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    The types that typically cause visible warts are not the types associated with cancer. They’re grouped separately for exactly that reason, low risk and high risk.

    It’s not an oversight that it wasn’t raised. It’s that in the context of warts it isn’t the relevant conversation. That said, ask directly at your next appointment. You’ll get a clearer answer in thirty seconds than in three hours of reading.

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    What you’re carrying is almost certainly out of date. Modern treatment is generally a simple daily regimen, and for most people started early it means a normal life expectancy.

    The first appointment is mostly baseline bloods and a long conversation. Take someone with you if you can, or take notes, because you will not retain it all.

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    Seconding the two visit thing. I tested early, got a clear result, and then spent weeks not trusting it because I knew I’d tested inside the window. Testing again at the right point was the only thing that actually settled it.

    Also worth saying out loud: a test now doesn’t stop you testing again later.

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    Thank you. I have read this thread about ten times. Two weeks out now and almost back to normal, and knowing it isn’t a permanent state has made a bigger difference than the tablets.

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    Mine was found the same way. Treatment was straightforward and the rash went. They’ll also want follow up bloods over a period afterwards, which isn’t a sign of anything going wrong, it’s just how they confirm it’s worked.

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