margaret gets it. It's in your genes, HPV or not. Some people shed hpv16, some it stays and prospers in. Why? Genetic make up. Thank our grandparents. Everything in this thread has been discussed here ad nauseum. The only new question I will answer, but the answer is on the PDF on the HPV page. People that have hpv16 going into treatments, have it coming out. The treatments do not get rid of the virus. The next logical question would be why. The answer to that is not known. And I can't believe it.... an HPV thread without david.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.