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  • #1

    I should be excited, right?

    Hello all!!
    Just wanted to let everyone know that Brian had his 1st marker test yesterday since Oct. 9th..... He saw the liver surgeon and got his staples out. everything looks good! he went over the pathology and stated that it was all necrotic!!.... i spoke to the nurse around 5 yesterday and she read off the marker results....

    AFP = 4.0 (which she said was normal)
    BHCG = "no measurable amounts" !!!!!

    does that mean Bhcg is not there anymore?does that mean "0"? she was excited about that! so was i, i even called back to make sure she gave me the right results!! .... has anyone gotten those same results before??


    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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    Dawn, you could not have gotten any better news!!

    The AFP is 100% in normal range and so is the HCG!!!!!

    Pop that cork!
    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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    • #3
      That's wonderful news. Just don't get hung up on the numbers all you need to know is that they are in the normal range. Congratulations and enjoy popping that cork.
      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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      • #4
        BUT, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, " NO MEASURABLE AMOUNTS" MEANS ZERO, RIGHT???
        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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        • #5
          Dearest Dawn.....you need only the for this one! No measureable amount means it is below the detection limit of the assay, which is VERY sensitive. Don't stress on "0"....it's all good news, get rid of the and and celebrate!!!!!
          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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          • #6
            I Love My Pack!

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            • #7
              Yup, Karen wrote it plain and simple. No need for the gloomy smilies. It's all right now.
              "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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              • #8
                Excellent news, congratulations!!!!!
                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
                  I agree with everyone else Dawn. Keep -ing. Things are looking great!


                  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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                  • #10
                    "No measurable amount" might as well be zero, Dawn! If there is nothing to measure, there's nothing there, right?!!



                    Happy Dance Day!
                    Rob and Stacy
                    DX: 3/10/05, AFP: 15,047, L I/O: 3/28/05, Yolk sac tumor & teratoma, Stage IIIC, 3xBEP & 1xEP: 4/4/07 - 6/25/07, AFP: 14, RPLND 8/10/07, w. left kidney removed. 10/19/07, AFP: 1.9

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                    • #11
                      Nice new picture!!
                      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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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Margaret
                        Nice new picture!!
                        THANK YOU
                        IT WAS FROM THIS PAST SATURDAY AT OUR FRIENDS WEDDING HE LOOKED SOOOOO HANDSOME, AS ALWAYS!
                        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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                        • #13
                          Karen,

                          That is the best news!! Normal is the greatest word in the english language after TC.

                          Start living a normal life!!!

                          My family is thrilled for you.

                          Domenic

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                          • #14
                            Great news Dawn.... this will surely be a true Thanksgiving for the two of you!!!
                            "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see". Heb 11:1

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                            • #15
                              Wonderful News Dawn!. Its great to hear that Brian is doing so well and things are really looking 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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