I recently was informed that a dear friend of mine was diagnosed with cervical cancer and is currently pending a full hysterectomy. She later advised me that she was diagnosed with the human papillomavirus (HPV) more then 10 years ago.
There is a lot of information on HPV and the risks of cervical cancer in women on the Internet, in the news and it seems everywhere. There is also a vaccine that has been available to young women to protect against 4 types of HPV viruses although there are more then 30 types.
After hearing about my friend, I was curious as a 33 year old women, if this vaccine is available to already sexually active individuals. I went to the Gardasil website to find such information. The scary thing I read is every minute in the United States there is a new case of HPV diagnosed. WOW!
I wanted to write about this since there is a chance that many of us, already sexually active, can benefit from the vaccine. You must talk to your health care provider to see if Gardasil is right for you. Many of us may already have one of the 30 types of HPV that may never show up as genital warts or the cancerous type and if you happen to be one of the lucky ones that do not have HPV, you can still be protected against the 4 types that cause cervical cancer.
I am curious if there are any women out there that was administered Gardasil? Is there anything you can share about your experience including your age.
For more information about cervical cancer, click here https://www.empowher.com/condition/cervical-cancer.
For more information about HPV, click here http://www.thehpvtest.com/default.html?LanguageCheck=1&WT.mc_id=EmpowHER0110.
For more information about Gardasil, visit their website here http://www.gardasil.com/.
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Both of your links lead to the same research team, doing the same study on "colony" mice and again on "outbred" mice. One is published in Neuromolecular Medicine, the other in the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.
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Amorphous AluminumHydroxyphosphate Sulfate is the adjuvant used in Gardasil, aluminum hydroxide combined with squalene is used in the Anthrax vaccine. No absolute aluminum dosage amounts were given in the summaries I saw. (But I will keep looking)
Although both of these adjuvants do contain aluminum, they are different compounds and research pertaining to one (in mice), cannot be reasonably transferred to another compound in human usage. And I'm afraid my chemistry background is not that advanced - I would need to see a study, or even just an explanation from an actual chemist, to understand the diference(s) between them at this time.
But I will keep looking to see if I can find the absolute dosage amounts of actual aluminum in each. This may be a valid concern, if the compound in Gardasil is actually broken down to solitary aluminum molecules that may be absorbed by the body in general and/or the brain in particular.
And, since not all the mice exhibited deficits (or even the same deficits) it would be extremely interesting to find out which co-factors are responsible for some of the mice absorbing aluminum, and some not.
Thanks for posting these links, they are very interesting.
April 20, 2010 - 9:32amThis Comment
To all that are against the use of Gardsil at all, please look at this data:
http://worldlifeexpectancy.com/cause-of-death/cervical-cancer/by-country/
We are not discussing a vaccine that prevents the sniffles, it prevents a disease that KILLS. Kills a lot of women and girls.
April 20, 2010 - 8:18amThis Comment
It may prevent 1 disease, but it causes many more. It is not worth the risk.
April 20, 2010 - 4:41pmThis Comment
Furthermore, you are very selfish to think only of the U.S. where diagnostic and treatment facilities exist in great numbers. What about women in Africa? India? South America?
Did you even look at those mortality rates?
April 20, 2010 - 11:13pmThis Comment
(Sigh)
Repeating your assumptions baldly over and over does not make them verifiable or true.
Ya know what ... There's no more point in arguing with you. You have made up your mind and are obviously not going to let little things like "facts" get in the way.
April 20, 2010 - 10:04pmThis Comment
(SIGH) FINALLY! You gave some advice you should take. WOW. Follow your own advice and stop repeating your assumptions and investigate the facts as we have. Learn the truth!
GOOD RIDDANCE!
INVESTIGATE before you vaccinate with GARDASIL. The life you same may be your own!
April 21, 2010 - 2:35amThis Comment
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April 20, 2010 - 6:05amThis Comment
CanadianBroad - do the stats back up why Merck has put several NEW warnings on the label - I believe they are on their 3rd vaccine label now. Children should not be used as an experimental lab animal. When the CDC/FDA first start to see true issues (which they have - that's what VAERS is for), this vaccine should be tabled to figure out what the issue is ... Also, Merck did NOT recommend testing for anemic conditions prior to vaccination (or other metabolic issues). Anyone with any medical training knows that a vaccine which causes oxidative stress should never be administered to any body already under distress as it would be difficult if not impossible to recover. Every medical doctor should know that ... unfortunately, this has not been the case.
April 20, 2010 - 6:04amThis Comment
"Gardasil, the vaccine given to millions of younger women and girls around the world to protect against cervical cancer, must carry stronger warnings about the risk of fainting spells after receiving the shots, the Food and Drug Administration has ruled."
One stronger warning about a well-known phenomenon in adolescents receiving any kind of shot ... (http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/06/fda-orders-stronger-warning-label-for-gardasil/)
Merck cannot be expected to have a chrystal ball. They cannot foresee every single person's complete possible medical history - it is unreasonable and unscientific to think that they should.
What does "oxidative stress" mean, please?
April 20, 2010 - 8:16amThis Comment
I have always thought vaccines were good until Gardasil disabled my daughter. CanadianBroad, it would do good for you to go to Medications.Com and read all of the horror stories about young girls who have been disabled.
I live in the United States and have personally read the horror stories of the ladies posting here in papers, etc. There children have been injured by Gardasil and they also have a right to tell their stories.
April 19, 2010 - 6:44pmThis Comment