Well, bad news, folks! I went outside the Kaiser system to get re-tested. The ob-gyn office called this afternoon and I'm still positive, despite about six weeks with the products I've mentioned previously using. Kaiser just tests positive or negative. This clinic tests for strains too and I've got about 10 of the most high-risk ones for developing into cervical cancer. I asked their recommendations and all they said was get re-tested in a year. When I asked about abstinence they said they don't even recommend it! WHAT???? She says that 50% of girls/young women become positive on their first sexual encounter and that 80-90% of all sexually-active adults are HPV positive at one time or another, so why bother? YIKES!! Well, I'm going to be abstaining until I find out I'm negative, especially with such high-risk strains!!
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