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Re:HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer by opello on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:48PM (#42095713)
Exactly. It'd be nice if primary care physicians approached the request with an open mind and had the real conversation about any risk/reward. I don't know if there's any risk to taking the 9-valent version if you might have been exposed to one that it covers. But why isn't it valuable to have protection from the other 8?

My bias is climbing the hill of convincing on this front 5 years ago and being on the receiving end of a pretty dismissive attitude. But I got my way and think it was the right choice.

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Re:HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer by 9x39 on Sunday November 10, 2024 @08:24PM (#42103829)
I had a similar experience with my GP. I was essentially dismissed outright (in surprising contrast to an otherwise dynamic/vigorous interest in my health) and am planning on revisiting this with a different GP soon.

While I allow for myself just being ignorant, wrong and vulnerable to working myself up into health scares, I couldn’t help but wonder if men looking into HPV vaccines are brushing up against a doctrinal problem, in that whatever protocols and literature exist for the med field don’t study and don’t mention male-HPV interactions enough to warrant action (or even interest) from GPs as a group.

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Re:HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer by opello on Sunday November 10, 2024 @09:36PM (#42104189)
I'd have hoped things improved in the last 5 years but maybe you can avoid the GP altogether and schedule it like a flu shot through the pharmacy? I noticed it was in the list at Walgreens this year anyway.

Best of luck with it!

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Re:HPV vaccination: How the world can eliminate cervical cancer by 31carmichael on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @11:23PM (#42122891)
I live out of the country and visit once per year. I'm 49 and it was absolutely impossible to receive the shingles vaccination, even if I paid cash. Ridiculous.
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