Very cool Andy - that's a place a lot of us want to get to...
Good luck in your "all clear future"![]()
I had my last follow-up at the oncologist before my 5 years are up either on 23rd Feb (orchi) or 15th May (chemo). The CXR was totally clear, but I will not know the results of the bloods for a couple more weeks, but everything looks perfectly ok.
I'm waiting for a CT scan referral to be done sometime between the two dates as part of the official process of giving the all clear, but that should just be routine.
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Last edited by Andycoles; 01-08-11 at 01:50 PM.
Right orchidectomy for Stage 1 Seminoma - Feb '06,
1x Carboplatin May '06,
Left Testicle biopsy - May '09
Intratubular germ cell neoplasia - June '09
Left orchidectomy - Aug '09
All Clear - Sept '09
TRT - ongoing
7 Years ALL CLEAR - Jan '13
www.checkemlads.com south western UK director
Very cool Andy - that's a place a lot of us want to get to...
Good luck in your "all clear future"![]()
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Feb/Mar 2009: RHS - Seminoma (with Radio Therapy)
Mar 2010: LHS - Embryonal carcinoma (with Surveillance)
Aug 2010: Relapse, awaiting 3 BEP
1st Sep 2010 - 29th Oct: three cycles of BEP.
6th Dec 2010: Scan results: lymph node shrunk from 2.4 -> 1.2cm
Dec 2010: Back on surveillance.
13 June 2011: ALL CLEAR!
U should be fine - seems to be a "slow" process in the UK.
Cheers
Kiwi![]()
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TC1: May 2001 / Right orchiectomy / seminoma stage 1 / Radiation
TC2: July 2008 / Left orchiectomy / seminoma stage 1 / X2 Prostheses / Reandron (long term Testosterone injections)
great great news Andy! I like that the all clears have become routine![]()
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
I was wrong about the bloods, it was a couple of DAYS, not WEEKS.
Everything has come back clear, so all is fantastic.
I must admit that there were times in the last couple of years that I thought this day would never come, but we got there in the end. Thanks guys and gals![]()
Right orchidectomy for Stage 1 Seminoma - Feb '06,
1x Carboplatin May '06,
Left Testicle biopsy - May '09
Intratubular germ cell neoplasia - June '09
Left orchidectomy - Aug '09
All Clear - Sept '09
TRT - ongoing
7 Years ALL CLEAR - Jan '13
www.checkemlads.com south western UK director
Brilliant! Congratulations my friend. Perhaps a drink to celebrate?
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.
Survivorship Blog is here
Right orchidectomy for Stage 1 Seminoma - Feb '06,
1x Carboplatin May '06,
Left Testicle biopsy - May '09
Intratubular germ cell neoplasia - June '09
Left orchidectomy - Aug '09
All Clear - Sept '09
TRT - ongoing
7 Years ALL CLEAR - Jan '13
www.checkemlads.com south western UK director
Congratulations on an important milestone.
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.
I've got my date back for the CT scan, it is on February 14th (Happy Valentines Day me!!).
Should get the OFFICIAL 5 YEARS ALL CLEAR soon after that.![]()
Right orchidectomy for Stage 1 Seminoma - Feb '06,
1x Carboplatin May '06,
Left Testicle biopsy - May '09
Intratubular germ cell neoplasia - June '09
Left orchidectomy - Aug '09
All Clear - Sept '09
TRT - ongoing
7 Years ALL CLEAR - Jan '13
www.checkemlads.com south western UK director
It took a while, but I got there in the end.
The results of the CT scan have come back, and they are totally clear.
5 years from the first orchidectomy is tomorrow, so time to celebrate.![]()
Right orchidectomy for Stage 1 Seminoma - Feb '06,
1x Carboplatin May '06,
Left Testicle biopsy - May '09
Intratubular germ cell neoplasia - June '09
Left orchidectomy - Aug '09
All Clear - Sept '09
TRT - ongoing
7 Years ALL CLEAR - Jan '13
www.checkemlads.com south western UK director
Congratulations, Andy!
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
Outstanding
Much Love,
Mark
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Absolutely awesome
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