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  • #1

    A Reminder.....

    Hello my Forum Family, just wanted to remind you all that Brian's liver surgery is tomorrow .. he is not a happy camper, which is understandable, but we just want to get it over with. He is on liquids, and alot of **** quick
    so hopefully tomorrow will come fast. we still dont know what time we have to go in there, he should get a call soon. i will try and get on to post an update.

    XXXX hugs! XXXXX
    DAwn
    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
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  • #2
    Lots of Love and Prayers

    I wish the very best for Brian. It will be hard, but look what he has already come through. Please take care of yourself too!!! Take some chocolate to the hospital!

    Hugs from the South,
    Pam
    Son Les diagnosed 5/7/07-Right I/0 5/9/07-Stage 3C Non-seminoma Mixed Cell Germ Tumor-Tumors in liver, lungs, lymph nodes, brain-4XBED Finished 7/31/07 HCG 9 tumors smaller, brain lesion gone-9/30/07 HCG 999-TIPx4 started 10/2/07, IU 11/29 Told he had Choriocarcinoma Syndrome HDC and Stem Cell Transplant to begin 1/3/08 Finished Transplant 3/1/08 HDC and Stem Cell Transplant Failure 3/20. 4/17 RPLND & Liver resection, Molecular profiling of tumor, 6/2 Hospice Services- Passed Away 12/12/08

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    • #3
      Best of luck guys. Positive thoughts on their way.
      I Love My Pack!

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      • #4
        Some more well wishes coming your way. Good luck, stay strong and chin up.
        If you look for the truth outside yourself, it gets farther and farther away. ~ Tung-Shan
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        Diagonosed 1988. Left I/O - 3 rounds of chemo
        Relasped 1989. RPLND - 3 rounds HDC - Bone Marrow transplant.
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        • #5
          Dawn,

          Best of luck to Brian tomorrow. The good vibes will be flowing your way.
          "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.

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          • #6
            Will be thinking of you guys tomorrow.


            Becki

            Husband Right I/O 09/06
            -70% Embryonal Carcinoma
            -20% Teratoma
            -10% Yolk Sac Tumor
            11/06- lymph nodes 1.8x1.4 and 1.9x1.4
            12/06-PET Scan confirms activity in lymph nodes, lymph nodes 2.2x2.2 and 2.4x2.3
            1/07-Start 3xBEP
            4/07-PET clear, lymph nodes down to 1.1x0.5 and 1.8x1.0
            6/07-lymph nodes 1.2x1.0 and 1.9x.9
            8/07-lymph nodes 1.1x1.0 and 2.0x1.2
            10/07-lymph nodes 2.0x1.5 and 2.7x1.8
            11/07- PostChemo LRPLND-found burnt out teratoma
            11/09-Enlarging lymph node 1.2 cm near renal veins

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            • #7
              I brought everybody to the lobby with me while I was waiting once...move some chairs around and know that we are with you! A few inches, a few feet, a few miles...what difference does it make! Thoughts and prayers, Sharon
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              • #8
                My thoughts and prayers will be with Brian and you tomorrow.
                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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                • #9
                  My thoughts are with you, I am sure Brian will get through this with flying colors!!!!

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                  • #10
                    I know it will go great!!!!
                    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

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                    • #11
                      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.

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                      • #12
                        As I posted yesterday, Brian is in my prayers big time, specially tomorrow... you hang in there - it will be over quicker than you think.....
                        "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see". Heb 11:1

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                        • #13
                          Dawn and Brian,
                          Thoughts and prayers are with you. Post when you can and let us know how it went. Hang in there...another hurdle is behind you.
                          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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                          • #14
                            Hi Dawn...hoping that things went well today for Brian. Not sure what time the surgery was...but keeping positive thoughts for you.
                            Maria
                            *Hubby Andy diagnosed 02/13/07, Left IO 02/16/07 *Stage 1A Non-Seminoma (65% Immature Teratoma / 35% Embryonal Carcinoma) *RPLND 04/27/07 Lymph Nodes-ALL CLEAR
                            *Complications from Chylous Ascites so Laparotomy 05/03/07 *No food for 10 weeks, TPN only *07/18/07 Removed drains, tubes, picc line *CT Scan 07/31/07-ALL CLEAR
                            *CT Scan 02/12/08-ALL CLEAR *Hydrocele surgery 06/19/08 *CT Scan 9/30/08 and 03/06/09 shows <cm left lung nodule - under surveillance

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                            • #15
                              Hi Dawn,
                              Just wanted to let you know I am thinking of you and Brian today. Sending lots of love.
                              Sabrina

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