r/Adulting • u/KISS-app • 15h ago

Did you know- an estimated 50,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a cancer caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) every year. Nearly half of these (46%) are cervical cancer, almost all of which is caused by HPV.

https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/10/hpv-vaccine-evidence-review/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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u/Lovethemdoggos 12h ago

There's a vaccine for HPV. If you haven't had it, get it.

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u/KISS-app 12h ago

Yes! I think you can now get it til your 44/45

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u/Comfortable_Many8310 10h ago

I’m 53 and my doctor advised me to get it. Insurance does not cover it. For the series of 3 it will be $900 out of pocket.

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u/cwsjr2323 13h ago

I got mine in 2015, on the base of my tongue. Being a guy, the virus couldn't find a cervix, I guess. Chemotherapy and radiation cured it, and while it wasn't fun having a feeding tube and port? No surgery to remove my tongue made the sheer exhaustion tolerable.

Port= surgical implant of a pump into my chest to have a keep vein open for all the iv fluids and poisons of chemotherapy.

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u/Crafty-Dog-7680 4h ago

Hey, that's me! Doing well a month after chemoradiation for stage 1 throat cancer, but permanent dry mouth is kind of annoying