I've seen the ads about the vaccine.

I tested positive 20 years ago or so. They froze my cervix which was no biggee. No issue after that. I think it is one of those things that if caught on a YEARLY checkup is quite treatable. When you neglect to get checked for decades on end (I'm looking at you MIL) then little issues become big issues.

{{Calli}} Good to see you back dear. I'm glad that your mother was surrounded by love and that you have had loving support. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Just to add a "what they said" -- although there are a couple of strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer, there are a whole lot more that don't. It's one of those weird things that until you first hear about it, it might as well not exist, but as soon as you start looking into it, it turns out everyone and her sister's had it.

In other news, it's official. My computer's frelled. I'm going to take them my external hard drive and they'll give me my data, but I'm gonna have to get a new computer. Which I can totally afford, right?

although there are a couple of strains of HPV that cause cervical cancer, there are a whole lot more that don't.

She has one strain that causes warts and one that causes cancer.

Congratulations to teacup guy, sj! Time to partay!

Absolutely. I bought him baseball cards and comic books and now we're going out for a nice dinner.

Windsparrow and Daniel, I pass the car~ma on to you. I have Red back safe and sound and she'll all shiny. They even vacuumed the inside for me.

P-C, tons of health~ma to your friend.

Enjoy, sj! Maybe now we'll be able to convince you to come visit more of us far flung Buffistas. Hint.

I just finished phone flirting with a man with the most gorgeous British accent ever. I think I'm going to have to start having more problems with my Sears MasterCard so I have a reason to speak to him again. He wears armor. You had to be there.

For the first time since the F2F, I'm going to an A's game at the Coliseum!!! YAY!!!

Oh, and Vicodin rocks!

Damn, Sail. Well, Dr. House seems to like it. "These are my drugs, and no, you can't have any."

Calli, I don't know if you are still around, but I wanted to say I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I'm hoping for as much peace as possible for you and your family.

P-C, I hope your friend's HPV was caught quickly, and that treatment is effective, so that she has no serious or lasting effects.

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On a completely different note, I've been enjoying Vox (new blogging service from SixApart). Tonight, I decided to tour the joint, a little. So far whenever I've done so, I've been impressed by the posts. Vox is via invite only still, and for a little while, I forgot it was even on the same internets as other places.

Then I was reminded:

Wow i actually think this is better then gay myspace. Man you can actually blog on this its like myspace for techy's. So msn is awesome but seriously everyone needs to update so much more extras WINDOWS LIVE. I'd like to say that i hat fascism, racism, and predigest. Wow so i was about to get a Myspace account but i got an invite for vox anyways I'm off to explore some more. >[link]

Somedays, there's not enough sigh in the world.

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