re: Cervical Cancer Vaccine -- A Shameful Example of How Medical Research is Taking Dangerous Short-

MichelleR — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:45:39 GMT

Speaking as someone who has had HPV16 and lost a chunk of my cervix as a result, I hope this vaccine is effective in preventing other women from going through the hell that I've been through. My sexual functioning is no longer the same, and I feel partially castrated. We need to stop the mutilation of women as a result of the invasive procedures done to "prevent" cancer. I haven't had "cancer", so I wouldn't fall into the category of the 10,000 women per year who get cervical cancer. But I'm guessing about 1 in 10 women will have some procedure to remove "pre-cancerous" cells, and sometimes, when the "LEEP" procedures don't work, they go straight for the uteris and the solution is a full-on hysterectomy. All of you who talk about cervical cancer being the only problem for women with HPV don't know what you're talking about, because you're clearly not women and have no risk. At the least, we need a way to test men for HPV so that women can prevent themselves from getting it in the first place. HPV is a big deal, and if you think it isn't, it's only because you don't know your facts. And if you want to be part of the solution, rather than the problem, then come up with some alternative for treating HPV and pre-cancerous lesions that invade the cervix, vagina and vulva that don't involve cutting off women's private parts.