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Done with radiation.
So it's time to celebrate 3 hours of being clean. 
All in all, it was not a horrific experience. There was some nausea, but the medication knocked it out. There was some fatigue, but I made it up by sleeping about 12 hours a night. I will also come to miss my regular power naps at work.
I missed basically one day of work for my IO, worked (barely) from home the next day (a friday) and then was back to work again after the weekend. The radiation did not interfere with my ability to drive to work. The medication did seem to make my eyes a bit sensitive, so sunglasses were helpful. I did my radiation treatment at 8:30am and went right to work. It did not leave me unable to work for the rest of the day.
Gym workouts were tough and seemed to push me to the edge of nausea -- so i put them mostly on hold.
I believe that regardless of the type of TC we have and the stage, that the prognosis is a very good one. Things like stress only make us feel worse. And while it's often difficult to reduce the amount of stress that comes along with a diagnosis of testicular cancer, it's very important for improving our quality of life and the quality of life of those around us.
Here's hoping that we are all cured with as little stress and worry as possible.
Best
Jason
All in all, it was not a horrific experience. There was some nausea, but the medication knocked it out. There was some fatigue, but I made it up by sleeping about 12 hours a night. I will also come to miss my regular power naps at work.
I missed basically one day of work for my IO, worked (barely) from home the next day (a friday) and then was back to work again after the weekend. The radiation did not interfere with my ability to drive to work. The medication did seem to make my eyes a bit sensitive, so sunglasses were helpful. I did my radiation treatment at 8:30am and went right to work. It did not leave me unable to work for the rest of the day.
Gym workouts were tough and seemed to push me to the edge of nausea -- so i put them mostly on hold.
I believe that regardless of the type of TC we have and the stage, that the prognosis is a very good one. Things like stress only make us feel worse. And while it's often difficult to reduce the amount of stress that comes along with a diagnosis of testicular cancer, it's very important for improving our quality of life and the quality of life of those around us.
Here's hoping that we are all cured with as little stress and worry as possible.
Best
Jason
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