Hi Ambra:
It's good to see you back with us. Just in the last day or two several members have been discussing this what HPV positive status does to our relationship future question.

As you have likely realized, it has changed your future. Of course we are not unlimited in our options as we were before diagnosis. I too initially thought my future was rather bleak, but once I googled std dating sites I found there are many like us. Just think how many you've seen here on the forum that are HPV positive. There are way more than that out in the general population, and if my info is correct, the number is growing rapidly.

Look up STDmingle and PositiveSingles, both them are .com. I'm sure there are many other sites also. Now, if this is going to stress you out maybe you need to wait until the anti-anxiety meds start working. I created a profile but decided to wait until treatment was over and life started returning to normal to pursue it further. Imagine this, I ask someone out to dinner, but have to drink Ensure because I still have mucositis or throat burns making eating solid foods impossible. That would likely be our one and only date.

I am positive about what I've seen; just within 100 miles of my hometown I have found several I would at least be interested in talking too.

It would be so much easier if we had no restrictions on our future, but I just couldn't play dumb about it and then possibly infect someone. I've read that knowingly infecting another with an STD is a felony, and since we have been documented as HPV positive that would be a slam dunk conviction in the legal system. This is unfortunately just one more something we will have to learn how to deal with. We've already learned how to deal with a whole host of new things, dating is just one more to add to the list.

I'm positive about my dating future, I hope you can get there too. I even expect to find someone who enjoys dancing.

Welcome back Ambra

Tony