LADIES do you have HPV?? Please check in your colon also....

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This post is mostly for the ladies out there. My name is lily and I

have been poz for 20 yrs now. I have also fought HPV for longer than

that. I had an eppisode of colitus about 10 yrs ago and had to have

my

first colonoscpy done. They found some polups in the process so I

have to be checked every 5 yrs now. My fight with HPV has been

almost worse for me than my fight with HIV. I do have it under

control (finally) after getting my tcell back up to a normal level

and

just being on top and watching everything. I have had seveal

conizations (sp?) of my cervex and various other things to keep it

from turning into cancer. I just had my 5 yr check up and it seems

my HPV has finally moved into the colon. I am going in 2 weeks to

have it burned or whatever they do to remove it and of coarse they

will have to watch it and I will have to add yet another Dr. to my

list of every several months getting checked out. I suppose getting

checked out is better than actually checking out ...LOL...sorry...

Anyway, my point is Ladies. If you have HPV...even if you have never

had more than a little break out and never thought of it again you

need to have your colon checked out anyway. Make sure that it does

not spread to any other places. If I had not been on top of my

situations I would have been dead from cervical cancer 10 yrs ago

from this. It is a pain in the ass (no pun there intended) but your

life is worth it. This is not something that just happens to gay men

either. If you have vaginal HPV it can pass to your anus just cause

you have it!!!! HPV is one of the most commonly passed viruses out

there and can sit kindof unnoticed and then when you do find it, it

will be too late. Please ladies, be proactive with your health and

your life. You are so worth it!!!!!!

Regards

Lily