My wife and I had sex throughout my treatment and of course continue to this day. There was a few weeks during Tx that I was totally unable to hold UP my end of the bargin and I was sure glad when that phase passed!

There is more about the virus that we don't know than there is that we do know.

We do know that by age 50 appx 80% of all females have been exposed to the virus. We don't have that information on males as presently there is no test suitable for males.

We do know that it is passed easily thru sexual contact including possibile French kissing.

We do know that only 4 of over 200 strains of the virus are oncogenic.

We do have a vaccine that can protect both males and females from those strains and if all presexually active boys and girls were vaccinated then we could put an end to over 7 different HPV related cancers.

We do know how the virus converts a normal cell into a cancerous one.

We do know that radiation will kill those HPV+ cancer cells and basically nothing else will.

We do know that HPV+ SCC responds better to traditional oral cancer treatment than HPV- SCC and therefore has a less recurrence probability.

We do think that the virus can lay dormant for decades in the body.

We do know that our immune system regularily clears the viirus from a large % of the population before it goes to the dark side.

We do think that one will reacquire the virus multiple times throughout their sexual lifetime.

We do know that only a very small % of the population will ever have HPV+ SCC.

We don't know why sometimes our immune system doesn't do it's job.

We don't know how to identify someone who has an immune system that is prone to allow this to happen.

We don't know how to effectively boost one's immune systemt to provide the constant protection necessary to prevent HPV from altering our cells.