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Yesterday 07:32 PM
boyce

Hey Fed...Miss you Man.

I have a quick question...are you still at DFCI? A co-worker of Margaret's has a son being treated for Hodgkin's there, and I was trying to see if I can help him with some support stuff....

Hope you're well, we are doing great!
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07-20-10 07:25 PM
rblink

Was wondering what made you decide to go for surveillance? I had surgery 3 weeks ago to remove the left teste which turned out to be a small stage 1 seminoma. All my other tests and blood work are good so I found it early. Other than the cancer and slightly high cholesterol I'm totally healthy. This week I have a consultation with a chemo doc and next week with a radiation doc to get info and decide if I should do either of those treatments next. I would prefer not to go through either if I don't have to of course, but also would hate to have a recurrence any time soon. I would have no problem sticking to the surveillance follow-up schedule. Anyways, your thoughts would be appreciated as it looks like you went through the same thing. Thanks!
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11-09-09 02:41 PM
TC Destroyer

Hey Fed, I hope your presentation dropped everyone's jaws. Let us know how everything went.
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About Fed

Biography

Born in Mexico; Bostonian at heart. Faculty member at the NCI doing research in cancer chemical biology. Married to Brooke; father to newly-minted Bruins, Patriots and Red Sox fans Emilia and Dalia.

Location

Gaithersburg, MD

Interests

Figuring out what makes cancer cells tick; hockey; spinning; teaching; science policy; research and education advocacy; heckling politicians about science funding; C-SPAN (read: political junkie)

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
Signature
"Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller
11.22.06 -Dx the day before Thanksgiving
12.09.06 -Rt I/O; 100% seminoma, multifocal; Stage I-A; Surveillance; Almost four years down! Next follow-up: 02/11.