 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Believe me that Dormant thing proved life saving to me. When I finally was Dx'ed with HPV16 which was several months post Tx my wife, my Vida, the Love of My Life, etc, etc of 20 years asked what causes HPV and the doctor calmly said "it's transmitted sexually". I was sitting in the docs chair and remember catching the "I'm going to KILL YOU" look on my wife's face and I guess the doc did to and he quickly responded "it can lay dormant for DECADES in the body and then cause cancer" and I felt like he just saved my life again!!
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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