Reply With QuoteCongratulations and happy anniversary! Hope you had a double celebration.
Moderator
Patrick just passed ONE YEAR out from his all clear and TWO years out from chemo!
Also our one year wedding anniversary. But that's blah compared to his AllCleariversary.
Wishing you all happy clear-nesses.
:-)
Kat
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Caregiver
DX 5/15/09
Left orchiectomy 5/22/09
60% embryonal, 40% seminoma, w/ VI, LI, T2 (CS-IB)
CTs clear, X-rays clear, blood markers normal
L-RPLND 7/14/09, San Antonio
3 nodes positive, 100% embryonal, N1 (PS-IIA)
2 rounds BEP August 24, 2009, Austin
Enlarged lymph nodes Oct 09, Dec 09, Jan 10, Apr 10
All clear 10/01/10
Moderator
Congratulations and happy anniversary! Hope you had a double celebration.
Tracy
Cancer pharmacologist, caregiver blog here
Wife to Kel, dx 12/30/11 Stage IIIc (poor) embyronal, AFP 13700, 10x11 cm retroperitoneal mass, 1 cm^2 lung met
Left I/O 12/31/10.
4xBEP 1-4/11, AFP=22, 5*7 RP mass, tx failed
1.5 x VeIP 5-6/11; tx failed, AFP/b-hCG rising
Salvage RPLND @Indy 6/29/11, metastatic mixed germ cell tumor with yolk sac, seminoma and teratoma
Remission! AFP steady since 9/2011; 1.5 years ALL CLEAR
Registered User
Great news, Kat. High fives to you and Pat. Many more years of good health and happiness to come!
"Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped off" - Paul Brodeur
Diagnosis: 05Sept07 Right I/O: 13Sept07; Pure Seminoma; Surveillance only per NCCN: All Clear February2013 (Chest Xray, Markers); Next check August2013 (CT Scans, Markers)
Registered User
Congratulations to you both.
Val
Brother (23 when diagnosed) : Dianosed 14/09/2009, testicle removed, Non sem diagnosed. Tumour markers 36000 before op and dropped to 17000 after operation.. Chemo started end of september 4 x BEP. Tumour markers normal at end of chemo. RPLND 26 Feb 2010 No cancer found.
Latest Appointment May 2013- CT and markers normal
Moderator
Congratulations!!!!
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
Registered User
Congratulations... great things to celebrate!
Right I/O February 2008
100% Seminoma
Surveillance
Two enlarged lymph nodes Feb 2011
4xEP final dose May 13th.
PET all clear June 2011
CT all clear October 2011
Registered User
congrats!
Right I/O on Sept 10, 2011
Stage 1, NSGCT
85% Embryonal, 15% Yolk Sak, <1% Teratoma
Sept 2011 - CT Scan and Chest X-ray are Clean.
Oct 2011, Dec 2011, Feb 2012 - all good!
April 2012 - suspicious nodule seen on lung. determined to be OK, all else is good.
June 2012 - after comparing to prior scans, still stable and OK.
Registered User
So happy for you and Patrick!!
CaregiverSon Josh 23yr Dx 3/5/08 IIIC NonSeminoma affected lung, kidney liver back & tumor/clots in vena cava & celiac artery 3/7/08 L I/O 3/30/08 PostOp surgery 4XEP (VP16 & Cisplatin) 3/12-5/25 LDH > 5000 & AFP 145 (3/5 pre-op) LDH 563 & AFP 4 (5/26 after 4Xchemo) off blood thinners 3/18/09 Surveillance per Dr E 8/4/08 *1/2012 ALL CLEAR!
Self 1/29/09 dx thyroid cancer metastasized to right lung 2/10 thyroid removd 4/17 rx RA131 5/11/10 &7/16/10. 1/12survellience
Registered User
Congratulations!!!!
Son Diagnosed 6/24/10
Right I/O 6/28/10
(65% Teratoma, 10% EC, 10% Yolk Sac, 10% Seminoma, 5% Choriocarcinoma)
3XBEP 8/10-10/10
RPLND 11/2/11 (cyst in right pelvic area was mature teratoma and lymph nodes were clear)
Registered User
Yay, yay, yay!
Astrid
Son Tyler (age 19) diagnosed 1/6/11-Surgery 1/11/11- 2.5 cm. mixed germ cell (EC, chorio, teratoma and yolk sac).
Elevated HCG -over 600, Elevated AFP - over 150
Markers returned to normal by 2/7/11
Stage 1a (no vascular invasion)
Surveillance since-
last CT check -8/15/11 - clear 7 months
last marker and lung xray check- 10/10/11 - clear 9 months
CT, xray and blood check - 12/12/11 - all clear -almost one year
Moderator
Fantastic! It's still a few months away, but I'm looking forward to toasting to that in person this February!
"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! I consider myself cured.
Administrator
Way cool!!! BooYah!!
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
Registered User
Wait a minute..... These aren't real words. Lol
AllCleariversary clear-nesses.
But they bloody well should be yay all clear! Congratulations!
Dave Hanson
Found lump 18/02/2011
Ultrasound confirmed mass 23/02/2011
CT Abdomen, pelvis, chest (clear) 24/02/2011
Left I/O 1/03/2011
99% Seminoma <1% Unknown germ cell 10/03/2011
Staging T1 - 1A 10/03/2011
2 month - 27/04/2011 - All clear!
5 month - 16/07/2011 - All clear!
9 month - 22/12/2011 - All clear!
14 month - 22/12/2011 - All clear!
Yesterday was history, tommorrow a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the "present"
Registered User
Happy Belated-Anniversaries!!! Such fantastic news on both counts - congrats.
Husband Shaun diagnosed March 2010. AFP 4571, HCG 3340.
6cm x 6cm x 8cm retroperitoneal mass + 1cm nodule in right lung.
Stage IIIb, Intermediate Risk.
Left I/O March 9/10: 75% EC, 20% Teratoma, 5% Yolk Sac + Seminoma.
3xBEP + 1xEP March 15 - May 21/10: markers normal.
Bilateral RPLND July 28/10: 9.5 x 7 x 4.5cm mass, teratoma only.
Chylous Ascites Aug/Sep.
November 2012 All Clear
Continuously monitoring 0.9 x 1.7cm omental nodule (possible fat necrosis)
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