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<p>No, I was replying to another poster who was talking about insurance companies. For insurance companies, it is many times cheaper to pay for the vaccine than it is to pay for treatment for cervical cancer (although they’d probably weedle their way out of that anyway).</p>
<p>For the poster who would not practice pre marital sex. You just don’t know if your husband practiced the same lifestyle. You should always protect yourself from something that is out of your control.</p>
<p>Guys, this reduces the risk of penile cancer. PENILE CANCER. My junk is worth $300. To me at least.</p>
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<p>I assume you mean “wife.” And who my wife is is definitely in my control, assuming I am going to get married at all.</p>
<p>Baelor, that may be true and I respect your decision. I am also not trying to be combative (or even persausive) by any means, I’m just exploring the possibilities. That does not mean that your wife has never had premarital sex. What if she had been married previously? What if she had been raped? What if she had had premarital sex, but loves you and knows you wouldn’t marry a woman who had (assuming that’s a criteria for you)? What if you divorce and remarry? While I’m not pushing the vaccine to this extent, sometimes it helps to remember life doesn’t always go as planned.</p>
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<p>Widowed? Unlikely.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t marry a depraved person, and at that point of lying there’s nothing I can do, given that I will never use any form of contraception anyway (i.e., if she reels me in that far, there will be way bigger issues in all respects than HPV).</p>
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<p>Again, not a possible scenario.</p>
<p>Like I said, sometimes life throws curveballs.</p>
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<p>But it doesn’t sound like any are worth considering at this point at all. My getting raped is more likely than any of the situations you have described, so if I were to fork over the cash for the vaccine, it would be for that, not for the aforementioned reasons.</p>
<p>I already said, a few posts ago, that I was no longer persuading you to get the vaccine. It is obviously not economic. I just disagree with your way of thinking.</p>
<p>There’s also the possibility of a strain of HPV becoming transmissible without sexual contact. Like kissing or something.</p>
<p>I’m hoping my insurance covers it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it does honestly, it’s a bloody awesome plan and I’ll miss it when I turn 26 :(</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. Would you suggest a woman get checked regularly for testicular cancer? Why not?</p>
<p>For the same reason, the methods of transmission you described are simply not worth considering in my case for religious reasons, and my religion is literally the basis for my entire life. It’s not that I am looking to be unprepared (I am a Boy Scout :p), it’s just that some scenarios are really not worth any time or money.</p>
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<p>I think there’s a lot of misunderstanding here. I was referring to your wifely preferences, not your reasoning for not getting the vaccine, which in my eyes is sound reasoning.</p>
<p>DC-- if it doesn’t, see if your schools health service offers it cheaper. My school offers a lot of vaccines cheaper but it’s still not affordable for me. Community Health services might be your next best bet. If you really want the vaccine, don’t give up until you find a way to get it.</p>
<p>In the meantime, just be very careful-- as you should always be. You’re not in any danger of someone sneezing on you and giving you HPV, you do have some control over this. While ***** happens no matter how careful you are, as long as you do your very best chances are you will probably be fine at least until you can get the vaccine. No need to panic.</p>
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<p>Thanks for clarifying.</p>
<p>Since I got my first injection of Gardasil this Tuesday I thought I would clue everyone into my experience with the vaccine.</p>
<p>I’m a male and even the doctor didn’t know if Gardasil had been approved for males age 9-26 but it has.</p>
<p>It’s a three injection series. First injection, then another 2 months from the first injection, then another 6 months from the first injection. I was injected in my upper left arm but I could have chosen the other shoulder.</p>
<p>The next day after the shot I was feeling sick, achy, tired, so I stayed home for a day. After that day I’m back and feeling healthy.</p>
<p>Seems simple enough.</p>
<p>I am female but got the vaccine. I’m not particularly disturbed by needles (I think it’s normal to be a little uncomfortable, lest you be a heroine addict), but the injection was kind of painful. After that I had a small knot at the injection site that faded after a day. There were no other symptoms (and I have a weak immune system).</p>
<p>My daughter got the vaccine series in her senior year of highschool. She did not have pain at the injection site or any side effects. This is very important for everyone to get prior to leaving for college or before you are sexually active. It is a shot like any other vaccine designed to save you from dealing with a preventable illness. It should be mandatory in my opinion.</p>
<p>Gardasil was recently approved for use in Japan.</p>
<p>[Japanese</a> Approval for Merck Products - Zacks.com](<a href=“Zacks Investment Research: Stock Research, Analysis, & Recommendations”>Zacks Investment Research: Stock Research, Analysis, & Recommendations)</p>
<p>It should be known that there have been reports of severe side effects from Gardasil.</p>
<p>[Gardasil</a> WARNING! - CNN Report 8.11.8 - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>It’s not surprising that an issue as controversial as STD’s has developed a bit of back-and-forth on this issue either.</p>
<p>[Catholic</a> San Francisco](<a href=“http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid=22&id=58710]Catholic”>http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid=22&id=58710)</p>
<p>Somebody sticky this thing.</p>
<p>I had my 3rd and final injection done in April this year. 
When I had my physical checkup last year, the doctor told my mom about it. I had my first done in July, my second in January (a few months late), and my final in April. </p>
<p>So now I’ve got all my shots accounted for. The shot hurt like a *****, though. </p>
<p>(my mom asked if she could get the shot, but they told her she was too old since it was for people ages 11-25, haha)</p>