 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | With multiple partners you obviously increase your risk of acquiring HPV but most likely your immune systems clears it and then you reacquire it and it gets cleared, etc, etc until one time it doesn't get cleared and you end up with HPV+ cancer. Why that happens is still a mystery. Men and women pass HPV around like any other virus tied to "sexual" activities (including kissing) but to try and pin point one possible exposure and then say THAT is the one that caused me to get my cancer is ludicrous. IMO
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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