Was just diagnosed with low risk HPV, my health professional assured me that it’s important matter however in the grand scheme of things it is much less of a deal than the stigma around it (which makes me feel better) and due to my age he assured me I will likely immune suppress the infection shortly possibly as soon as the GW are gone.
But regardless, my girlfriend and myself have been dating for a year and a half, and have known each other for much longer and we both are very much in love and set on spending the rest of our lives together.
My doctor told me that likely we already both have it and that I happened to show symptoms or she has had it but not noticed any symptoms. He added that the possibility of her giving it to me as just as high as me giving it to her and we will never be able to know due to the dormant period that hpv has.
Long story short I’ve gotten the first round of Gardisil and plan to talk to my gf before this weekend. For those that have had to have this convo with a long term partner because a random gw popped up out of nowhere please let me know how you went about that conversation.
Please send good energy as it feels like my life has gotten turned on its head and am terrified to see how the woman that I want to spend the rest of my life with is going to take this. A lot of people talk about just letting this pass and abstain and don’t say anything, this is something I will not be doing as I want to make sure when it comes to her sexual health that she is aware of as HPV is a much more of a serious matter for women and would not want her to feel what I am currently feeling lol.