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Some tips from CSN
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Teaching with Chemo
I will be starting EP chemotherapy (Etoposide and Cisplatin) for the testicular cancer that has spread to a single lymph node next week. My question is this: Does anyone here teach? If so, what is your experience with chemo and teaching?
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post rplnd surgery vs. watchful waiting
I have just finished chemor therapy for testicular cancer. I now have to make a decision about having post RPLND surgery or watchful waiting as my maintenance care. One dr strongly encourages me to have the surgery and another dr. strongly discourages the surgery. If you have had to make a similar decision, how did you…
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Testicular Cancer
Help!!! I was just diagnosed with testicular cancer and am having surgery on August 22 to have the testicle removed. If anyone has any info or has been thru this please contact me. I really need advice from someone that has been thru this..
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LAUNCH OF MILITARY CANCER SURVIVORS' DISCUSSION
After a little cajolling, I have convinced the CSN that there is a need for a discussion for military cancer survivors. The purpose of this discussion is to give military folks a safe place to go and ask questions about treatment, administrative issues, performance evaluations, etc. that are unique to military cancer…
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Can Surgery for Microlithiasis prevent testicular cancer?
Hello, I wonder if you could kindly help me. Any assistance would be deeply appreciated. I have been experiencing some pain in the left testicle for almost 12 years. Since 4 years ago, I had a number of ultrasound exams done. All the ultrasound exams showed that I have small hydroceles and epididymal head cysts in both…
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Any input would help
Hi Guys! I had testicular cancer with left testicle removed followed by 3 rounds of chemotherapy and removal of lymph nodes in kidney, lung and neck areas. Did anyone as well had lymph nodes from neck removed? All this was 5 years ago. Now I am 40 and I went for check up today and ultrasound showed 3 to 5 small dark…
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End-to-end recounting of my TC journey
Hi everyone, Brand new here, except for the lurking I did during treatment. Currently in remission ~8 months after BEP chemo for stage II seminoma. I know when I was going through it, reading other folks' experience was enormously helpful for me. So I always knew when I finished I would want to recount my own story in…
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Screening for second Testicular cancer
Hi all, I’m 3 years removed from stage IIIB testicular cancer. I did RPLND/BEP X4 and has my left testicle removed. recently, I’ve been feeling a dull sort of numbing pain that comes and goes from my right testicle. I don’t feel any lumps, but I’m also not really sure what I’m looking for. Since my surgery my testicle is…
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Advice for after orchiectomy
Hi everyone, Well, it has been 2 weeks since my surgery to remove my left testicle. I had a CT a couple days ago and it showed that there was no "metastatic disease" anywhere in the area. Basically that means that I was clear of anything that might have spread around. The only thing that did show up was in my lungs. There…
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Agent orange Gleason 9 open surgery prepubic radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymph node dissection
I finished my radiation therapy Monday that was for the cancer in the connecting tissue of my bladder. Yesterday I found a lump on the inside of my left buttock right next to my butthole and I don't know if it's a cyst or tumor or what it could be. Being a disabled Vietnam veteran I will have to call my clinic tomorrow and…
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AFP values increase post Chemo!!
Hi. 29M from India Diagnosed with testicular cancer and undergone orchiectomy. RESULT is embryonal carcinoma. Undergone 2cycles of BEP regimen Chemotherapy. Before orchiectomy B-hcg -8, AFP-1.65. Post orchiectomy/start of chemo 1st cycle B-HCG <0.100, AFP-1.6, Start of chemo 2nd cycle B-HCG <0.100, AFP-1.98, After 2nd…
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Cisplatin Alternative for Musician?
My boyfriend will be undergoing chemo for the first time. This is a 3rd recurrence, with widespread metastases. He's a professional musician, singer, guitarist - I know that cisplatin causes hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy. Are there acceptable alternatives? Are there ways to prevent or limit these side-effects? I…
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How Much Green Drink Should You Take In The Morning For Cell Growth & Toxins Before & During Cancer
Hi to everyone. My grandson, testicular cancer has come back and is in his lymph nodes. He hasn't started chemo yet, waiting for the biopsy in regards to if he has to have surgery, in addition to chemo. My question is, I got off the cancer site a good recipe for the green drink that I have made for him from the cancer…
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Has anybody here had the same cancer as Lance Armstrong?
ok ok so I know I am a woman, but I have had the same cancer as lance Armstrong and I was just wanting to know what others experience of it is?? I dunno... I am just totally feel overwhelmed at the moment here Is my story... last August I had a incredibly bad pains in my stomach and back... like vomit inducing crippling…
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Chemo late side effects
I had Testicular Cancer 10 years ago. I had Chemo and have lived normal life since then. My quesiton is I have noticed when I strart to get sick, such as a cold. I now have sever aches, like after you workout lifting very heavy weights, all over my body that I had never had before. I also experience this when the weather…
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Recently Diagnosed with TC and Surgery - Next Treatment
My Results Pathology - Mixed Tumor consisting of classical Seminoma 3.0 cm and focal embryo also cell carcinoma 1.2 cm. Very focal lymphovascular invasion. CT Scan findings: Tiny 3 mm left upper lobe pulmonary nodule representing a small intrapulmonary lymph node. AFP Tumor Marker = 3.6 ng/mL hCG-B Tumor Marker = < 2.6…
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Did the surgery affect the bedroom afterwards?
I had a right testical removed in 2018, no chemo or radiatio. Doctor says there is a 20% of it returnin so I'm taking the chance. Anyway, I have very low desire for the bedroom action. Wife wants me to figure it out it. I don't know maybe I'm depressed, can't see that doctor till February 5th, maybe its the surgery. Has…
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Question on ultrasound
Husband. 61 had a physical a week ago, they found a lump in his right testicle, yesterday was his ultrasound and pain shot up to his groin and around to his back, pain was so bad when they were doing it that he felt like he was going to pass out and vomit, for the remainer of the day he was in pain in the testicle, got up…
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Awaiting Testing and Treatment
Hi. Around a month and a half ago, I felt discomfort in my scrotum and noticed one testicle was larger. I have recently gotten in cycling and had thought it was a side effect/injury of excessively working out. In the first week of January, I went into the hospital for an ultrasound. A day after that I was diagnosed with…
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Need advise
Been some time where I had pain in my lt . I've had some swelling and within the past month or so I've had this pain constantly . I have noticed firmness in it as well and the other week I found a hard rice like mass . I've had pain shoot up to my waist line all on the left side . What Could this be ?
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Mediastinal seminoma
Hello, I’m a primary mediastinal seminoma patient aged 32. I didn’t have biopsy before treatment and surgery was taken as initial treatment because the tumor is small with clear border . The tumor was radical resected last month,so did thymus and surround adipose tissue .The tumor size is 4*1*3.5cm and there is no…
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My husband is newly diagnosed with testicular cancer spread to lymph nodes and stomach
My husband has been diagnosed with possiable stage 4 per dr wants to do removal ASAP going to removed tumor monday with testicle . Seminoma then to follow up with oncologist for treatment, found Out 2 weeks ago in er do to back pain , saw it in cat scan and been going for testing biiopsy came back Semonia Spread nodes and…
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Is seminoma the same as testicular cancer?
hello there, i just recently joined this forum and my dad is a cancer patient and he is diagnosed with seminoma but the problem is we are not so sure on what is that as it is quite rare among our people, so i would just like to ask is seminoma the same as testicular cancer? can anybody who has experienced this type cancer…
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Immature Teratoma in male
Hi, My husband diagnosed with immature teratoma grade 3 and currently he is has completed first cycle of BEP and his AFP, HCG,LDH levels are slightly higher than the last time when he started this treatment. Is that normal to have AFP level 800 and before it was 700.Does it mean chemotherapy is not working.please let me…
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Help!
Hi everyone, my brother was recently diagnosed with stage 1B testicular cancer. About 2 weeks ago he had surgery to remove the right testicle. He met with his doctor the other day and he had a mixed germ cell that consisted of 40% embryonal carcinoma, 30% yolk sac, 25% teratoma, and 5% senoma. His doctor told him that he…
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Possible testicular cancer
Hello All! Have a few questions, I have had a a pea sized hard bump on my right testicle on the top side since i was a young teenager. Probably about 13 and i am now 31. THis bump has not changed in size and have never given me any issues at all until a few weeks ago, i started to get dull ache in the testicle as well as…
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Orchiectomy
After the procedure what are some symptoms you feel? I personally feel tired and it's been 2 weeks today and still feel weak. As long as I force myself out of bed and eat I feel ok but I've just been sluggish. Still sore from the surgury as well but it's diffinitely alot better. I was taking hydrocodone for the pain but I…
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Tips and Tricks I will add as i go through Chemo to try and help
Hello! My name is Travis, I was first officaly diagnosed with stage 2C Seminoma Testicular Cancer 9/2017, this is due to the cancer spreading to my retroperitoneal Lymph nodes but not outside of them even though the tumor is 21cm. My oncologist has given me a 95% with a very good prognosis. My first round of chemo started…
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Alpha-Protein Levels?
Just a quick question. I'm just starting my third set of BEP. I'm a littel concerned because my Alpha-fetaprotein which was 2.7 3 weeks ago has only dropped to 2.5. My nurse said not to worry. But shouldn't it have dropped lower than this. And also isn't the target number 0? I'm really concerned because I really don't want…
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Newly diagnosed with nonseminomatous germ cell tumor
Hi, my name is Paul I'm a 36 year old with 2 kids and one due in Feb. I was diagnosed 12/8/09 it started as enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and the "ball" started rolling from there. I had my first round of Chemo on 12/19 (BEP x4). After chemo it’s off for surgery at Sloan-Kettering in NYC for removal of my left testicle…