Have name changed as I am about to disclose what a brazen hussy I am.
Recently went for a smear and the nurse explained how the system had changed and now samples are tested for HPV and only ones which are positive are tested further.
Now, I was convinced mine would positive. I am happily settled now in a LTR but I’ve been around the block a fair few times, more cocks than a fairground rifle etc, and I admit that I haven’t been especially careful about barrier methods of contraception (I know, I know). To give you an idea, we are talking in the hundreds. Regular testing at the clap clinic, in my defence. I also had a long term partner about 15 years ago who I know for a fact had genital warts, he came out with them a few months into our relationship which made him suspicious that I’d been up to something. I definitely hadn’t, but went to get checked out and sure enough no sign of warts on me, and none ever appeared. But he must have been carrying HPV?
So I’m confused as to how I’ve managed to avoid it? Excuse my ignorance, I have no idea about the science and Google isn’t very helpful re ‘how can I have slept with hundreds of men and not have HPV?’. The reason for my concern is that there was something on the letter about false negatives and I’m panicking that mine could be (not helped by a vivid dream I had recently about having cervical cancer).
Wasn’t vaccinated against HPV, that wasn’t a thing when I was at school.
Hopefully someone sciency can help explain this for me? Am I just very lucky? Somehow not susceptible? Or could it be a false negative?