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  • i think i've had TC for nine years--is this possible?

    Hi,

    Well, people will probably think this is a crank post, but it's not. It's all true. I've never told anyone about this before, but I'm scared to death of doctors and hospitals, and could never go there. I'm pretty sure I have this crap, and if so, I've had it for 9 years now. I first noticed my left nut was enlarged in Jan. of '97, when I was 18. It didn't hurt at the time, though gradually pain did develop, and now it pretty much hurts all the time. It's hard and at least twice the size of the other one (although that one's pretty small and probably subnormal), and hard. I didn't have any other symptoms for a long time--no back pain or anything. About three years ago I started noticing weakness on my right side which very slowly got worse and worse. About two months ago I started getting this dizziness which only goes away when I'm lying down. I can also hardly concentrate on anything, which is not useful since I'm supposed to be finishing a Ph.D. thesis. I'm pretty much miserable every moment of every day, except when I'm asleep or drunk, which happens quite a bit these days. I guess in the beginning I just hoped it was nothing, or else I would experience a miraculous cure. That hasn't happened, and now I just pray for death, since I'm pretty sure I have TC (seminoma, since it spreads so slow?), and it's spread to the brain at least. (I also have shortness of breath and very lately have noticed some bone pain in my arms and legs, so probably lung and bone as well). My odds of cure are probably shot now anyways, so I'm just hoping I go soon. I guess my question is--does this garbage actually kill people, or not? My fear is that I'll just persist in this miserable state for years and years, when all I want to do now is curl up and die. It doesn't help that my research hasn't gone all that well, my scientific career is in the tank, and my history with women has been a pathetic string of humiliations (wonder how well it would go if i were a hemi-eunuch). Oh, well. I'm probably sterile anyway, judging from the pathetic appearance of my "healthy" nut. Just a failed male, a freak with messed up gonads. Not that I would really want to bring children into this awful garbage world where crap like nut cancer exists. Anyways, I know I really couldn't handle the treatments for this--I hate pain and am terrified of vomiting.
    So what should I do? Right now I'm considering packing my scrotum in explosives and flipping a switch. I may even submit a paper to a medical journal on 'Testicular Detonation Therapy.' I think it will be even more effective than the weedkiller of Einhorn and crew. What do you think?

  • #2
    What should you do? You should buck up and get to a doctor immediately! Of course you can do it. No excuses.
    Scott
    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

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    • #3
      Like Scott said, you MUST go to a doctor or the ER ASAP to see whats going on down there.
      Diagnosed 10/03/03
      I/O 10/15/03
      RPLND 1/21/04
      Completed the Boston Marathon 4/19/05
      Completed the Boston Marathon 4/17/06
      Baby Riley born on 3/29/09

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      • #4
        There are many examples of members here(me being 1 of them) that were diagnosed in the late stages. You chances of being cured are great even if diagnosed in the later stages. You really don't appreciate life and all that you have until it is almost taken from you. If you don't like pain then I would suggest seeing a doctor ASAP because the pain your feeling now and the pain of chemo and treatments is nothing when compared to the pain and suffering of late stage cancer( take it from me I have experienced both). Obviously you feel that you have been delt a poor hand in life.. Life is only what yo make of it..Sitting around ,feeling sorry for yourself is not going to change anything in your life...You don't even know whether or not you have TC and you already writing yourself off for dead.. This would probably be a great chance for you to start over and change the things you don't like in life.... First things first --go to the Doctor and get the neccessary treatment you need to get back to good health...NOBODY enjoys life when you feel like @#$& all day!!!! no wonder you miserable... the old saying goes "Your going to keep getting what you have always gotten if keep doing what you have always done"" Life will only change if you initiate the changes!!! Start by getting healthy!!!!! Then take it one day at a time!!!!! Best of luck to YOU!!!! DON
        Moffitt Cancer Institute
        CANCER SUCKS
        Diagnosed/Left I/O 9/18/2004--Non-Seminoma/Stage IIIC--3X B.E.P chemo--3X T.I.P. Salvage chemo---Abdominal [email protected] 34cmX 24.5cmX 17.5cm---4/19/2005 --RPLND/Left Kidney,8 1/2lb Abdominal tumor,42 nodes removed---7/16/2005 Remission/Surveillance---Severe Peripheral Neuropathy--

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        • #5
          You just made the first step by posting on this forum. Now get on the phone and call your doctor and start living your life. I want to tell you it will be ok but I don't know that and you won't know that until you get yourself checked out. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
          WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!
          Jane
          Mother of TC survivor.
          Son, Josh 20, diagnosed Jan. 24, 2005. Left Orchiechtomy Jan.31, 2005. 4XBPE March 7th to May 28th 2005.

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          • #6
            You've stumbled across a crowd that truly cares and wants to see you turn things around. We know you can!
            Scott
            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

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            • #7
              loser74:
              You know if you get to the doctor you can change your screen name to winnerin06
              Son Jason diagnosed 4/30/04, stage III. Right I/O 4/30/04. Graduated College 5/13/04. 4XEP 6/7/04 - 8/13/04. Full open RPLND 10/13/04. All Clear since.

              Treated by Dr. Rakowski of Midland Park, NJ. Visited Sloan Kettering for protocol advice. RPLND done at Sloan Kettering.

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              • #8
                So when is your appiontment???????????????
                Moffitt Cancer Institute
                CANCER SUCKS
                Diagnosed/Left I/O 9/18/2004--Non-Seminoma/Stage IIIC--3X B.E.P chemo--3X T.I.P. Salvage chemo---Abdominal [email protected] 34cmX 24.5cmX 17.5cm---4/19/2005 --RPLND/Left Kidney,8 1/2lb Abdominal tumor,42 nodes removed---7/16/2005 Remission/Surveillance---Severe Peripheral Neuropathy--

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                • #9
                  Please dude, get to a doctor soon. Scartch that, as soon as they're open tommorow. You have the choice to live, if you have determination and will power, you can beat anything. But this attitude you have about life isn't going to hep you in the least. You have to be positive and want to live to have the best shot at a healthly life. Please see a doctor immediatley/

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                  • #10
                    Make an appointment with a Urologist ASAP. May be nothing at all if you act fast!
                    Diagnosed August 2005
                    R/O August 2005 AFP 210

                    4xEP beginning December 2005
                    End Feb/March 2006 AFP 4.6
                    April 2006 AFP 22 and rising

                    Tandem Stem Cell Transplant 7/06 - 9/06
                    December 07 AFP = 3.3
                    December 07 CT = Clear!

                    15+ months remission

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