She has unfortunately suffered from dysplasias (premalignant lesions) as well as cancer caused by this virus involving the cervix, vagina, vulva and anus. She was diagnosed with an invasive anal cancer in 1991 when her daughter was only six weeks old. Ms. Diraimondo's treatment at that time included surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The HPV virus can remain dormant for years, and in 2009, after suffering premalignant anal dysplasias for the prior three years, she was again diagnosed with invasive anal cancer. For the second time, she is in the "fight of her life" having to endure both radiation and chemotherapy once more. Frustrated with the continued lack of knowledge and understanding regarding HPV amongst patients and physicians, now well over two decades since her own initial diagnosis, she has written "Any Mother's Daughter" to help fill this enormous information gap.