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Going into hospital today for preparation. Will post after it's complete, and when I get back home.
Davie
Davie
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Diagnosed March 2006, Stage IIB, 3cm RP mass
10% Seminoma, 90% Non-Seminoma (Embryonal, and a tiny amount of choriocarcinoma and teratoma)
Prechemo bHCG-2648, AFP-582
3xBEP March-June, markers normalised
3 months postchemo - 1.2cm residual RP mass
RPLND September 2006 - mostly necrotic tissue plus tiny amount of well differentiated teratoma
June 2009 - TRT commenced to help out my lefty
May 2011 - check-up, all clear -
Davie:
I hope all goes smoothly. Try to relax. Don't rush your recovery; give yourself all the time you need.
Best wishes.Fish
TC1
Right I/O 4/22/1988
RPLND 6/20/1988
TC2
Left I/O 9/17/2003
Surveillance
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will; to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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We'll be waiting to hear from you!Scott, [email protected]
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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Just think how happy you will be when the final path report comes back next week and it tells you you're "all clear". Good luck tomorrow.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.Comment
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Davie, good luck tomorrow... Hope all goes well and looking forward to hearing back from you.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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Well I had my surgery on midday Tuesday, and I've just been released by the hospital today (Saturday).
Although there is no doubt that this is big surgery, it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected, and for some reason I was much clamer about the whole RPLND process than the orchiectomy.
The surgery went very smoothly. Mr. Christamas, the surgeon, removed all my nodes on the right side including the 12 mm residual mass. I chatted with him in the anaethesia room, and I was his 389th postchemo RPLND. I was very pleased that he managed to complete everything with only the need for a 6 inch mid-line abdominal incision. Apparently by the time they'd clamped the incision, the 6 inch diameter hole was big enough to get the intestines in and out, and remove all of the right side nodes and residual mass. I've counted 25 staples in my tummy.
The process lasted about 3 hours total, of which only 50 minutes was actual surgery time. I questioned this with the surgeon's assistant, who told me that Mr. Christmas was not rushing, but given his skill and vast experience, 50 minutes was a typical time taken for him to do a straight-forward right-sided RPLND. I'd read of some procedures taking many hours, so was surprised by this.
The NG tube came out on Thursday, and gave me no problems except it irritated my throat. The catheter came out this morning with a much bigger ouch. I started eating and drinking on Thursday, after I started to pass gas.
The path report is not back yet, but in the recovery room the surgeon's assistant told me they suspected what was removed was necrotic (it appeared that the residual mass did not have a blood supply).
Obviously this was a good sign, but I won't count my chickens until the path report is back hopefully sometime later this week .
As for pain, I opted for PCA, although I didn't use it that much. I'm now 5 days post surgery and apart from coughing and laughing I have very little pain. Just going to take it easy now for the next few weeks.
Davie.Diagnosed March 2006, Stage IIB, 3cm RP mass
10% Seminoma, 90% Non-Seminoma (Embryonal, and a tiny amount of choriocarcinoma and teratoma)
Prechemo bHCG-2648, AFP-582
3xBEP March-June, markers normalised
3 months postchemo - 1.2cm residual RP mass
RPLND September 2006 - mostly necrotic tissue plus tiny amount of well differentiated teratoma
June 2009 - TRT commenced to help out my lefty
May 2011 - check-up, all clearComment
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I'm glad to hear everything went so well. Rest up and recover!Scott, [email protected]
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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