 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Charles,
No, it's not a matter of not "getting it" because if we come in contact with it we will "get it" but in most of us our immune system clears it. So we go through life passing it back and forth and our immune systems constantly clears it but the trouble begins when, for reasons not known, our immune system doesn't clear it. Some think the virus can go hide some place and then come out at an opportune time and cause problems and some, like Brian and myself, think it gets cleared and we get reinfected and sometimes it just doesn't get cleared and then it starts trouble.
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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