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  • 15-Month Checkup Numbers

    Back by popular demand...no, not really. Some kind readers asked me to keep everyone informed, so here goes.

    Got the latest blood work:

    AFP = 1.2
    Beta-HCG < 1
    CXR Negative

    I can get used to this, boring as it seems. A few observations:

    --By this time, the X-ray techs are part of my support group/cheering section. I know all of them and my X-ray sessions are actually sort of entertaining.

    --A friend of mine was diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkins lymphoma about the same time of my diagnosis. He's now doing great. He and I were talking the other day, and we concluded that if you're going to have cancer, it's nice to have a type that responds to chemo.

    Will keep in touch. Next appt. is at the 18-month mark.
    Left I/O 6/24/05
    100% Embryonal Cell Carcinoma, Stage III
    4xBEP August - October 2005
    Surveillance since Nov. 2005

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    Great news -- both yours and your friend's! Congratulations, and keep those good posts coming!
    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
      Thanks, guys. My oncologist told me that these appointments are becoming "social visits", and we agreed that we want them to stay that way!

      Next appt. in April.
      Left I/O 6/24/05
      100% Embryonal Cell Carcinoma, Stage III
      4xBEP August - October 2005
      Surveillance since Nov. 2005

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      • #4
        Glad to see your great numbers....Mary Ellen

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        • #5
          SO glad you had good news--that's awesome!

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          • #6
            great news!
            Lori and Jon
            Diagnosed 5/22/2006
            I/O 5/26/2006, Stage 3, Good
            Teratoma (Majority), Seminoma (10%), Yolk Sac
            3xEP then determined not working
            HDC w/stem cell transplant 8/16/06 to 9/25/06
            Chest and Neck surgery 10/9/06 - immature teratoma
            RPLND 11/16/06 - immature Teratoma
            2/29/2008 - markers continue to be normal!
            9/16/2008 - released from Dr. Einhorn's care

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            • #7
              Excellent news!!!!
              Retired moderator. Husband, left I/O 16Dec2005, stage I seminoma with elevated b-HCG, no LVI, RTx15 (25Gy). All clear ever since.

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