Sandy - just because you are HPV- today, does not mean that you have not been exposed to it. If you have every fought it off, the vaccine does not work on you. The only way to know would be a test you just can't get easily, and that would be looking for an HPV16 antibody in you, and even that test is not 100% conclusive if you could find some research lab to do it, and also be wiling to pay an expensive price to get it done. For some unknown reasons not everyone that successfully fights off HPV retains an lifelong antibody for it. Like I said in the previous post, the FDA's data made them believe that after age 26 doing the vaccine would be a waste of $ in most American women.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.