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11-07-09, 01:28 AM
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An end is in sight
Had a followup visit with the onc today. Nothing new; very, very boring. We discussed next steps. Since we're coming up on 5 years from my initial diagnosis and there was only teratoma and no active cancer discovered in the RPLND and subsequent lung-chunk-otomy, he agreed that we could do a CT now, and a final CT in 6 months. Annual onc visits for blood draws only moving forward.
Hot damn and hallelujah. Oh, and thank God for COBRA subsidies from the stimulus package, as I celebrate another anniversary today - one month since being laid off from big-ass accounting firm.
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Vinny (aka Frank) http://vinnysgotcancer.blogspot.com left I/O 1/5/05; 95%EC / 5% mature teratoma; stage IIIC 4x BEP 1/24/05 - 4/11/05; RPLND (left side) 5/31/05 VATS resection of teratoma from left lung 4/26/06 Presently surveilling 
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11-07-09, 07:36 AM
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Vinny,
Congrats on the boring check-up and almost 5th cancerversary. Sorry about the job. They just moved you to Chicago and then let you go? How nice of them. Why would anybody want to work for a firm like that?
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Diagnosis: 05Sept07 Right I/O: 13Sept07 Seminoma IB Surveillance: All clear: 17August09 Next check: 21December09 Visit our Philly 2009 LOVESTRONG Team Page
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11-07-09, 08:35 AM
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Woo hoo! Great news, Vinny. COBRA saved me the when I had my first TC so I know what you mean. All the better that the stimulus package has made it possible for you. Here's the good health.
Alex
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www.aegletes.com/lovestrong 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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11-08-09, 09:20 PM
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Congrats on the anniversery.
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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 found teratoma On to surveillance for the third and hopefully final time.
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11-08-09, 10:51 PM
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Gee that's sooo BOOOOOORING!!
 Congrats bro... I can hardly wait for a milestone like that...
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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 Vasectomy Consult 11/20/08 Mass found 11/20/08 Left I/O 11/25/08 Pathology: 100% Classic Seminoma, Stage 1 Surveillance: All Clear 02/24/09 07/21/09 11/10/09 SUPPORT ME IN THE 2010 RIDE TO CONQUER CANCER AS I RIDE FROM MONTREAL TO QUEBEC CITY
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11-08-09, 11:54 PM
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Congrats Vinny! I remember my 5 year anniversary like it was yesterday. It's a wonderful thing, enjoy.
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If you look for the truth outside yourself, it gets farther and farther away. ~ Tung-Shan If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. ~ Bruce Lee Please sponsor me for the 2009 LiveSTRONG Challenge Philadelphia. My Blog Diagonosed 1988. Left I/O - 3 rounds of chemo Relasped 1989. RPLND - 3 rounds HDC - Bone Marrow transplant.
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11-09-09, 09:12 AM
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When I think about it, it's a new beginning in sight.
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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 Vasectomy Consult 11/20/08 Mass found 11/20/08 Left I/O 11/25/08 Pathology: 100% Classic Seminoma, Stage 1 Surveillance: All Clear 02/24/09 07/21/09 11/10/09 SUPPORT ME IN THE 2010 RIDE TO CONQUER CANCER AS I RIDE FROM MONTREAL TO QUEBEC CITY
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11-09-09, 09:14 AM
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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 I'm growing a moustache for Movember to change the face of men's health. Please click here to support the cause.
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11-12-09, 10:35 PM
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Congratulations Vinny!! Great news!
Mike
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approx. 28 April 08 - Noticed lump 23 June 08 - Diagnosed (Yep! Left it 2 months!) 30 June 08 - R I/O (NSGCT 90% EC Stage 1) 28 July 08 - Start 2XBEP 3 Sept 08 - Finished chemo
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