HPV positive at 44
Just went through a missed pregnancy on July 28th with a D&C procedure and had my two week follow up on August 11th. Pap is due my OB says so since I was there she asked if I wanted to do it so I said yes might as well. Two days later on the 13th I get an automated test result back saying I was positive and it blew my mind. It says HPV 16/18 and HPV 12 for other and I start to google and panic because I lost my mom 3 years ago from ovarian and I am scared as hell to get any kind of cancer. I emailed my OB TWICE and no one has gotten back to me perhaps it’s the weekend. What does this all mean? I’ve never in my life was offered an HPV shot. No one has asked me and back in my time don’t think they had it when I was younger but even as adulthood no one has asked me. My sexual partner and I have been together for 12 years so this is the first positive range I have ever encountered. I freak out and things start twisting in my head because I’ve been through a lot with my mom. At 44 though, is that even normal. We have been trying for our rainbow baby for a year and a half now and just lost the third one. Any advice out there? Does this mean precancerous cells? I take prenatal vitamins every day and drink lots of water, no caffeine and no crazy eating. Reading all these posts is already scaring me. Sounds like I’m in a more dangerous zone than others.
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