A subject near and dear to my heart...

[synnoveaevael]

Someone you love may be dying as you read this, much sooner than you think or are ready to deal with.
They could be silently suffering RIGHT NOW and not even know it.

It doesn't have to be that way.

DO something - make a difference - declare your love.
Don't wait until there's no choice, do it while you have one.

There is no excuse.

Read angry_biscuit's story. Celebrate Elissa's life and musical legacy. Save someone YOU love.

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Comments

[fairyrune]

That is why I tell the people I care about that I love them as often as possible. You never know.

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

ayep.

i just freaked, and called my gyno cause i couldn't remember the last time i went for a pap was. turns out i called a month early, but you never know. appointment is made anyways.

[fairyrune]

I need to call my insurance about that there vaccine.

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

do eet, do eet noooww

[fairyrune]

How about at lunch?

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

okies.

*is placated*

[rising-phoenixx.livejournal.com]

I just looked into getting an HPV vaccine but it is not FDA approved after the age of 27 and insurance won't cover it. It is super expensive otherwise!

Is HPV only sexually transmitted or are there other ways to get it?

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

i know, that sucks. i hope they change that.

blood or sex fluids, usually. i don't know of any other way.

[funny-face74.livejournal.com]

Rachel got the vaccine last month. She wears her beaded bracelet all the time. :)

xoxo

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

i love that kid. <3

[rivendellelf23.livejournal.com]

Getting that vaccine was the best thing I've ever done for myself.

Seriously.

Hopefully it will make a difference.

They should make that vaccine available everywhere and hold clinics for people who either don't have insurance or can't afford it. It's not fair that those who have cash or insurance are the only ones who can be spared from that virus, you know?

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

indeed. monogamous or not, you can't tell who had what without *super* expensive dna testing. tis bullshit.

i fucking agree.

[vladyphoenixv.livejournal.com]

This saddens me. It saddens me for a few reasons...

1. By the time women get any symptoms, it's usually too late.
2. All it takes is routine check ups to prevent.
3. (And this is probably the biggest one) Those of us who have insurance are the only ones who can check and maintain prevention. The poor shouldn't be subjected to disease simply because of the financial status in life. They have a right to live like everyone else.

=/ If it were my choice, the vaccine would be available to everyone, regardless of moral standpoints or money. Placing your child at risk simply because you have a moral standpoint of premarital sex is fucking retarded. Kids are not angels. I would think the parent would want to protect their child from a harmful disease before engaging in human behavior.

*sighs* Eh... don't mind my rambling. I'm uber PMSy today.

[synnoveaevael.livejournal.com]

1. yep.
2. yep.
3. yeeeep.

indeed. and it's not like it gives them a license to screw carefree. there are still other strains of hpv, aids, herpes, and loads of other crap that can stick around forever or a long ass time.