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Hi all, im new here, and have been reading lots of stories that give me strength . I have stage 2 which has spread to some near by lymph nodes, I feel like I’ve been told so much recently my brain is in meltdown. My treatment plan is EP x 3 cycles...
Hello, I’m new here, my son who has a young family has recently had an ultrasound the results are pending. My mind is now working overtime, and I keep looking at the web and it’s worrying me a lot. My wife’s mum died of pancreatic cancer and my brother...
Hi all My son who’s 28 is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo. Today he has had a MRI to then be told this afternoon that it’s not just 1 lymph node that has been effected it’s 3. They have now decided that after his 4th round he will have them...
Hello all, I hope you are all coping with the stress and strains of a cancer diagnosis, you can see from my profile i have successfully had a previous fight but i have now been diagnosed with TC, i have had all the required tests and pre opp assessment...
<span;>So where do i start im new here and 35 years of age and from the US. so around the first week of Feb i got up from the bed with my leg in the air to get myself up i noticed a pinch on my left testicle so yeah that hurt a bit so i sat myself back...
Hi I had stage 1 seminoma back in May 2016. Only downside of having it removed was i only had one testical left from issues as a child. I have now been on Nebido injection every 10 weeks since. I keep getting really bad night sweats. I have asked my...
Hello! I'm 17 years old, I've never had sex, I don't smoke, I don't drink alcohol, I have no risk factors for testicular cancer! let me tell you my story! in September 2020 I had an infection of the right testicle which I treated in a week, my right...
Hey all, Gor my orchidectomy tomorrow. Feel like I’ve been waiting for a lot longer and I’m relieved it’s finally here. A weird feeling knowing I’ll only have one testicle this time tomorrow! RIP shit right ball haha.. Just want the next few weeks...
So first appointment in oncology and results are in.. 90% Embryonal Carcinoma 10% seminomA CT shows spread on each lung, showing one spot on each lung, so I am going to have 3 rounds of BEP in the new year. Quite shocked with the spread but the doctor...
Not sure how to start these forums, don't usually bother with them. I noticed a lump on my right testical a little over a week ago, I went to the GP and was in for ultrasound the following day. I was referred to urology that same day and had my appointment...
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