So I sit here...

[Jiddy78]

...waiting....waiting after the orchiectomy for my blood tests in 2 weeks...

I have chest/stomach pains...sharp ones every so often...woke me up for about an hour last night...waiting for my doc's nurse to call me back about them...took some pepcid..helped a bit...

Having headaches too...

Questions flying through my head...Am I a hypochondriac? Is it gas? I read a zillion things yesterday...Checked my poop to see if blood was in it? That's always fun...Stare at your own poop for about 30 seconds, contemplating if I'm happy or sad that there isn't blood...as blood may signify possibly something less...dangerous...like an ulcer...

What a world.


On the bright side of things...Now 3 1/2 weeks removed from my orch...The last 2 days I have taken quite long walks 2-3 miles with no issue except more fatigue than usual...

I can't wait to get back to running 5k's...I miss them...I usually did one every month and a half before Senor poopyhead reared his ugly head...Hopefully in another month I can give it the old heave-ho with positive tests. Show some of these old folks down here in Florida how we young'uns get it done....maybe even throw in some "You got beat by a guy with one nut" trash talk at the banana table afterwards.

See folks....This is where overwhelmed, anxious, unsure and needy will get you. Take notes. You only live once, gotta get it right the first time.

[Karen]

Keep the sense of humor and you'll be fine. We all have the overwhelmed, anxious, unsure, needy days (weeks, months!). I'm starting what I believe will be my regularly scheduled quarterly anxiety attack because my husband goes for his bloodwork this Friday and the we wait a week for the results. I hate waiting. Hope the nurse gives you guidance on the stomach pains and that it's just gas..or nerves waiting for the bloodwork...or too much excitement from contemplating your poop

[Jiddy78]

Keep the sense of humor and you'll be fine. We all have the overwhelmed, anxious, unsure, needy days (weeks, months!). I'm starting what I believe will be my regularly scheduled quarterly anxiety attack because my husband goes for his bloodwork this Friday and the we wait a week for the results. I hate waiting. Hope the nurse gives you guidance on the stomach pains and that it's just gas..or nerves waiting for the bloodwork...or too much excitement from contemplating your poop

The smells of cancer are delightful.

[dadmo]

The waiting is always the worst. As my son puts it, the doc is either going to tell him he's fine or he has something that can kill him. No middle ground. It a slam dunk win or catastrophe every time.

[Jiddy78]

The waiting is always the worst. As my son puts it, the doc is either going to tell him he's fine or he has something that can kill him. No middle ground. It a slam dunk win or catastrophe every time.

Actually, I was fine with the waiting...I was glad to just be home and back to life without being in a hospital room for a bit....It wasn't until this weekend when I had chest/stomach pain and headaches that I became anxious....

Now I want to push the doc to move up the date of my tests, then I can curse the ulcer and migraine Gods again....

[stevenh77]

Keep the sense of humor and you'll be fine.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I think my fiance was a little upset with me at first when I found out I had TC because I kept making jokes and laughing about it, she kept telling me "This isn't funny, it's serious!"

I told her I know it's serious, but I'm just using a little trick my dad taught me.. always try to have a sense of humor about everything, if you don't you'll go insane.