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| Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | OP Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | We have encouraged parents to get the Gardasil shot for their daughters and sons, but what about the situation where one parent is for it and the other is not. The young 14-year-old girl I am thinking about wants the shot (and so does her father), but every time the 14-year-old gets a check up, the doctor always suggests the Gardasil shot but the mother always says "No". She may have been influenced by some of the quack sites who misrepresent info with scare tactics.
Since I've heard that a 15-year-old can get help from Planned Parenthood without having them contact the parents, is there some way, a young 15-year-old could get the Gardasil shot without the mother being contacted?
Anne-Marie CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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