I was never offered Gardasil. Then when I heard about it I wasn't within the teenage range. Then, I wanted to do this ever since I heard they up the age to 45 but I kinda got sucked into the rhetoric that it was a harmful shot with unknown long term affects. I saw many videos and claims of it being dangerous.

Fast forward to now, I realized how dumb I was to deny the shot. Like none of those claims are backed by proof. It could simply be a coincidence. I made several posts on reddit researching and everyone supported it. I wanted to see if anyone had a terrible experience but that wasn't the case. My biggest worry was infertility claims but I found out also getting hpv could cause that. I also thought of how easy it is to make a lawsuit and everything in the medical world has lawsuits. Harald zur Hausen won the 2008 Noble Price in 2008 due to his discovery on the cause of cervical cancer being hpv. There are still many ways someone could get hpv. So yesterday I booked my appointment at uHealth Walgreens and I finally started the series.

I usually don't mind shots yet I was a tiny bit scared getting the shot bc of what I read on reddit that it was the most painful, felt like battery acid, some fainted had a seizure due to it. I did it on my non-dominant arm. Honestly, I just felt the needle pinch and a little something of the injection juice but that was it. I felt normal, my arm was maybe a tiny bit sore if I lifted it up or it may be the bendaid. Now I need the 2nd shot in 2 months and the last in 6 months.

Please talk to your doctor about Gardasil if you missed it as a teenager!