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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: HPV vaccine? Reply #25 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 7:26am George, just to clarify, it would be for Lily, not Ava, who will be 14.
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Reply #26 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 8:10am

Thanks for posting this thread Mel.

My daughter, Katie, has completed the series of HPV shots with no problems. Jackie has only had the first. After reading all the links, I am hesitant to take her to get the 2nd and 3rd shots in the series. I will continue to read up on this.

I remember when the chickenpox vaccine came out. I read up on that and decided that I did not want the girls to get that vaccine due to the fact that it is does not provide lifetime protection and chickenpox as an adult can have serious complications. They both caught chickenpox and now are immune naturally. The only complication was that Jackie had chickenpox at Christmas time and we were banned from everyones house. Undecided

Good for all the states that are saying no to the mandatory vacinations.

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Brew Ex Member	Re: HPV vaccine? Reply #27 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 8:33am Quote: The only complication was that Jackie had chickenpox at Christmas time and we were banned from everyones house. That would be considered a positive thing on my side of the family.
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Reply #28 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 8:47am

Has there been an actual rise in the instances of cervical cancer (and I dont' mean cases detected, but ? If not, why the push for the vaccine? If a girl/woman is having regular annual check-ups and PAP smears, cervical cancer is usually caught early on and extremely treatable. One day I was with my daughter at her gyno and we were talking. I asked him why Europeans didn't suggest early PAP smears (most every friend of mine in the UK didn't have their first PAP until they were 25, the age recommended). Guess what his response was? HPV. It's not that prevalent in Europe.

As to the instances of Guillain-Barre Syndrome. I had a friend who had this disease and we almost lost her. She went from 160 pounds (she's 6 foot) to 90 pounds and spent 6 weeks in intensive care. It took her months to even be able to feed herself and it was 6 months before she could walk again. She will NEVER completely recover from the disease (it's been 12 years and she still has problems).

I'm sorry, I couldn't see giving my daughter this vaccine.

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Reply #29 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 9:37am

Ted works closely with drs and nurses and was discussing this at work the other day and this is what he found out...That statistically girls are becomming more and more sexually active at a younger age. There has been a link found that girls who are sexually active at a young age have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer. So that is why they are pushing this vacine. Now if I had a daughter and she was sexually active I would probably push for this vacine. However, if my daughter was NOT sexually active I would hold off on this vacine until such a time that she was. But I agree with prior posts that as long as you get yearly check ups where it could be detected early you should be fine without it.

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Reply #30 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 10:32am

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most every friend of mine in the UK didn't have their first PAP until they were 25

In Wales, it's now been lowered to 21. However, even after that it's every 3 years. Even though one of mine came back and I had to have the procedure to remove CIN 3 cells (possiblilty of them developing into pre-cancerous), I will now get checked once a year for 10 years.

Perhaps it also has something to do with the fact that our health system is free, so it can't afford to check everyone once a year??

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George CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Black-Billed Magpie Posts: 8126 Boise, Idaho USA Gender:	Re: HPV vaccine? Reply #31 - Jul 31^st, 2008 at 11:45am Melissa wrote on Jul 31^st, 2008 at 7:26am: George, just to clarify, it would be for Lily, not Ava, who will be 14. My bad. Still not a bad idea to wait until she can decide for herself. You did good, Mel. Best, George
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