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lots of questions and no answers
On August 12, 2009 I went into the Dr with what I thought was a hernia. It turned out my lymph nodes were swollen in my groin. He sent me for an ultra-sound and the next day I was in sugery having me left testicle removed! On the 20th of this month I got the phone call that it was cancer. I've since had a CT and the…
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Nausea and Vomiting following treatment
My husband was recently diagnosed with testicular cancer. He started chemo (BEP) on Monday August 24th (the big week, 5 straight day of chemo). Days 1-3 went pretty well, but as days 4-5 approached he started getting heart burn, hiccups and was burping alot. Now that the weekend has started he has nausea and is vomiting…
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the cancer may be back
I had my right testicle removed 2 years ago, a week before my 31st birthday and 2 days after a doc visit to investigate my swollen testicle. the entire process went so fast that i barely had time to process what was happening to me. i was lucky, the pathology report revealed my tumor to be a pure seminoma in stage 1 (PT1…
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EP vs CHOP21 Treatment
I am a 19 year survivor of Stage II E diffuse large cell immunoblastic lymphoma and after abdominal surgery went through CHOP21 or one CHOP treatment every 21 days. I now have the pleasure of experiencing chemo again for Stage 1 testicular cancer and trying to see how EP compares to CHOP? Is it as intesive/strong,etc. Not…