Gentlemen, Get Your Ass Swabbed for HPV / anal cancer. Save your ass. Save your life.

And, here is the poor DLer who had a worse time with anal cancer. I wonder what happened to him.

What are alert signs you should watch out for?

Symptoms of anal cancer are below. But getting an anal pap smear should alert you to a risk of anal cancer before these symptoms materialize.

Bleeding from the rectum

Itching in or around the rectum

A lump or mass at the anal opening

Pain or a feeling of fullness in the anal area

Narrowing of stool or other changes in bowel movements

Abnormal discharge from the anus

Incontinence of stool (loss of bowel control)

Swollen lymph nodes in the anal or groin areas

Thank you for this iinfo. Really, I mean it.

I have had problems with pre-cancerous growth in my colon. I wonder if these are related to HPV.

[Quote] a feeling of fullness in the anal area

Chance would be a fine thing.

I have had three anal pap tests. The first two came back with a finding of "atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance." Of course, I panicked. My PCP suggested I get this test, since I was an exclusive bottom. It's interesting that he, who has a large gay clientele asked me at my very first appointment: Are you sexually active? Is your activity primary straight gay or bi? Are you primarily a top, bottom, or versatile? He said the answer to these questions would help him recommend tests to help keep me healthy. He also told me that most people who have had sex have herpes and a great number of gay men who have had many partners have genital herpes ( although most never have outbreaks). As far as HPV - it is more common than one would think. Anyway, I went to a specialist who treats the HPV related conditions. I had sigmoidoscopies ( colonoscopies of the rectal and lower bowel) and nothing was found. The doctor explained, after the second one, that sometimes these atypical squamous cells appear with everyday tasks, like wiping too hard. I actually did, so I started using the flushable wipes and the third anal brushing found nothing. So, the anal pap was affected by something as common as hard wiping. I encourage every gay man, especially those who bottom, to get the anal pap test. I could save your life.

Chadwick was a bottom?

"Anal HPV is present in approximately 65% of HIV negative MSMs and 95% of MSMs who are HIV positive."

Well, that's a sobering statistic.

Your doctor was able to biopsy your anus right in his office? I had to go to the hospital for that. Was extremely embarrassing.

They should call it Farrah’s disease and then everyone will think they are just like her.

Do you think this is something they look for in a standard colonoscopy?

A colonoscopy will check for ass cancer while looking for polyps in the colon.

OP and r6, thanks for sharing. My experience was similar.

I was part of an early clinical trial in a teaching hospital. My exam took place in a small room with a glass wall behind me for observation. The Dr. was explaining the procedure to a group of about 6-7 Asian students, with translator, whom I got a glimpse of before I got on the table. They were behind glass watching on the monitor and taking notes. At one point, one of them asked a question and the Dr. said, "No that's nothing, atypical cells in this area are basically just callouses." CALLOUSES! I was mortified and wanted to pull the paper gown over my head. If I would have heard giggling, I don't know what I would have done.

I'm pretty sure they've all been trained to say, "It could be from wiping too hard" as opposed to "from getting fucked a thousand times". R6- the flushable wipes did not eliminate the atypical cells, the 3rd test just proved there was nothing to worry about.

Good for you, OP. Although most don't like to hear it, engaging in anal intercourse or mouth to anal sex will dramatically increase one's chances of geting cancer. This is why gay men have a higher occurrence of anal cancer.

Oh yeah baby swab my ass. 😩🍑🍆💦

Oh aren’t you being the little drama Queen Miss OP. Coming in here with your PSA and thinking you’re all that. All queers know this already so skip the theatrics Trudy.

R9, my doctor extracted the samples in his office, but the biopsy was done off-site at some lab, I expect.

It wasn't embarrassing at all for me, and it shouldn't be for anyone else.

Your health > temporary embarrassment

I don't feel so bad about being a virgin.

R13 tell me all about what it was like to have a room filled audience looking inside your asshole.

Condoms prevent or significantly reduce the risk of HPV transfer.

[quote]I needed to come back for a follow up test, because something "irregular" was found. In a panic, I checked Datalounge for "anal cancer"

in a panic? - head to DL!

R21, if any place is going to have a gay-themed answer to anal cancer, it's this joint.

I have a friend who died of it at age 52. It’s real. Such a shame. 2013, but seems like yesterday.

I haven’t had the test you’re advised to get, starting at age 50. Too much trouble, though I know it’s risky.

They have a vaccine for HPV for women. Can men get a vaccine for it too?

No, a dick doesn't count as a swab.

What's the recommended age for an HPV swab? I'm 40 and haven't bottomed in three years. I know colonoscopies are recommended after age 50.

BTW, R9's comment gave me a hearty laugh. I'm glad we're talking about something like this, though.

Sometimes you just HAVE TO present hole.

r19, I was fine until the callous remark! I come from a medical family, doctors aren't squeamish and the audience was behind me, out of sight. I could see that the RN who was assisting was suffiecintly compassionately horrified for me. I'm certain he was careful not to describe the cells that way. Not callouses, just some hard wiping, they've been trained to say.

If you are a bottom, get the test, especially if you are very active with multiple men. Find a gay friendly doctor if you can. I did and it has made all the difference in the world. My last two doctors are gay and I am able to really open up honestly and comfortably more than with a straight man or any woman.

I'm not getting rid of my polyp. It's the most sensitive part of my body and the friction on it brings me to cataclysmic orgasm.

That's what Bea Arthur said about her deepthroat.