If you get the feeling, that they were confident in their answer, then sometimes getting a second opinion is more than worth it, especially when it comes to your health.

I would be suspicious of your doctor's answer. Here is what the gardisil website says:

"What if I'm late getting my second or third dose of GARDASIL?

Ideally, your vaccination schedule should be:

1. First dose: at a date you and your doctor or healthcare professional choose.
2. Second dose: 2 months after the first dose.
3. Third dose: 6 months after the first dose.

If you're a few days late getting your second or third dose of GARDASIL, don't panic. If you miss a dose, your doctor or healthcare professional will decide when to give the missed dose.

One way to make sure you're on time for your second and third doses is to make your follow-up appointments before you even leave your doctor's office. If you think e-mail, mail, or text message reminders will help you get your next 2 doses on time, we can help.

For more information on GARDASIL, talk to your doctor or healthcare professional."


I would get a second opinion.

So actually the CDC does not recommend restarting this series (like the Hep B vaccine series). The only reason it is recommended for patients to receive all three injections within one year is because their study only measured the efficacy of the series after a year. You are more likely to be covered if you receive the series within a year from the first dose, but it is not recommended to restart. Trust your healthcare professional.

Please do your research on this drug, it is poison and you are putting this into your body. Just research the contents of the drug, it contains BOROX, yes the cleaning agent. And if you research the side effects you would see so many blogs of mothers caring for their severely ill children because of this shot. PLEASE DON'T get the other two. IF you aren't sick now count your blessings, there are many girls who have gotten sick after shots 2 or shot 3. DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!

I received my first shot in Feb of '07. Due to a family member's terminal illness I was not able to get back to the doctor. When i saw my doctor again a year and a half later in Dec of '08, she consulted with her colleague and said I needed to start the whole cycle over because it had been so long. At the time I could not find any information about the vaccine and restarting it so I went with my doctor's recommendation and started the whole thing over, finishing my last injection in June 09.

Only now am I seeing all this stuff of not needing to restart the cycle...which worries me. Thank g-d I have not had any bad reactions so far but I am worried about the future and what that additional dose might bring.

Has anyone else started the cycle over? In my searches online, I have not been able to find anyone.