so June 2018 i was diagnosed with testicular cancer , July 2018 my testicle was removed however my CT Scan afterwards shown there was a lymph node in my abdomen that had enlarged to 3.5cm so I had to then start chemotherapy for 4 months , this was BEP 3 days a week on a 21 day cycle.
Once starting the chemo i instantly started to loose my hair & I have to say it was probably the worst 4 months of my life until recently.
After the chemo finished in November 2018 I had to wait a further 3 months for my CT scan , so the scan was done in March 2019 & the lymph node had not reduced enough albeit it had shrunk to 1.5cm but this was still enlarged as the norm is 1cm or smaller.
I then discovered i needed surgery which was life threatening surgery this is called RPLND , this was done in May 2019 by the proff Kockleberg at Leicester General as this surgery is rare this was the only hospital that done this in the area , I live in coventry & normally go to UHCW.
The surgery lasted for 8 hours , the first couple of days were very tough with my sats being very low , i was really struggling but day by day i was getting better and overall my stay at Leicester was 7 days.
The good news is Mr Kockleberg has removed the cancer , i was however shocked to find out that from March it was only 1.5cm and then on May 29th it had grown to 7cm.
I visited my consultant last week at UHCW he is also amazing Dr Khan , he has now put me on a intense surveillance which is blood tests every month , chest xrays every 2 months & 6 monthly CT Scans & regular visits to see him.
I am still healing from the surgery which is not going great but will take time but I am now in REMISSION after an awful 12 months for my family & myself.
I could not have got through this without my amazing partner Emma , she has been with me all the way , she is a nurse and just asked question after question when I did not have a clue or understand , she sat in that chair next to me for 4 months there were days I could not even talk or choose not to, she then drove to Leicester every day for hours on end , normally she would not drive out of our town.
Just thought I would share this with you all hope you do not mind.
