I think I might have scratched off one of the raised bumps this morning. I still have a couple more present on my scrotum however. Is it possible that I prematurely removed a genital wart and therefore can't accurately determine if I have fully removed the HPV from my system? Far fetched, I know.
I must have misinterpreted some of your previous forum post. For example:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/HPV-many-years-later/show/534432 . I thought after 10 months, even without any treatment, most people would be considered "cured" of HPV. For genital warts, I see now, there must be no warts present.
I'm curious about the 6 month duration. Is it that I am cured if at 6 months and over that there are no warts present at all? Or is it the situation that I'm cured only if during 6 months no warts have ever reappeared. Would that mean that I would have to consistently monitor for 6 months that no warts have reappeared? To be honest, I haven't really been consistently monitoring for the last 12 months if I had any recurrence of genital warts. My warts were removed about 12 months ago. July 18 2008 to be exact.
Are genital warts quite obvious looking? i.e. They all have the cauliflower appearance?
What do you recommend as a best way forward. Should I move on with my life and consider myself cured? Considering your comments about the unlikeliness of scrotum genital warts. Or should I visit the STD Clinic. I am a bit leery of another possible misdiagnosis, I guess I could use my conservation with you as backup.
Thanks for your time.