3rd dance with germ cell cancer

  • Another whinge

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    you guys on this forum must be getting fed up with my winges, but i am a tad worried, upset and scared, back in april i was worried but optemistic that i would get though this ordeal and go on to get on with my life with out the prospect of a terminal verdict, in june we knew it was a challenge as for some reason they decided not to give me a chance at a third collection of stem cells, but straight to hdc whoopie i thought…

  • Cancer limbo,

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    Well its now febuary and im still in cancer limbo land, well not exactly limbo land as i know i have a 5mm tumor in my right lung, well it was 5mm a month ago so by now would of grown, plus a very small spot in my lower left lobe, the thing is am i terminal or curable, i thought a month ago i was curable with surgery but the surgery has been delayed for at least three months, i have an xray next week and a follow up consultation…

  • Oh sort of a date

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    Well finally i got a date for a consultation to discuss possible lung surgery, this will be my second thoracotomy and third time under Mr Dusmet knife

    i shall find out on monday whether he believes the suspicious spot on in my left lung in cancerous or not, i hope not i really would like this stupid game with cancer to end and hopefully in my favour

  • schrodinger's cat

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    Schrodingers cat seems to come up alot these days , mainly recently on the tv comedy serires the big bang theory,

    i feel alot like that cat, i can be consiserered both terminal and curable untill the scan results are examined,two weeks ago i thought i had fallen into the curable opinion when my consultant informed me that i just had one tumor in my right lung which in his opinion could be surgically removed, what i didnt…

  • Waiting game and fantasies

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    Well its been over two week since i was given hope again that i can achieve an NED status, but this time unlike other times i have heard no word from the surgeon, which in my past experiance is very rare and a tad concerning, as usually i would of had an outpatient appointment, discussec the op and set a date, not this time.

    does this mean that its been decidec that its not worth operating on ky tiny tumor?,

    in the last…