Reply With QuoteCongratulations on your 1 year victory
And I agree this forums is awesome, and not just because before my cancer every single google search question i typed in referred to here!
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Hello Friends,
Its been a looong time since I have written, although I do keep tabs on how everyone else has been. I have just hit my one year all clear mark and feel extremely relieved.
I also feel very lucky. I see so many of us go through the ups and downs from diagnosis to remission to recurrance for some of us. I want you all to know whether you are new to this forum or veterans to this site, that you are not alone. I rarely ever talk to anyone (other than my wife and some close friends) about my battle with cancer, but whenever I read articles on cancer or see patients who are currently going through chemo, i say in my mind "i feel you and love you for the fight you are going through."
Anyway, cheers to whoever created this forum for giving me a place to talk about my "secret battle". I appreciate you all and wish everyone reading this health and happiness.
Best,
Al
Diagnosis 5/09
Stage 1 Seminoma in left and right testicle (2mm tumor)
Bilateral I/O 7/31/09
No additional spread into lymph or peripheral tissue
All clear 8/6/09 - Surveillance
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Congratulations on your 1 year victory
And I agree this forums is awesome, and not just because before my cancer every single google search question i typed in referred to here!
Initial diagnoses: Elevated hCG, Left I/O 17-June-2010. Prosthetic implant.
Pathology: Stage 1b, Seminoma/Teratoma
Treatment: Surveillance. hCG normalised 07/10
Relapse: Elevated hCG. 3xBEP finished 24/01/2011
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Congrats, Al!! This is truly the best place to read posts!!!
Best,
Zsolt
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another; "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." - C.S Lewis
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” - C.S. Lewis
Mass found 11/20/08
Left I/O 11/25/08
Pathology: Seminoma, Stage 1
Surveillance: All Clear since
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Al,
Great news! Congrats on the "all clear"- or should that be "Al clear"?That's actually what I typed at first...had to go back and add the second "l".
I'm hot on your heels, as I'll hit 1 year since diagnosis on 8/22, with the all-clear-anniversary a couple of months later. Hoping to join your club!
John
8/22/09 ER w/ severe ab pain, radiating to R testicle; CT found 6.5x5.6x4.1cm retroperitoneal mass
8/23/09 R I/O
8/24/09 Biopsy of abdominal tumor
8/26/09 Path: 100% seminoma
8/31/09 Start 3xBEP
10/28/09 PET/CT: tumor "remnant" 4.0x2.7cm, inactive
1/10: ALL CLEAR!
6/10: ALL CLEAR!
10/10: ALL CLEAR!
2/11: ALL CLEAR!
8/11: ALL CLEAR!
2/12: ALL CLEAR!
8/12: ALL CLEAR!
Other stuff:
1/10 Dx w/ gynecomastia, hypogonadism
Androgel ever since
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congrats on your all clear
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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