James, you'll see in this document that Sloan routinely recommends a minimal fat diet starting three days before surgery and for two weeks following....
Abdominal "tightness" is very normal especially in the first month or two after the surgery. If it's distended though, with a lot of fluid build up,...
Forget the 3% and focus on the 97% chance you are cured. The general populations chances of getting TC are much lower than what you state. In the US,...
I agree - an overall weakened immune system for a sustained period of time increases the chances of some cancers, but not necessarily affected either...
Shingles weakens the immune system, which can fuel some cancers, but there is not a large, definite correlation between cancers and shingles. I would...
Born in Mexico; Bostonian at heart. Member of the faculty at the NCI doing research in cancer chemical biology. Married to Brooke; father to Bruins, Patriots and Red Sox fans Emilia and Dalia.
Location:
Gaithersburg, MD
Interests:
Figuring out what makes cancer cells tick; running a lab; Bruins hockey; training for 26.2; science and health policy; political junkie; defying the limits of my abilities
Occupation:
Cancer Chemical Biologist (oh, the irony...)
Cancer Status:
After treatment and beyond
Diagnosis Year:
2006
Cancer Stage:
stage I
Cell Types:
seminoma
Treatment:
right orchiectomy, surveillance
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11.22.06 -Dx the day before Thanksgiving
12.09.06 -Rt I/O; 100% seminoma, multifocal; Stage I-A; Surveillance; Six years out! Final follow-up: 07/2014. Please support my fundraising efforts for the 2013 Austin LIVESTRONG Half Marathon!
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