 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Reading articles on the HPV virus is fascinating as well. It's amassing how cleaver virus' are. The HPV virus tricks our good cells at 2 different safe guard check points, if you were, into thinking that the cell is good to duplicate itself when in fact it isn't and the cancer starts. The fact that we already know so much about how the virus does this is amassing and the fact that with all that knowledge we can't easily stop it is also amassing.
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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