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Good news for our daughters and granddaughters

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MT62 Sat 20-Jun-26 18:08:42

I’ve had a letter saying clear & no evidence of that virus.
But now I am over age I dont need to have any more smears.
Can I still request one?
Is it rare to get cancer of the cervix after the age of 60?

MT62 Sat 20-Jun-26 18:04:52

Usedtobeblonde

I read that this morning, what good news.
I assume it is testing regularly that has made this possible.
Testing men regularly for prostate cancer must come next.

Absolutely 💯

watermeadow Sat 20-Jun-26 13:37:41

I don’t know why the news said the jab was started in 2000-odd. My daughters had it at school in the 1980s.

Chocolatelovinggran Thu 18-Jun-26 16:51:04

Indeed, Sarnia. Sometimes we just have to be Brave Soldiers.
Your GD have many more such joys to come as part of the wonderful experience of being a woman!

Sarnia Thu 18-Jun-26 15:04:32

I will tell 2 of my granddaughters who both had this injection recently that all the abject torture of a small jab with a needle was worth all the agony they suffered. grin

CatsWhiskas Thu 18-Jun-26 14:56:21

LtEve

Such wonderful news. My DD had the vaccine nearly 20 years ago.

Mine has had it too. My mother and my sister have both had cervical cancer, so it's one think my daughter will hopefully not have to worry about.

LtEve Thu 18-Jun-26 14:51:40

Such wonderful news. My DD had the vaccine nearly 20 years ago.

Chocolatelovinggran Thu 18-Jun-26 14:34:30

Excellent news indeed. I hope that every girl has the vaccine.

Luckygirl3 Thu 18-Jun-26 12:46:41

It is the vaccine that is given to teenagers both male and female that has brought about this excellent result.

MY GSs called it the sex vaccination!

Usedtobeblonde Thu 18-Jun-26 12:43:30

I read that this morning, what good news.
I assume it is testing regularly that has made this possible.
Testing men regularly for prostate cancer must come next.

Maremia Thu 18-Jun-26 12:41:26

That is a most wonderful result.

CatsWhiskas Thu 18-Jun-26 12:41:03

Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c621z28z138o