I chose not to get this for my teenager. Well, the notification came home with the first injection to be done THAT week which I thought was very rushed with very little infornation so I rang my GP who gave me a long considered opinion on it and recommended I get a second opinion but ultimately that she would not give it to her daughters, for many reasons, none of which included the reported side effects but all of which seemed sensible and reasoned. Dh and I discussed it with DD and we all agreed that we weren't filled with confidence about it so would hold off for now.
I posted on here for opinions and was ridiculed for even considering not letting her get it. There was no balance, it was 100% you are a fool and a bad mother but she is my child and my responsibility so I was responsible, not strangers on the internet.
Three years on I am still on the fence about it. I generally believe in vaccines but this one just seems so unbalanced. It's all: you must have it, everyone says it's fine and those who say there's a problem are crazy. Well, they re not crazy, they just believe there is a link and if Gardasil manufacturers tackled the bad side effects reports rather than labelling them all crackpots I would be glad to listen. On the other hand my non vaccinated teen is sometimes very exhausted and lethargic (not needing medical attention though) and I know if she had had the vaccine I would be convinced this was the cause.
I'm sorry this is no help to you OP, one GP I spoke to reckoned that the vaccine would only cover her til 17 and if she was not going to have sex until that age then she could reconsider it then, also that there are no long term cases to prove either way. I am still fairly confident about not having it but I feel the weight about having made this decision for someone else.
For those who say they had it and had no ill effects well, that's great, but each of you are not enough assurance that this vaccine is safe!
Jonathon Irwin, the founder of a fabulous Irish charity called the Jack and Jill foundation is anti the vaccination though not part of any organisation in that respect but because his daughter was adversely affected and he is convinced it was triggered by the vaccine.
When my first child was due the MMR it was at the height of MMR doubt so I asked my GP her opinion and she gave me a measured report on the pros and cons and coming down heavily on the side of the pros so I went ahead with confidence. The point is she gave the cons too but the pros far outweighed the cons. There seems to be no such tackling of the negative effects of Gardasil. Just: there are none, shut up and get it!