cervical cancer vaccine

@roniroxas (10559)
Philippines
February 15, 2009 9:31pm CST
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cervical-cancer-vaccine/WO00120 i have three daugthers ages 16, 14 and 12. so does that mean that i already need to let them have the vaccine? i am 38 so i am no longer covered or i no longer need to take the vaccine? how about you do you have this vaccine already? there are a lot of women who die and suffers cervical cancer i think this vaccine can really help us. but i need more information about it. lets share views
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8 responses
• United States
16 Feb 09
Yes, let your daughters get it. You can get information from www.gardasil.com I highly recommend it. I am a cervical cancer survivor and I wish we had this vaccine was I was young.
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
16 Feb 09
tahnk God that you survive. i have another question anora hope you can get back with me with this question. i am 38 years old already am i still covered with the vaccine or i just need to have my regular check to prevent it or to be aware? thanks for the response and hope you answer my question too.
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• United States
16 Feb 09
If you are sexually active with the same person then i see no reason why you should have to get vaccinated but i am sure getting vaccinated won't hurt anything if it makes you feel safer.
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@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
18 Feb 09
thanks anora for getting back to me i really do appreciate this. i will soon be having a good discussion with my obgyne and i do really have a lot of questions regarding this. your input really did a big impression. thank you very much.
• Philippines
16 Feb 09
my OB advised me to get it, so I had my shot 3 years ago before I got pregnant...but if you're planning to have the baby i think you have to postponed it if you had taken the vaccine...its actually for your own good and if you have history of cancer in your family, you should get it...
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
23 Feb 09
This is certainly a breakthrough... i wonder if this is already available here in the Philippines... i am 33 years old... so i don't think i qualify... but my daughter is 2... so in the future... i would like her to take the shots... and hopefully by that time they will be available in any hospital at a very reasonable price...
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
23 Feb 09
i text my obgyne and yes it is available here in the philippines. why not pay your doctor a visit. my doctor said that i am still qualified but i am 38 already. i am older that you for five years so i think you can still have the shot. thanks for the response
@Amanda81587 (3042)
• United States
16 Feb 09
I would say yes, definitly get the girls vaccinated. It better to do it now then to wait and find out they have it. I am not sure if this is true or not but I heard that you can pick up HPV from like a public restroom or anything that contacts that area. I am not sure but if thats true I would get everyone vaccinated just to be on the safe side.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
23 Feb 09
wow.. on public restroom. i think we really need to do a lot of research and a lot of asking and looking around so we can be aware and we can have more knowledge. thank you very much for the input and i will try to research more. thank for the response as well. havea nice day
• Canada
1 Mar 09
bathroo, contact is public hysteria. Your don't rub your ... stuff on the seat. Rather if anything touches the seat at all it is your legs and your butt cheeks. Besides, if you really beieve that public toilets will give you diseases, hover or stradle, or better still, hold it till you get home.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
16 Feb 09
I would say yes let your daugthers have the vaccine. HPV is the most common STI and most people don't even know they have it. It can cause cancer in women in later life. So let them have the vaccine, it is good that there has been this breakthrough in medical science.
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@sablay (36)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
For me that's a big breakthrough for women and especially to my wife.Because my wife's side has a history of canser.That's why she also want to have that vaccine.And theirs more vaccines now available for cancer I saw it last week on t.v during commercial break.I think you need to let them the vaccine.'Coz it will cost you a lot,if(knock on wood)later on you find out one of them has canser.In other words too late the hero.We also save money for that vaccine.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
yes and i will break your neck too. but i see your point even i have a difficult time to read your response... that is it will cost me more if my children will have cancer. yes i got that. you dont need to save for that vaccine the only girl in your house is your wife.... in my house we are four so i really need to save for that vaccine. thanks for the response. hope to see more of you here for i am sure it would be fun having you around. lol.
• Canada
17 Feb 09
We opted not to have our girls take the shot. How many times have they offered something and then 20 years later said, "ooops, er the cure was actually worse than the disease. Sorry about that, we didn't test it much before we sent it out for general distribution. Sorry that you all have cancer. Want us to give you a shot for that?" Seriously, there is footage of them spraying the crowds at parades with PCP or some such kind of pesticide, which are not known carcenogens and illegal for use in Canada, but at the time it was new, everyone was all gung-ho about it. I think for our family it is better to wait. When the girls become ready to be sexaully active, they can ask the doctor about it when they are asking about birth control. And yes, we have them immunized against polio, etc. That's just my view of things though.
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
25 Feb 09
you have a point also dragon, that is whay i need to have a great chat with my ob-gyne first. i myself is thinking of it too. and besides the vaccines are really expensive and the four of us will take 10,000 pesos or 215 dollars or more per month for the vaccine. the vaccine is for three dose i think. thanks for the response
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Studies say that you can still have it even at your age.Ask your doctors.I am not that good in discussing things because I am not the resource speaker of this but I have attended lectures of Dr. Thaddeus Luna of PGH.You can ask them