Suzy Hu
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Have you had your testosterone level checked? That is very important in terms of affect and mood. Chemo can pretty much wipe out T. It can take a...

Excellent, excellent news! He is on the road to survivorship! Congratulations to you both!

Shingles weakens the immune system, which can fuel some cancers, but there is not a large, definite correlation between cancers and shingles. I would...

When was the I/O? The AFP still might be trending downward if the I/O was very recent. It is concerning in that if it doesn't normalize,...

Hi Courtney, Just to mirror what the others have said, if his AFP is still 170 he would not be a candidate for 1 round of chemo. It would either...

I would ask about the Bleo. It is not the norm to cancel it for low WBC. See this ("delays during chemo" section): http://tcrc.acor.org/chemo.html ...

This comes up periodically. Bleo is not immune suppressive so they should give it. There should be NO delay for Bleo for low WBC. Not receiving Bleo...

The NCCN Guidelines say that residual masses with normal tumor markers are to be resected. But... those nodes are very small. Are they enlarged nodes...

Mediastinal surgery is a completely different type of surgery; it is chest surgery, and I'm thinking they will not combine RPLND with open chest...

Welcome to the forums! Have you considered being treated at Duke? It is a TC Center of Excellence. My husband's onc knows Dr. Einhorn and was...

For my husband and most guys on here, THIS weekend (the one right after the completion of the 5 days) would be the hardest chemo weekend. By next...

Good news! Very good news! But try to find out what size the masses have shrunk to, as that will determine the follow ups.