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  1. 02-28-10, 12:10 PM #1
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    2 years down, 63 to go

    Decided to celebrate by shopping for some new threads. Pic attached
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  2. 02-28-10, 02:51 PM #2
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    Cool - I must get me one of those!
    16 Dec 09 2.7 cm mass
    18 Dec 09 Right I/O
    Mixed germ cell - EC, chorio, seminoma
    5 Jan 10 CT scan - negative; Stage 1b
    3 Mar 10 CT scan - positive nodes; Stage IIa
    29th March to 11th June 4xEP
    Neutropenic sepsis after cycle 4 of EP
    Post treatment CT scan - complete resolution
    24 month follow-up - all clear
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  3. 02-28-10, 05:41 PM #3
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    Great shirt! It's a question I ask all the time. Congrats on two years, Russ!
    TC1: 1996, right orchiectomy, seminoma stage I 3.5 cm mass, radiation therapy (peri-aortic & pelvic 27.3 Gy)
    TC2: 2008, left orchiectomy, seminoma stage IA 5 cm mass, left & right prostheses, AndroGel TRT, surveillance at MSKCC
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  4. 02-28-10, 06:37 PM #4
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    Very nice, Bro! Now why only 63 years to go?

    I'll toast to you with some bourbon. Cheers!
    "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; Six years out! Final follow-up: 07/2014.
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  5. 03-01-10, 02:26 PM #5
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    Hi Russ. Congratulations on the two years - and nice t-shirt!
    Nick

    Embryonal Carcinoma; Seminoma. Marker negative.
    August 2001: Right I/O .
    August - December 2001: Surveillance .
    December 2001: Relapse - Stage III. Mets in lymph nodes and lung.
    December 2001 - March 2002: 3xBEP .
    Complications: Neutropaenic sepsis during cycles 1 & 3. I/V antibiotics and isolation.
    March 2012 - Ten years since finishing chemo.

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    Congratulations Russ - I wouldnt have expected anything less from you!
    Diagnosed Jan 2008 - primary retroperitoneal tumour and slight spread to lungs. AFP-400+ & BHCG-4000+
    1/30/08 - Began 4XBEP.
    4/25/08 - Chemo finished - AFP normalised and BHCG-3.
    6/19/08 - Left I/O & RPLND. No active cancer found and small amount of differientiated teratoma. Markers normalised.
    12/14/12 - Latest markers normal.
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    Great news on the 2 years!!
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    Congrads russ!!!! super stoked for you my man. Thanks alot for your support and reply about my yolk sac questions as well, it is much appreciated!
    diagnosed august 09 stage 1S
    august 09 left I/O
    october started 4x bep
    Re dx. stage III Intermediate risk
    Dec. 17th finished chemo

    Jan 29th all clear

    April 15th all clear

    July 15th all clear

    September 24th all clear

    february 12' two year all clear
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    Congrats, Russ!!!!
    Retired moderator. Husband, left I/O 16Dec2005, stage I seminoma with elevated b-HCG, no LVI, RTx15 (25Gy). All clear ever since.
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  10. 03-02-10, 06:10 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fed View Post
    Very nice, Bro! Now why only 63 years to go?
    I figured if I pee myself this much at 36, there's no diaper known to man which will be able to help when I'm 100
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    I'll toast to you with some bourbon. Cheers!
    I went out and finally found some Gentleman's Jack. (Not bad, but I think my expectations were too high).


    And in case anyone is really as sick as I am, shirt came from here:
    http://www.zazzle.com/got_nuts_t_shi...00760432943175

    Let's Go Mets! sigh...
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  11. 03-04-10, 06:12 PM #11
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    Congrats on your 2 years!!!
    Diagnosed Sept 26th 2008 Both AFP and HGC slightly elevated 1.1cm Lump found right testicle with small satellite lesions, CT scan negative.
    Right Radical Orcidectomy Oct 2nd 2008
    Markers Normalized 1 Week Post Surgery on to surveillance
    End of Nov AFP rose to 44.5, CT scan Negative
    3xBEP Dec-Feb
    March-APF normalized on to surveillance again
    May 6th-CT 4.5cm tumor in abdomen, tumor markers normal.
    RPLND May 26th 2009 found teratoma
    On to surveillance
    All Clear as of Sept 2011
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  12. 03-08-10, 05:09 PM #12
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    Congrats Russ... before I enlarged the pic, I though perhaps you went all out with an Ed Hardy T (as opposed to a 2 yr all clear Tattoo?)... I will probably order one too!!
    Best,

    Zsolt


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    Mass found 11/20/08
    Left I/O 11/25/08
    Pathology: Seminoma, Stage 1
    Surveillance: All Clear since
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  13. 03-08-10, 06:09 PM #13
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    Now how did I miss that?! Nutty shirt, Russ!
    Scott, scott@tc-cancer.com
    right inguinal orchiectomy 6/5/2003 > nonseminoma, stage I > surveillance > L-RPLND 6/24/2005 for recurrence, suspected teratoma but found seminoma, stage II > chylous ascites until 9/2005 > surveillance and "all clear" since

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