HPV VACCINE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD also turned 11 this year, and we turned it down. She got three other shots, she gets very upset and anxious in general about shots, and I didn't think it was necessary for her age. I will get it for her in a year or two.

The vaccines are timed. You don't just get to decide when your DD will get it. There are three vaccines. The first two at 11 and the third is at age 12. I am sure the pediatrician told you that.

[Anonymous]

Some useful facts about cervical cancer: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-papillomavirus-(hpv)-and-cervical-cancer

(Yes, get your kids the cancer vaccine, people.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope unnecessary and there are people with side effects. Reddit and other online forums notate that.
She will be fine. You did not have one or your mother or your grandmother and they were fine.

Really? Your source of information is Reddit and not your child's pediatrician? Smart...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope unnecessary and there are people with side effects. Reddit and other online forums notate that.
She will be fine. You did not have one or your mother or your grandmother and they were fine.

Lots of people’s mothers and grandmothers got cervical cancer, so were definitely not fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope unnecessary and there are people with side effects. Reddit and other online forums notate that.
She will be fine. You did not have one or your mother or your grandmother and they were fine.

Side effects or cancer. I'll take side effects.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59148620

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please get it. I tried to get it when it came out. I was 28 and had had two sexual partners in my life and no abnormal paps to include the one they did that day. They refused to give it to me saying "its for young people you are too old and you have already been sexually active".

Within 5 years I had HPV and have had to have two surgeries and been so scared and devastated of what it meant for my future. I am so angry I did not fight for the vaccine. I was young and just took what they said as fact. I should have been given it, and would not have ended up in the situation I ended in (and yes, I always used protection and had only 4 partners all monogamous in my life). Please get this vaccine for you children.

So sorry this happened to you. The guidelines now provide that it can be given to anyone 45 or younger.

[Anonymous]

The data shows this vaccine has nearly eradicated cervical cancer. You’re an idiot not to get it for your kids. Get it for yourself too.

[Anonymous]

I had 3 sexual partners and was HPV positive at 31. It resulted in weakening my cervix post- procedure and I could not carry a pregnancy full term without sewing my cervix closed. I lost my first pregnancy at 22 weeks. Both DDs got the vaccine.

[Anonymous]

I always thought it was so stupid that they used to not allow the vaccine past a certain age (still do but now at least they’ve raised the age). I remember when it came out, a friend was advised by her doctor to get it even though she had already had hpv because it could still protect her from other strains. I got my 11 year old vaccinated and will do so with his younger siblings. He got other shots at the same time, and it was no big deal to have them given all at the same time (no side effects).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope unnecessary and there are people with side effects. Reddit and other online forums notate that.
She will be fine. You did not have one or your mother or your grandmother and they were fine.

Lots of people’s mothers and grandmothers got cervical cancer, so were definitely not fine.

And it’s probably more prevalent now than it was for those generations.

[Anonymous]

Actually, 2122, our ped did not say that. They offered the shot as an option at 11 and we said no. I bet we’ll be just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope unnecessary and there are people with side effects. Reddit and other online forums notate that.
She will be fine. You did not have one or your mother or your grandmother and they were fine.

This is so cringe.

My neighbor and good friend had cervical cancer. You are genuinely an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, 2122, our ped did not say that. They offered the shot as an option at 11 and we said no. I bet we’ll be just fine.

At a minimum, if your daughter or son gets a preventable cancer you'll maybe be dead already so who cares! Well done.

[Anonymous]

I am not an antivaxxer, and I got my daughter every vaccine, but initially hesitated on this one.

Why? Because I saw the press conference where someone from the original vaccine manufacturer said she was resigning because she good no longer in good conscience continue representing a vaccine that does more harm than good.

I didn't read about this, I saw it on the news. I watch CNN, MSNBC. I do not recall which I saw it on.

It made a permanent impression on me, one that I have now changed because

1) That was the original form of the vaccine and it may have had problems initially, but it doesn't seem to now

2) I have reviewed the findings and understand now that some of the side effects and adverse effects are not above statistical norms (that is what matters the most with that).

3) The recent report of its efficacy and safety.

DD _just_ turned 15 so she will need 3 shots. Pandemic timing and us being a high risk family means there were no unnecessary visits to the doctor, and also we moved and were not able to get a new pediatrician.

So, we are seeing a new doc this month and Im going to go ahead and get her the vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Happy for you and your daughter, PP.