 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Hell no...BTW oral HPV can be spread by kissing so if that's a pathway to an STD then whose not at risk. By age 50 over 80% of females test positive for HPV (no current mass test for men) and I guess the other 20% are nuns. Just kidding now. Almost all of us have come in contact with HPV and fortunately (perhaps for now) it only goes bad in a very small percentage of us lucky ones. I think our doctors throw around that STD phrase to casually.
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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