I am a bit hesitant as I write this. Am not sure this is something I should be sharing with people I have never met or will probably never meet. However, I feel compelled to share my story because this particular experience has brought a lot of changes to my life. I also hope that by sharing this with other young and older women who are affected and infected with genital warts, I will encourage them to seek treatment and to be brave in their fight.
Many people have heard about the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes genital warts. I must admit I had often heard people talk about it but I never really cared much about the subject. I don’t like medicine or even science so nothing could have ever prepared me for the intense shock that I felt when my Ob/Gyn diagnosed me with genital warts. I was dumbfounded. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. It was all kinds of confusion for me. I bet the doctor read the shock on my face and she really did try to reassure me that all will be well. I don’t remember much of that day because I felt like my head was detached from my body.
I have always been a tough girl, at least that’s what my friends say. So I embarked on my road to recovery. I started with the internet, of course. I did a thorough search on genital warts. I read about the disease itself, its signs and symptoms, causes, treatment methods and true life stories of people who were diagnosed with the same. I must say this was all very productive and enlightening for me. I went from zero knowledge to having a more definite idea of what genital warts is all about. I scheduled another appointment with the doctor because I needed to be advised. Besides, the other time I really did not get a word she said.
It has been three months since my initial diagnosis. During this short time, my warts have recurred a couple of times. Before my diagnosis, I mistook those little pink growths for skin tags. When they started itching and at one time even bleeding, I got alarmed. They are not really painful, just uncomfortable. My warts appear in clusters; say about three to six little growths. Usually they appear on the outside of the vagina. Though the doctor said genital warts are not dangerous, I personally find them hideous and really unpleasant. So I have heard them treated each time they appear. The main treatments from the doctor work well but I also had some success with wartrol, although it may not be the best, I'm not sure.This is also my advice to other ladies who are infected. I understand that they also make sex feel totally uncomfortable.
My two cents advice to all young ladies, infected or not; please, practice sex safe, always. Then, it is easier to prevent than to treat genital warts. Genital warts infection also makes you susceptible to cervical cancer, which is now a leading cause of death among us among. Regular pap smear testing is also a way of detecting infection, so getting this done as often as required is a good idea. Last of all, I strongly believe that knowledge is the strongest weapon in this fight. Let us all strive to know about the core diseases that affect our gender. If I knew then all that I know now about genital warts, I would have been more careful. I wouldn’t have let down my guard. But that ship has sailed.
Many people have heard about the human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes genital warts. I must admit I had often heard people talk about it but I never really cared much about the subject. I don’t like medicine or even science so nothing could have ever prepared me for the intense shock that I felt when my Ob/Gyn diagnosed me with genital warts. I was dumbfounded. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. It was all kinds of confusion for me. I bet the doctor read the shock on my face and she really did try to reassure me that all will be well. I don’t remember much of that day because I felt like my head was detached from my body.
I have always been a tough girl, at least that’s what my friends say. So I embarked on my road to recovery. I started with the internet, of course. I did a thorough search on genital warts. I read about the disease itself, its signs and symptoms, causes, treatment methods and true life stories of people who were diagnosed with the same. I must say this was all very productive and enlightening for me. I went from zero knowledge to having a more definite idea of what genital warts is all about. I scheduled another appointment with the doctor because I needed to be advised. Besides, the other time I really did not get a word she said.
It has been three months since my initial diagnosis. During this short time, my warts have recurred a couple of times. Before my diagnosis, I mistook those little pink growths for skin tags. When they started itching and at one time even bleeding, I got alarmed. They are not really painful, just uncomfortable. My warts appear in clusters; say about three to six little growths. Usually they appear on the outside of the vagina. Though the doctor said genital warts are not dangerous, I personally find them hideous and really unpleasant. So I have heard them treated each time they appear. The main treatments from the doctor work well but I also had some success with wartrol, although it may not be the best, I'm not sure.This is also my advice to other ladies who are infected. I understand that they also make sex feel totally uncomfortable.
My two cents advice to all young ladies, infected or not; please, practice sex safe, always. Then, it is easier to prevent than to treat genital warts. Genital warts infection also makes you susceptible to cervical cancer, which is now a leading cause of death among us among. Regular pap smear testing is also a way of detecting infection, so getting this done as often as required is a good idea. Last of all, I strongly believe that knowledge is the strongest weapon in this fight. Let us all strive to know about the core diseases that affect our gender. If I knew then all that I know now about genital warts, I would have been more careful. I wouldn’t have let down my guard. But that ship has sailed.