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Fiance Brian, dx:stage IIIC non-sem 4/18/07
mets to lungs,liver,abdomin,large tumor near kidney
hcg was 176,000!
completed 1 rnd of TIP(had bad reaction to taxol)
BEPx3 until 7/13/07
7/26/07 post chemo ct-scan shwd shrinkage & fewer lung tumors
10/17/07 @ MSKCC Liver FREE of cancer! necrotic & small focus of teratoma.
AFP & HCG normal
12/7/07 RPLND,right orchiectomy @ MSKCC
12/18/07, rcvd pathology,all clear! no cancer! 2/11/08 -Lung surgery dne @ MSKCC ALL CLEAR
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.
Dawn,
Your patience has been rewarded .
Have a great Labor Day weekend!
"Life moves pretty fast; if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller
11.22.06 -Dx the day before Thanksgiving
12.09.06 -Rt I/O; 100% seminoma, multifocal; Stage I-A; Surveillance; Six years out! I consider myself cured.
Stage III Non-Seminoma- 7/11/06
Right I/O 7/12/06
Completed 4x BEP 11/06
Bi-Lateral RPLND (Dr. Shenifeld)- 11/27/06
Surveillance since then
When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.
Lance Armstrong.
What a wonderful blessing!! I am thrilled for you both
Co-survivor with husband Boyce, Diagnosed 7-11-06, orchiectomy right testicle on 7-12-06- Stage 3A: Mixed germ cell tumor with inguinal seminomatous and kartotypic carcinoma. One tumor over 10 cm, second tumor 4 cm, Chemo 4xBEP: Bi-lateral RPLND Dec 2006, nerve sparing but left sterile.
Current DVT
Current testosterone replacement therapy, Testim.
"You must abandon the life you planned, to live the life that was meant for you" ~wisdom I have learned from my family on this forum
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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Wonderful news Dawn .. I know you must feel a tremendous weight lifted now.
Hugs to you both,
Tammy
Son Anthony DX 12/11/06
L/O 12/20/06 Stage IIIA, 95% EC, 5% Yolk Sac
4XEP 1/29-4/6/ 07
AFP started increasing3 wks later
Residual abdominal mass found on CT
RPLND 6/8/07
Cancer in pathology-
80% mature teratoma, 20% Yolk Sac. --
No adjuvent chemo and
AFP normalised
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