Hi everyone,
I wanted to just introduce myself here as well, as I'm new to this most thrilling adventure called testicular cancer, and I'm also incredibly bored sitting here getting my last infusion of chemo for the first week.
My name's Joey, 26 years old, Stage IIB embryonal carcinoma (never thought I'd begin an introduction that way...), currently ending my first week of 3xBEP. I'm so ready for a weekend--I thought that weeks were only exhausting when you're working, but I've definitely been feeling the fatigue of treatment and I could use a weekend off. Tuesday I come back for my 2-hour Bleomycin infusion, so at least it's a three-day weekend.
I've been kinda lurking on the forums for the past few days and I've already read so much useful information. I keep wondering "when is [side effect] going to kick in", or "is my treatment schedule lining up to what everyone else is getting"...so it's very helpful to hear everyone else's perspective.
I'm also (attempting) to keep a blog of the treatment experience--mostly because writing it out helps me to process and I figure that if anyone else can take away any useful information (or maybe even a laugh), then it's definitely worth keeping. The link is in my signature, if anyone is interested in giving it a read.
Best wishes to all of you, no matter where in the journey you are,
Joey
I wanted to just introduce myself here as well, as I'm new to this most thrilling adventure called testicular cancer, and I'm also incredibly bored sitting here getting my last infusion of chemo for the first week.
My name's Joey, 26 years old, Stage IIB embryonal carcinoma (never thought I'd begin an introduction that way...), currently ending my first week of 3xBEP. I'm so ready for a weekend--I thought that weeks were only exhausting when you're working, but I've definitely been feeling the fatigue of treatment and I could use a weekend off. Tuesday I come back for my 2-hour Bleomycin infusion, so at least it's a three-day weekend.
I've been kinda lurking on the forums for the past few days and I've already read so much useful information. I keep wondering "when is [side effect] going to kick in", or "is my treatment schedule lining up to what everyone else is getting"...so it's very helpful to hear everyone else's perspective.
I'm also (attempting) to keep a blog of the treatment experience--mostly because writing it out helps me to process and I figure that if anyone else can take away any useful information (or maybe even a laugh), then it's definitely worth keeping. The link is in my signature, if anyone is interested in giving it a read.
Best wishes to all of you, no matter where in the journey you are,
Joey
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