@oliverpuppy Your body has a lot of parts that can get cancer. Lung, bone, kidney, throat, and so forth. I know of no one who has an HPV. I had cancer on the tonsil. It was Squamous Cell cancer. Was it caused by a virus, likely.
You did not have HPV cancer. You had cancer. You had mouth cancer or head cancer or jaw cancer. What caused it? Likely a virus as that seems to be a common denominator now. Which virus? The HPV virus that most of us have within us from time to time.
Personally I have never had someone ask about my cancer to that depth, at least not a friend.
We both had our jaw rebuilt due to osteoradionecrosis. Now that's an experience making each of us likely the only person in our respective towns to have such a thing. And the leg scar! It's great. Especially at the beach. "Stay away from sharks!" I am still thinking of a zipper pull tab tattoo at the top end of the 153 stitches. And I believe it is true, a scar makes a better story than a tattoo anyway. When I tilt my head back to expose my neck scar I can really send people off in the opposite direction. Fun stuff but at least I can eat normally again.
You had cancer. I had cancer. We have healed. We have damage. We are alive. Take that trip. Hug that stranger. Ride that bull. Okay, maybe not that last one. That's where we are. My best to you friend.