Yes, you certainly could have been exposed to HPV in the past and cleared it. Also, if your husband had any partners before he met you, he could have been exposed then -- and the virus just lay dormant until recently. It's sneaky that way.

I would talk with your GYN about HPV and whether your testing schedule needs to be different from the usual recommendations. Given what you said about your husband in your initial post (non-smoker/non-drinker), it sounds like HPV+ BOT is a possibility, though without testing of the tumor it's impossible to know for sure.

I think the HPV test has been offered as part of a regular GYN exam only in the last few years, so it's not something you would have had annually over the last 15 years.

And if you haven't done so already, click on the HPV link in any of these posts to read more about the virus on the main part of the OCF site.