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My son was diagnosed 7/26/17. Stage III non-seminoma, several nodes (1 4cm) causing terrible pain. He starts chemo Mon 8/22/17. Please tell me the chemo will ease his pain.
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Son, Drew-24
Traumatic brain injury age 12-disabled (not TC related but pertinent to why I'm all in his biz lol)
4/5/17 Felt testicular pain & swelling
5/10/17 Told me-called for Dr. appt.
7/28/17!!! Dr. appt. set
7/27/17 Went to ER. Increased pain spreading to back & abdomen. Ultrasound & bloodwork-"Looks like a tumor".
7/28/17 L I/O
7/31/17 Abd/pelvic/chest CT-Stage 3A
8/17/17 Port placement
8/21-11/2/17 BEP X3
1/25/18 Open bilateral RPLND @ IU- NED (R nerve spared/ L nerve not so lucky) -
I'd imagine if the tumor is causing him pain the chemo should help shrink it and relieve some of that. I'm not a doctor and my experience was not the same so I can't speak for sure on it but logically it makes sense. Chemo will cause other issues that may be rough for him, but it will go by quicker than you expect.3/29/17 Diagnosed 100% Embryonal 4/10/17 Left I/O CT scan shows a few suspicious lymph (biggest 1.9 cm) 5/8/17 - 7/3/17 3xBEP 7/20/17 CT Scan Clear, AFP has uptick to 19 8/16/17 AFP Drops in half to 10, ALL CLEAR! 6/08/23 All clears up to here! 6 years all clear! Son born September 2022, conceived naturally! -
I'd imagine if the tumor is causing him pain the chemo should help shrink it and relieve some of that. I'm not a doctor and my experience was not the same so I can't speak for sure on it but logically it makes sense. Chemo will cause other issues that may be rough for him, but it will go by quicker than you expect. What exactly is his histology. You say nonseminoma but what type?3/29/17 Diagnosed 100% Embryonal 4/10/17 Left I/O CT scan shows a few suspicious lymph (biggest 1.9 cm) 5/8/17 - 7/3/17 3xBEP 7/20/17 CT Scan Clear, AFP has uptick to 19 8/16/17 AFP Drops in half to 10, ALL CLEAR! 6/08/23 All clears up to here! 6 years all clear! Son born September 2022, conceived naturally!Comment
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Thank you for the response, I didn't even realize this had posted because I got some kind of pop up error. Fingers crossed!Son, Drew-24
Traumatic brain injury age 12-disabled (not TC related but pertinent to why I'm all in his biz lol)
4/5/17 Felt testicular pain & swelling
5/10/17 Told me-called for Dr. appt.
7/28/17!!! Dr. appt. set
7/27/17 Went to ER. Increased pain spreading to back & abdomen. Ultrasound & bloodwork-"Looks like a tumor".
7/28/17 L I/O
7/31/17 Abd/pelvic/chest CT-Stage 3A
8/17/17 Port placement
8/21-11/2/17 BEP X3
1/25/18 Open bilateral RPLND @ IU- NED (R nerve spared/ L nerve not so lucky)Comment
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