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Hey everyone,
I was diagnosed with TC on my 28th birthday (10-12-17) and I have been in a whirlwind of emotions ever since.
I had my radical left orchiectomy on 10-6 and I have CT scans tomorrow 10-16.
The pathology was majority seminoma but mixed with teratoma and EC. I had 3 lesions but none were palpable when physical exams were done by 3 separate urologists. The surgeon did say that the tumor was very soft and small, I haven't confirmed but I believe the other 2 lesions may have been the teratomas. The surgeon also said there was no spermatic cord involvement and it all appeared contained on the pathology report.
My tumor markers were all in standard range of my hospital: AFP - 4.4./ HCG - 1/ LDH-147.
Obviously being new to this whole world my mind is racing and expecting the worse. My question is I can't really recall when this was caught, my left testicle has always seemed more firm but lately(last couple months or so) it was more firm, with what I could feel as knots inside and I've had lower back pain. I'm wondering how far it could've spread even though signs are all indicating good things, I know tumor marker levels being normal doesn't always mean there hasn't been spread and the lower back pain has me stressed.
What are the chances of a large scale systemic metastasis with normal tumor marker levels from what I've given?
Sorry to be so long winded. This website has already been so helpful to educating me on TC. Thanks for any advice!
I was diagnosed with TC on my 28th birthday (10-12-17) and I have been in a whirlwind of emotions ever since.
I had my radical left orchiectomy on 10-6 and I have CT scans tomorrow 10-16.
The pathology was majority seminoma but mixed with teratoma and EC. I had 3 lesions but none were palpable when physical exams were done by 3 separate urologists. The surgeon did say that the tumor was very soft and small, I haven't confirmed but I believe the other 2 lesions may have been the teratomas. The surgeon also said there was no spermatic cord involvement and it all appeared contained on the pathology report.
My tumor markers were all in standard range of my hospital: AFP - 4.4./ HCG - 1/ LDH-147.
Obviously being new to this whole world my mind is racing and expecting the worse. My question is I can't really recall when this was caught, my left testicle has always seemed more firm but lately(last couple months or so) it was more firm, with what I could feel as knots inside and I've had lower back pain. I'm wondering how far it could've spread even though signs are all indicating good things, I know tumor marker levels being normal doesn't always mean there hasn't been spread and the lower back pain has me stressed.
What are the chances of a large scale systemic metastasis with normal tumor marker levels from what I've given?
Sorry to be so long winded. This website has already been so helpful to educating me on TC. Thanks for any advice!
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