Good day all,
New to the forum. Seeking some advice to help me rationalise my current situation. For context I was one of the few to catch TC very early. Small tumour (stage 1 seminoma) on left testicle, swiftly removed. Roughly two years on, CT scans clear, bloods clear. I have been wrong on multiple occasions assuming there was spread or new tumour in right testicle.
Recently however, I have been experiencing shortness of breath. As I’m sure we have all done, I immediately jumped to lung spread. There is a logic battle currently ongoing in my head in which there is a lot of evidence to refute this. For example, I believe TC has a predictable path therefore it should spread to abdomen long before lungs/chest. In my case it hasn’t. Additionally, I do not experience shortness of breath when sleeping, I do not wake up at night struggling to breath nor do I struggle when physically active. I train on average 5 times a week vigorously and at no point have I felt out of breath beyond my usual physical fatigue. I do not have chest or back pain when breathing deeply nor do I have a cough. A further example is if working and therefore mentally engaged, I do not recognise it.
Google has been unreliable in trying to understand symptoms for lung TC spread. It’s largely generalised and fear inducing.
May I humbly ask two things;
- Has anyone hear experienced TC spread to lungs? If so, what were your symptoms if any?
- Are my thoughts on this being largely improbable or am I missing something?
Many Thanks
