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British 38year survivor
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Jul 06, 2011 - 12:20 pm
Hi, I am British (Scottish actually) and had testicular cancer 38 years ago at the age of 22years. In those days surgery and radiation treatment was radical, but nevertheless life saving. Not knowing good from bad, the radiation treatment which I received spent twenty years or so slowly damaging my pelvic nerve system. The result is that I am now 60 years of age, disabled in that I cannot walk without crutches for more than 15 feet. However, the positive of this message is that a positive outlook is a strong tool to have in the box and that being severely disabled is 100% better than the alternative. Good luck to all my fellow survivors. Brian. |
Joined: Dec 2009
Hi Brian,
My first TC was 37 years ago at the age of 20, I was considered cured with surgery alone after a negative RPLND. There sure doesn't seem to be many of us from back then still around to talk about it, you are the first I've encountered that actually had TC before I did.
This is the first I've heard of disability from radiation treatments long after the treatments were given. My nephew just had radiation for TC this year, just wondering how long it took for the first symptoms to show up & how long before you were disabled enough to need crutches?
Dave