends to reinforce ones feeling of being a leppa, but if you can manage to do it, there is a certain feeling of relief and inner strength that comes from it. It can be absolutely amazing to drop the bombshell within a group of people, that you have HPV, only to be taken aside later, and asked, 'what are you doing on Saturday night?'
The problem with dating and HPV, is not that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, its just that there is actually thousands of more needles there, claiming to be straw! If us, the vocal, concerned minority, can all in some way, throw ourselves upon our swords, and encourage openess about the subject, we may reap the rewards from it.
Would love to chat to anyone on the subject via means of posts on this site. Wish I could on a more personal level, but the site does permit that. Dam!
Here in Australia (and New Zealand) approximately 1 in 5 people will contract HPV. Does 1 out of every 5 people you know have HPV? I have a good friend of mine that I know has it for sure, but has never discussed it with me, nor me him.
On here we are the vocal minority, part of a very large majority. The people who have a conscience about the issue. Who haven't simply blocked it from our minds.
I still struggle with it today after 7 years. In a way I feel it is a somewhat deserved punishment for my wanderings. I even turned to religion. Leveticus says, 'go forth, shouting out unclean, unclean', which tends to reinforce ones feeling of being a leppa, but if you can manage to do it, there is a certain feeling of relief and inner strength that comes from it. It can be absolutely amazing to drop the bombshell within a group of people, that you have HPV, only to be taken aside later, and asked, 'what are you doing on Saturday night?'
The problem with dating and HPV, is not that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, its just that there is actually thousands of more needles there, claiming to be straw! If us, the vocal, concerned minority, can all in some way, throw ourselves upon our swords, and encourage openess about the subject, we may reap the rewards from it.
Would love to chat to anyone on the subject via means of posts on this site. Wish I could on a more personal level, but the site does permit that. Dam!
286 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI have lived with HPV for some 7 years now. I receive, constant, but small outbreaks. It makes dating near impossible! <br><br>Here in Australia (and New Zealand) approximately 1 in 5 people will contract HPV. Does 1 out of every 5 people you know have HPV? I have a good friend of mine that I know has it for sure, but has never discussed it with me, nor me him. <br><br>On here we are the vocal minority, part of a very large majority. The people who have a conscience about the issue. Who haven't simply blocked it from our minds. <br><br>I still struggle with it today after 7 years. In a way I feel it is a somewhat deserved punishment for my wanderings. I even turned to religion. Leveticus says, 'go forth, shouting out unclean, unclean', which tends to reinforce ones feeling of being a leppa, but if you can manage to do it, there is a certain feeling of relief and inner strength that comes from it. It can be absolutely amazing to drop the bombshell within a group of people, that you have HPV, only to be taken aside later, and asked, 'what are you doing on Saturday night?' <br><br>The problem with dating and HPV, is not that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, its just that there is actually thousands of more needles there, claiming to be straw! If us, the vocal, concerned minority, can all in some way, throw ourselves upon our swords, and encourage openess about the subject, we may reap the rewards from it. <br><br>Would love to chat to anyone on the subject via means of posts on this site. Wish I could on a more personal level, but the site does permit that. Dam!
Strengthwithin replied to An_246633's response:
Instead try not to focus on the blame, you'll make yourself crazy. After talking with my doctor, she shared with me that even with a condom its very easy to spread. It can still be on areas not covered with condoms.
All you can focus on now is making yourself and your body healthy. Things will get better I promise. Good luck on your journey and I'll keep you in my prayers.
All you can focus on now is making yourself and your body healthy. Things will get better I promise. Good luck on your journey and I'll keep you in my prayers.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVInstead try not to focus on the blame, you'll make yourself crazy. After talking with my doctor, she shared with me that even with a condom its very easy to spread. It can still be on areas not covered with condoms.<br /><br />All you can focus on now is making yourself and your body healthy. Things will get better I promise. Good luck on your journey and I'll keep you in my prayers.
harrybrown3 responded:
"The problem with dating and HPV, is not that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, its just that there is actually thousands of more needles there, claiming to be straw!"
I like that saying. I've lived with HPV since 1999 and this is so true.
I like that saying. I've lived with HPV since 1999 and this is so true.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPV"The problem with dating and HPV, is not that you are looking for a needle in a haystack, its just that there is actually thousands of more needles there, claiming to be straw!"<br /><br />I like that saying. I've lived with HPV since 1999 and this is so true.
ecb0331 responded:
you can try positivesingles.com if you did not know about that site for dating people with the same condition.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVyou can try positivesingles.com if you did not know about that site for dating people with the same condition.
Thanks for the info Baltmale. How do you use the herbal product? Can a pregnant woman also use it? For how long do you have to use the product?
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVThanks for the info Baltmale. How do you use the herbal product? Can a pregnant woman also use it? For how long do you have to use the product?
positiveoutlook responded:
I'm a 28 year old woman and found out yesterday that I have HPV. I'm actually not scared or even worried. Especially after reading this thread. Apparently my ex boyfriend had it and didn't know so it was passed on to me. The way I see it is that things happen and you have to do your best to overcome them. The only thing that slightly worries me is that I have starting seeing a guy about a month ago. We haven't had sex yet, but we've done oral. I didn't know I had HPV until after we'd done that. I'm a little worried about telling him because I don't know how he will react. Wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed that he accepts it. Any advice on how to tell him?
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI'm a 28 year old woman and found out yesterday that I have HPV. I'm actually not scared or even worried. Especially after reading this thread. Apparently my ex boyfriend had it and didn't know so it was passed on to me. The way I see it is that things happen and you have to do your best to overcome them. The only thing that slightly worries me is that I have starting seeing a guy about a month ago. We haven't had sex yet, but we've done oral. I didn't know I had HPV until after we'd done that. I'm a little worried about telling him because I don't know how he will react. Wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed that he accepts it. Any advice on how to tell him?
russianroulette responded:
I was just diagnosed...I feel it really is a double edged sword to be informed. I have a low grade strain and wish I had done my pap/hpv testing in two years when it would have been negative (my body would have fought it off and I would have thought I was fine) and I would have gone on blissfully ignorant like all the HPV- people out there. I mean what is the point? I have the burden of knowing I carry an STI or STD I can pass off to the person I love the most. Worst yet, I cant even ask a guy to take a test (there is none) and I have to assume that if he gets any symptoms I'm the one who gave him this crap?
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI was just diagnosed...I feel it really is a double edged sword to be informed. I have a low grade strain and wish I had done my pap/hpv testing in two years when it would have been negative (my body would have fought it off and I would have thought I was fine) and I would have gone on blissfully ignorant like all the HPV- people out there. I mean what is the point? I have the burden of knowing I carry an STI or STD I can pass off to the person I love the most. Worst yet, I cant even ask a guy to take a test (there is none) and I have to assume that if he gets any symptoms I'm the one who gave him this crap?
selenesrealm responded:
I just found out today that I have HPV and it's been one of the roughest days of my life. I find it amazing that not only have you dealt so well with it, but are so open. I feel like so much is over for me and I don't know how to even begin to accept it. I have practiced safe sex my whole life and was in a 5 year relationship when the first outbreak appeared. I don't even know what to do. If there's any advice you can give a scared woman in the USA I would appreciate it.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI just found out today that I have HPV and it's been one of the roughest days of my life. I find it amazing that not only have you dealt so well with it, but are so open. I feel like so much is over for me and I don't know how to even begin to accept it. I have practiced safe sex my whole life and was in a 5 year relationship when the first outbreak appeared. I don't even know what to do. If there's any advice you can give a scared woman in the USA I would appreciate it.
strawberrykitty3 responded:
am recently diagnosed with HPV (the strain that can cause cervical cancer). I have had a colposcopy and biopsy done. My gyno suggest me to boost my immune system and follow a healthy lifestyle before i go back for a follow up next march to see her again. I told my boyfriend of almost a year about it and it seems to bother him a lot. I feel that I am not getting much support from him. I have no idea which ex I dated did i get this from. Nor should I be pointing fingers at whoever because there are no symptoms for men. I just feel lost and confused and honestly, a little depressed, about all this. I feel scared that this will affect my relationship.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPV<i>am recently diagnosed with HPV (the strain that can cause cervical cancer). I have had a colposcopy and biopsy done. My gyno suggest me to boost my immune system and follow a healthy lifestyle before i go back for a follow up next march to see her again. I told my boyfriend of almost a year about it and it seems to bother him a lot. I feel that I am not getting much support from him. I have no idea which ex I dated did i get this from. Nor should I be pointing fingers at whoever because there are no symptoms for men. I just feel lost and confused and honestly, a little depressed, about all this. I feel scared that this will affect my relationship.</i>
Here is another good laugh... Herpe the Love Bug!!!
An_249340 responded:
thanks to everyone who posted thus far is it has been helpful in trying to learn about HPV. I have a question that hopefully someone can help with. I know there are something like 100 types of HPV....some types can cause cancer, some cause warts, and some have no symptoms and can go away in 12-24 months from what I have read. My main question is, if a female has HPV (the high risk type that causes cancer), and after having a biopsy is in the process of going through a procedure to have the pre-cancerous cells removed (LEEP)......can she have or get g. warts...which I think come from one of the other/different types, or would she only have one or the other symptons typically?
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVthanks to everyone who posted thus far is it has been helpful in trying to learn about HPV. I have a question that hopefully someone can help with. I know there are something like 100 types of HPV....some types can cause cancer, some cause warts, and some have no symptoms and can go away in 12-24 months from what I have read. My main question is, if a female has HPV (the high risk type that causes cancer), and after having a biopsy is in the process of going through a procedure to have the pre-cancerous cells removed (LEEP)......can she have or get g. warts...which I think come from one of the other/different types, or would she only have one or the other symptons typically?
depressed1991 replied to starling07's response:
@ Starling07
Hello, I just wanted to know how you have been coping since we last spoke two years ago? I don't think I've improved to be honest. Hope you are well though.
Hello, I just wanted to know how you have been coping since we last spoke two years ago? I don't think I've improved to be honest. Hope you are well though.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPV@ Starling07<br /> <br />Hello, I just wanted to know how you have been coping since we last spoke two years ago? I don't think I've improved to be honest. Hope you are well though. <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
lemonjuice responded:
I'm still waiting for a confirmation from my doctor, but I'm almost positive I have hpv. I have been crying for days. I found out that my boyfriend had been cheating and he then proceeded to tell me that he was using me for sex and told the other girl that she needed to get checked because "I" might have given them something. I feel terrible not only for having hpv, but I feel terrible because of him. He was willing to still be with me even with hpv. I do feel like I'm being punished, but I also feel abandoned and hopeless. I googled "how to live with hpv" because it is new to me and I don't know how to handle it yet.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI'm still waiting for a confirmation from my doctor, but I'm almost positive I have hpv. I have been crying for days. I found out that my boyfriend had been cheating and he then proceeded to tell me that he was using me for sex and told the other girl that she needed to get checked because "I" might have given them something. I feel terrible not only for having hpv, but I feel terrible because of him. He was willing to still be with me even with hpv. I do feel like I'm being punished, but I also feel abandoned and hopeless. I googled "how to live with hpv" because it is new to me and I don't know how to handle it yet.
purplesky responded:
I'v lived with HPV for over 2 years now and I get outbreaks when I have casual sex, as if it is some sort of punishment for being slutty! I think there is some sort of pattern to it though, for me when I abstain from sex the warts disappear on their own, even though I used to use some medicine to burn it off, I don't anymore...they go on their own. If I eat well, do my yoga, keep stress levels down and abstain from sex I don't get warts! But if I smoke and not take care of myself the virus reminds me to chill out! I have a strange relationship with my HPV now! As long as I have sex with somebody who loves me and the sex is pure and clean I'm safe....has anybody else noticed a pattern in your outbreaks?
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVI'v lived with HPV for over 2 years now and I get outbreaks when I have casual sex, as if it is some sort of punishment for being slutty! I think there is some sort of pattern to it though, for me when I abstain from sex the warts disappear on their own, even though I used to use some medicine to burn it off, I don't anymore...they go on their own. If I eat well, do my yoga, keep stress levels down and abstain from sex I don't get warts! But if I smoke and not take care of myself the virus reminds me to chill out! I have a strange relationship with my HPV now! As long as I have sex with somebody who loves me and the sex is pure and clean I'm safe....has anybody else noticed a pattern in your outbreaks?
same here, only my husband, did u talk to your husband about it? i have and he denies sleeping around and questions me about it, but God knows he is the only one i had sex with.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVsame here, only my husband, did u talk to your husband about it? i have and he denies sleeping around and questions me about it, but God knows he is the only one i had sex with.
zeinasmidi responded:
Thanks so much for posting this.
I have a written a short book on the subject called "Thank You for HPV"
Please take a look at www.thankyouforhpv.com
thank you again for sharing.
I have a written a short book on the subject called "Thank You for HPV"
Please take a look at www.thankyouforhpv.com
thank you again for sharing.
Report This| Share this:Living with HPVThanks so much for posting this. <br /><br />I have a written a short book on the subject called "Thank You for HPV"<br /><br />Please take a look at www.thankyouforhpv.com<br /><br />thank you again for sharing.
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