 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | People are not limited to pointing the finger at tobacco users. When the article http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/17/Floridian/Clues_to_the_cancer.shtmlappeared in the St Petersburg Times about my HPV connection some of the reader's responses were negative towards what they thought were my personal habits including one that said I deserved what I got. Pete, I was told 2 years ago that HPV can lay dormant for decades before causing trouble. That thinking may have changed in that time but I haven't heard if it did.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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