Fran Drescher speaks out about HPV

I came across a couple of YouTube clips where Fran Drescher is on promoting her CancerSchmancer.org site.

She was saying in the clips that it’s been seven years that she has been free and clear of cancer. She also thinks that everyone should have the HPV Vaccine. If everybody would have the HPV vaccine then we wouldn’t have to worry about the HPV virus turning into cancer.

Personally, I think it’s kinda cool that Fran Drescher is putting a famous face to the HPV virus as well as Cervical Cancer.

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My Daughter will soon be ONE LESS

You guessed it! She’s started the 3 part vaccination process with Gardasil the Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant. If you’re not sure what that is, visit www.GARDASIL.com and read up on it.

It was just a matter of time before we got the vaccine going for my teen. When it first came out I knew it would take a little while for the insurance companies to get their act together, so we waited. When we went in a couple of weeks ago and had the opportunity to ask about this our family doctor insisted it was a smart choice.

Gardasil does NOT prevent against all 100+ types of HPV but it does prevent two types that can cause cervical cancer and two more types that can cause genital warts. Hello People, CERVICAL CANCER can be prevented? That’s the biggest reason to get your girls vaccinated when it comes time.

I asked my doctor when the four and two year old could get vaccinated and she told me that eventually they will be setting it up to encourage parents to have it done before Junior High School years.

So once you get the first shot you go back two months after the 1st appointment for another shot. Once you get the second shot you back back six months after the 1st appointment. (In other words, every two months until the three part series is completed.)

That’s definitely ONE LESS thing that we will have to worry about. Science and medical breakthrough never cease to amaze me.

Women Urged to Talk to Healthcare Providers about Ways to Help Prevent Cervical Cancer

One4One, a unique program focused on empowering women to help make a difference in the fight against cervical cancer, urges women to talk to their healthcare provider about ways they can help protect themselves from cervical cancer, while also raising money to increase cervical cancer information programs and other educational services, especially for those who may be at greater risk of developing the disease due to lack of access to information or healthcare.

Organizations participating in One4One include the American Social Health Association, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, Native American Cancer Research, National Asian Women’s Health Organization, National Cervical Cancer Coalition, National Latina Health Network and Tamika & Friends, Inc., with support from Merck & Co., Inc.

For each woman who pledges to talk to her healthcare provider about cervical cancer via www.One4OnePledge.org between April 24 and June 5, Merck will donate $5, up to $1 million total, to the participating One4One organizations. The funds raised will be used to provide cervical cancer information programs and other educational services for women across the United States, including women at greater risk of developing the disease due to lack of access to information or healthcare.

In the U.S. alone, an average of 10 women die each day from cervical cancer, and it was estimated that more than 11,000 women would be diagnosed in 2007. “The loss of any life to cervical cancer is one too many, because it is a disease that we can help to prevent,” said Dr.Lisa Flowers, Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine. “One4One is a great way to help strengthen the efforts of leading health organizations working to decrease the burden of cervical cancer in our country.”
For more information and to make your cervical cancer pledge today, visit www.One4OnePledge.org. Information about HPV and cervical cancer is also available on from the HPV Resource Center at ASHA.

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Here are a few key facts about HPV

Hi Angela–

I’ve been trying to spread the word about HPV and it’s link to cervical cancer and wanted to give you a head’s up about the HPV Test. (I read your recent HPV post).

There are some good patient testimonial videos at: www.youtube.com/profile?user=DigeneHPVtest

Here are a few key facts:

1.) The pap alone is not foolproof in detecting HPV– it can miss up to half of the time.

2.) But when combined with the Pap, the HPV test is virtually 100% accurate in identifying women at risk for cervical cancer.

3.) Cervical cancer is the only cancer with a single-known cause–the human papilloma virus.

4.) Approx. 80% of women will get one or more types of HPV by age 50.

There’s more information about the test at www.thehpvtest.com

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

*If you’re trying to make a difference and get the word out but you don’t have time to maintain a blog, send your announcement to me! I’d be happy to help you network that information.

HSV and Cancer

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) has absolutely NOTHING to do with Cancer. HSV does NOT cause cancer and it does NOT turn into cancer.

I don’t understand where some people are getting their information from.

A great resource to have in your home library if you don’t already is a book called “Managing Herpes - How to Live and Love with a Chronic STD” by Charles Ebel & Anna Wald, M.D., M.P.H.

It’s a handbook from the Herpes Resource Center of the American Social Health Association.

I believe their most recent edition came out last summer so make sure you order the most current one.

And if you haven’t figured this one out yet you can see that ASHA is on my top friends list. Be sure and add them to your Myspace network. What a great way to point your friends in their direction just in case they are looking for information about STDS.

HPV Linked to Oral Cancer in Men

A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology highlights the link between human papilloma virus (HPV) and oral cancer in men.

The study examined data on more that 46,000 cases of oral cancer from the National Cancer Institute.

Researchers found that incidence rates for HPV-related oral cancers rose steadily in men from 1973 to 2004, with HPV causing nearly as many oral cancers as tobacco and alcohol.

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Imulux - What can it do?

People write to me all the time asking me about products and treatments they are finding on the internet. So, on things that I’m not sure of I will definitely ask you my readers about. I will also link the information to my herpes treatments pages so folks can find what they are looking for.

Please remember that if something on the Internet sounds too good to be true then it probably really is too good to be true. Do your homework and look up the research before you buy. Also, don’t ever forget to talk to your doctor first. Don’t let anybody try and diagnose you over the internet either. No matter how knowledgeable they might seem it just can NOT be done. Ok, here’s the latest I received on Imulux…

Angela,

Just wondering what Imulux really can do. I don’t know if you’ve seen the announcement, but I found it on XXX on the recent news page. Is this something that actually kills the virus off, or is it just something that clears up the symptoms, albeit possibly permanently, but the subject would still have herpes and be able to pass it on?

Leave a comment if you know something about Imulux. Feel free to leave a comment if you would like to respond in any way to this topic. For more products and treatments discussion please visit our STD Message Board where you can find a herpes treatment category.

You know a lot about breast cancer, but what do you know about cervical cancer?

You know a lot about breast cancer, but what do you know about cervical cancer? Everyone knows about the “one less” ads promoting the Gardasil vaccine, but what do they really know about Human Papamillovirus?

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. You can get it from skin-to-skin contact, even if you have protection.

Men can carry the disease but there is no test for them. Most people don’t even show any symptoms of the disease.

A new campaign called Tune In HPV has risen around this issue and has provided a safe space for people to share stories. Our Web site, www.tuneinhpv.com, provides a place to share your story about HPV. It doesn’t matter whether you had the disease, knew someone who had it, or wanted to share something distantly related. We are open to anything that promotes HPV awareness.

We plan on making videos from the submitted stories and posting them on the Web site as well. These videos are short, off beat, humorous at times, and always informational. We hope that visitors will gain knowledge while being entertained by watching our videos. We are not in any way trying to give our medical advice to people, please seek your doctor for that. We are simply here to provide a place for people’s stories.

Our information is supported by the Washington D.C. Department of Health and the Center for Disease Control. Tune in HPV is a grass roots campaign built through the School of Communication at American University by a Communication and Social Change course.

We want to encourage you to “tune in” to the knowledge within you and to protect yourself from HPV. We want to hear what you know, what you’ve experienced, and we want to make you laugh and think.

Be sure and let Giovanna Chesler, our executive producer, know what you think of tuneinhpv.com at chesler@american.edu

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The One4One Campaign

ASHA is one of many organizations participating in the One4One campaign, a unique program focused on empowering women to help make a difference in the fight against cervical cancer.

The campaign urges women to talk to their healthcare provider about ways they can help protect themselves from cervical cancer, while also raising money to increase cervical cancer information programs and other educational services.

For each woman who pledges to talk to her healthcare provider about cervical cancer via www.One4OnePledge.org between April 24 and June 5, Merck will donate $5, up to $1 million total, to the participating One4One organizations.

The funds raised will be used to provide cervical cancer information programs and other educational services for women across the United States, including women at greater risk of developing the disease due to lack of access to information or healthcare.

Let’s Talk about HPV and Cervical Cancer

Constructive Feedback

There are many times I get feedback from folks that I feel is powerful enough to want to share it with the rest of you! Before I share though I always write to the person that sent their e-mail to make sure it’s ok with them first. I don’t ever post anything unless I have permission to from the author OR unless I can find it on a public message board. Anyway, thought ya’ll would find this to be of interest…

Hi Angela,

I came across your Yoshi2me web site today while doing some internet searches for information on herpes. I am a 24-year-old woman, and just last week I tested positive for HSV-2 while experiencing my first outbreak. Since then I have been going through a roller coaster of thoughts and feelings. One day I feel fine about it and the next day I find myself freaking out! Half my brain is trying to be rational and say, hey, it isn’t cancer or anything, but the other half of my brain just wants to cry and cry.

It was really rewarding for me to read the very personal accounts on your web site and recognize the success of so many people in leading happy lives in spite of this virus. Your site helped me to realize that this diagnosis is not the end of the world, or the end of my romantic life, or anything more than one of life’s little challenges. I really appreciate you having the courage and frankness to open up to others about your experience and create a place like Yoshi2me where people can come together and support one another.

I am fairly certain that I contracted the disease from my boyfriend of five years, who left me several months ago. When he left, I learned that he had been having an extended affair with a married woman and had probably been unfaithful in the past as well. All that infidelity combined with our unprotected sex (since I thought it was a long-term monogamous relationship headed towards marriage!) would have provided easy circumstances for transmission. I was already suffering from issues of betrayed trust at the end of this relationship, and learning about my herpes diagnosis made it even worse.

However, I am very fortunate to now be in love with a much better person. We had only been together for a few weeks when I learned about my positive diagnosis. We were already very close and very committed even after such a short time, but I was terrified that this news would scare him off entirely. On the contrary, though, he is very supportive and says that this diagnosis has no impact on how he feels about me. He told me, “I love you and I intend to spend the rest of my life with you. I don’t ever intend to have sex with anyone else. So frankly I don’t care if you and/or we have herpes. We’ll have it, and we’ll deal with it, and it won’t be the end of the world. It won’t ever change how much I love you.”

Having that kind of support has really helped me through these first couple of weeks. Finding web sites like Yoshi2me provides an indescribable amount of help as well!!

Anyway, I apologize for this email’s length and personal content, but I really wanted to thank you for creating a site that helps herpes patients feel like normal, beautiful, and worthwhile people instead of lepers and outcasts. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

~ Erin

Note from Angela:

Thanks so much Erin for sharing your story with me and for allowing me to share it with others. I know there is probably one person out there who feels they are alone. They are going to read your story and hopefully realize that there is some light at the end of the dark tunnel they have found themselves in.

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