April 21, 2017 My first visit to the oncologist… It felt like a lot of waiting to get here, but it felt good to finally start working on a plan for treatment and not just discovering what was going on in my body. The Oncologist, Dr S specializes in Chemo therapy and is confident that… Read More »
April 13, 2017 I received a call from Dr. O indicating that they needed me to get a testicular ultra sound right away due to something that had come back on the biopsy. LeeAnna and I had been focused on Lymphoma until I received this call. Now we started to research testicular cancer signs, symptoms,… Read More »
Timeline of my first day of Chemo 9 Got a cocktail of benedryl, zofran, compazine, Tylenol, IV fluids. Feeling tired from the benedryl. 10:15 test dose of bleyomicin given. 10:45 my first official bag of chemo. 11:35 I have a bag of fluids in my already. I have started in lacics that is supposed to… Read More »
May 18, 2017 Today is the day I get to have my port installed. I am feeling a little bit nervous about it. LeeAnna helped me create a short video right before I went to the hospital. I had no clue what to expect from the surgery to get it implanted. The anesthesia was going… Read More »
April 17, 2017 The day that I get the official biopsy result from the Dr. It seemed like more of a formality since the biopsy result was already discovered in my ultrasound result. Dr O informed us that the biopsy result showed that I have pure seminoma. He was encouraging and told us that what… Read More »
April 7, 2017 I was feeling pretty nervous about the biopsy. The idea of a long needle going into me and then into this mass and pulling something out of it did not sit well. I had a fear that I would feel something with the needle going in and make some movement that was… Read More »
April 6, 2017 There seemed to be a whole lot of confusion on where my testing should go next. I was told that I needed a biopsy, but there was some debate among the various group of Dr’s that were working with Dr O, that I may need a MRI first before I can get… Read More »
I would like to thank Andrew James for blogging about his experience. It has inspired me to also blog about mine. I would also like to thank my wife LeeAnna for her encouragement in writing this and all of her love and support through this journey. I have read a couple different blogs and usually… Read More »