HPV Results Positive

The tests results came back and I'm HPV positive.  My second ENT was right.  He said he was sure my cancer was caused by HPV and he nailed it.

I got this information right before seeing my oncologist.  I told him and he didn't seem surprised.  I don't remember his exact response.  He did say that cervical cancer is caused by HPV 99% of the time.  He suggested we get our younger boy immunized against HPV.  Nothing we can do for me and my wife, it's already in us, we just don't have any of the symptoms, except my cancer.

I just looked it up and the CDC says 79 million American's have it.  That's 1 in 4.  So it's pretty prolific, but preventable.

I think it's pretty great that we live in a day and age that we now know about this virus, we know it causes certain cancers and we have a vaccine for it.  You can prevent the virus and you can prevent some cancers.  Pretty awesome gift you can give your child.