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Hi, My partner is starting 3 cycles of BEP in a couple of weeks and I am wondering if anyone could give me any advice on what to expect, how to support and help him? Thank you!
Hi, Just received news that I require a bilateral orchiectomy due to lack of blood flow to both testes. I am extremely scared and upset. No apparent cancer, but hoping to find a place for some support. Most all forums are cancer related when dealing...
Hi guys , I'm on observation and had my blood test back in time for my oncologist meeting but CT scan hasn't come back ,it was done two weeks prior to oncologist calling me , so to sum up it's been three weeks in total waiting for CT scan . I know it...
Hi all, I have recently been diagnosed with TC and had my orchiectomy 2 weeks ago. Had some provisional histology back and looks to be Mixed germ cell tumour, mostly embryonal carcinoma. I'm a Brit living in Canada and just wanted to compare timings for...
Had Rapid Orchidectomy in June 21 . Tumour was malignant mixed germ cell . ive been put on surveillance only , no extra treatment like chemo or radiation as the tumour hadn't had a chance to spread . I'm obviously lucky that it got removed in time...
Hi guys, So I’ve been on observation since July and things were going well in august, AFP was back down to 6 (1-10 normal range) and HCG lowering nicely, was at 49 (1-6 normal), However since then my bloods have been a bit off and up and down...
Hey everyone. So I’m 4 days removed from an inguinal orchiectomy. Still not sure how to compute everything that’s happened to me in the last few weeks but I’m hoping this place can help me understand it all a bit more :)
Hi A short backgorund: 3.5 years ago I was diagnosed with a seminoma and right testicle was removed. Since then onward, AFP marker was always < 2, this is how it appears in the blood test results. On December 2020 AFP, MRI and all other things...
Hi, so it’s been a stressful year been diagnosed in may with stage 2b non-seminoma, I’ve had the operation and also had my 3 cycles of bep hoping that has worked, the doctor told me that it’s spread but caught it early, so I’ve got the worrying wait...
Diagnosed with stage 3 testicular cancer. Mixed germ cell tumors fairly unpleasant experience.
